Burger King Lamb Flatbread Burgers Debut In UK Stores For Limited Time

The possibilities for an Easter lamb dinner in the UK are about to get quite a bit... faster. And more royal.

That's because Burger King recently unveiled an entirely new kind of burger coming for a limited time to UK stores: a lamb flatbread burger. The chain says that the burger is now available at stores across the country.

The burgers are served on a rosemary flatbread, rather than a bun, and are topped with "spices, crisp salad, chilli ketchup and mint yoghurt sauce." Exotic!

The ads for the Burger King Lamb Flatbread Burger prominently feature the words "1st Time Ever," a nod to the idea that this is the first time a major fast food chain has marketed a burger made of lamb. In one sense, the timing makes sense: Lamb burgers have been a staple on upscale urban lunch menus for several years now. On the other hand, the price of lamb has risen even more precipitously than the price of beef in the past couple years, so it seems unlikely that lamb burgers will make a major impact at most fast food chains around the world for some time.

Comments

[nighttimelady]

06:16 PM on 03/28/2012

So now BK gives Lamb to the folks in UK but no lamb for USA?? I am totally against this policy!!

[EricaBauw]

04:45 PM on 03/28/2012

ahhh to be back in the UK.

[NDNCHIK]

01:31 PM on 03/28/2012

Mmmmm, great idea.

[undrgrndgirl]

07:48 PM on 03/27/2012

wish they would bring that to the u.s.

[SusanElizabeth1949]

11:52 PM on 03/27/2012

You and me too!!!

[MalteseTiger]

11:33 AM on 03/28/2012

It's called a kifta pita and you can find them in middle eastern restaurants and chains.

[SalesmanForLife]

03:55 PM on 03/27/2012

We make wicked good lamb burgers instead of beef at our house and have for years. Tasty.

[NyJimbo]

02:55 PM on 03/27/2012

I want this, NOW!

I think if we had more variety like this in the USA fastfood joints we would eat it. I love lamb and that looks fantastic.

[cardiaccare]

02:10 PM on 03/27/2012

Homemade lamb burgers, topped with feta. Excellent.

[MagicalPossibilities]

12:00 AM on 03/28/2012

My mom makes lamb burgers stuffed with feta. I've tried to duplicate her recipe but can never get the patties thin enough and they look like big meatballs.

[Karl Wilder]

01:04 PM on 03/27/2012

They need to remove the vile catchup and try this in the US.

[SalesmanForLife]

03:56 PM on 03/27/2012

I agree, ketchup on lamb is not a good pair. Some yogurt and cucumber sauces, yum.

[Dean Peters]

12:39 PM on 03/27/2012

Test market in a country where almost everybody is genetically skinny. Fast food in the states where we'll eat and buy everything especially if it's on sale, supersize it. This sounds like it can be on the healthier menu beside the tossed salad and the fruit snack. Can I have a triple lamb flatbread to go.

[TSRVT]

12:21 PM on 03/27/2012

While little compares to the taste of spring lamb, I somehow don't trust BK to do a good job with this...

[Menkaka]

12:19 PM on 03/27/2012

We need this in the US

[maggi1932]

12:11 PM on 03/27/2012

I don't eat mutton , and diffently not lamb. I don't eat veal either. I would never eat any babies of any sort. The slaughter of all animals is not humane as they want us to think. BEING A VEGETARIAN sounds better every day. And would be easy for me as I eat very little meat.

[TSRVT]

12:18 PM on 03/27/2012

Well, aren't you just the best thing ever then? What drivel.

[brokenleoheart]

11:31 AM on 03/27/2012

yum

[thrugreeneyez]

11:12 AM on 03/27/2012

Stupid Booger King! It is sick and mean to eat a baby animal!!!!

[undrgrndgirl]

07:49 PM on 03/27/2012

then god or evolution shouldn't have made them so tasty!

[nevernot]

02:51 PM on 03/27/2012

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