Talk About A Whopper!
Filed under: Anglophilia > Wacky, Tacky & True
Burger King is set to launch the world's most expensive burger ever at a fast food restaurant!
The burger will even make Guinness World Record history, beating out 1994's American Double Truffle Burger.
B.K.'s latest creation is simply called The Burger.
It will include flame grilled Wagyu Beef, topped with white truffles on a truffle bun.
The Burger is going to cost £95, so a bit over $185.00!!
Thankfully, this is only available in the U.K. In America, people can barely pay for their gas!
It is being described as having "The world's most succulent Japanese beef complemented with white truffles, onion tempura prepared in Cristal champagne and Italy's finest Pata Negra prosciutto."
Many believe this is clearly a publicity stunt.
Sounds like one to us. Hey, it worked.
One critic says, "This is just a PR stunt, even more absurd than the coffee costing virtually as much as a semi-detached house in Crewe. Burger bars are desperate to move up market as more people question why they are filling their bodies with fast food. But who will really spend £95 in Burger King?"
As for B.K., their vice president of marketing, David Kisilevsky, has said "The Burger is an extension of Burger King's quality burger menu and is aimed at burger aficionados, looking for the ultimate burger taste experience. It reflects our ongoing commitment to producing the best quality burgers for a range of different pockets and reinforces our quality credentials."
Too bad we're on a diet and trying to eat healthy.
We could so go for a Burger right now!
well for one i dont know if BK got this one wrong but PATA NEGRA is from spain not italy!! pata negra is an aged ham but not like prosciutto, pata negra is totally different kind of pig and its aged way longer tham prosciutto. just incase someone wanted to know.
Petrol (gas) is extortionate over here. We pay around £1.25 (~$3.00) per litre of unleaded (diesel is even more expensive but I don't have a diesel car so don't know exact price) in Scotland and that price is increasing by the day. I'm wondering if it is more expensive in the built up areas of London etc?
I think this is the most rediculous shit I have heard in a looooong time. What a waste of time and money!! Who the hell is going to buy a burger like that from…burger king?! Go to a 5 star restaurant if you want something like that.
Wow that shits expensive!
gas in england is the equivalent of $9.60 a gallon you idiot perez. how can anyone afford that?
What the hell do you mean Americans can barely pay for their gas? It's because of your stupid fucked up economy that 'gas' costs us the price of that fucking burger everytime we fill up. FUCKING YANKS
You make it sound like America has it harder with money than the UK does Perez. Most things, including gas, are more expensive over there. Some of their prices make things over here look like a steal.
And it's definitely not even limited to America and the UK. The entire world is facing skyrocketing prices.
People in the UK won't eat this burger. They can't afford to pay for petrol or electricity either.
gas in america is about $1 per litre.
in the UK it's £1.30 per litre ($2.75)
and tankers are on strike
stop fucking complaining.
PEREZ, get your facts straight!! Gas is way more expensive in most of europe and the UK…it has been this way for years! Regardless of the U.S. increase we are still better off.
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PEOPLE CAN BARELY PAY FOR THEIR PETROL….CREDIT CRUNCHHHHHHHH!
Do you read any news other than your own, Perez? 'Gas' prices in the UK are double what they are in the UK. While wages are pretty much on a level in the two countries our cost of living are substantially higher and virtually every newspaper has at least something on the front page nearly everyday about how it is becoming harder and harder for the average person simply to get by.
You're only perpetuating the perception by the rest of the world that many Americans do not look nor care any further than their own borders.
For those of you who drink the Kool-Aid and buy this burger; pssst…wanna buy an igloo?
good job! perez! iam glad youre watching out for your health. And so awesome about your carrer expanding.!! Keep up the good work first comes health..right??
Insane.
Americans are always talking sh-t with their messed economy. Read the full details about this burger! Americans are RETARDS
First, that burger looks rather disgusting and if Im paying over 100 bucks for something it better not be for something that will just get digested haha
Second, I like how people are all arguing about the gas prices. The price of gas in the U.S ranges differently in every state. In upstate NY where im from its almost $5 bucks a gallon and min. wage here sucks, not to mention the TAXES, so YES it is hard having gas prices being so high. It takes about $50 to fill up my tank just to drive to my college! AND IM A POOR COLLEGE STUDENT!
Pretzel, I love ya, but as a lot of people have already pointed out, you really should check the facts before chatting about what stuff costs in the UK.
For a litre of gas in the UK, we pay twice what the USA pays for a GALLON.
Everything costs more here across the board and since we got our new Prime Minister the cost of living has rocketed. Over here, the poorest families can't afford to *eat*, and affluent/middle class families are the ones who can't afford gas.
And yeah, as it's been pointed out, profits from this are going to charity, AND it's on sale in only one branch out of hundreds across the UK, it's also in the London borough of Chelsea…not sure what the US equivalent would be, but it's pretty much the wealthiest neighbourhood we have.
anyway, can we move on from Burgergate and get back to talking smack about the Spears sisters?
YOU FUCKASS* STUPID CHEESE MONGER - WE CAN BARELY AFFORD 'GAS' IN THE UK TOO - ITS A GLOBAL THING YA KNOW!!!
*you fat stupid cunty twat
hahahaah I like how people who arnt from America are talking shit. If you dont live here, dont talk shit. I dont talk down about your country. I dont know exactly how you live or your expenses and you DONT know mine.
"Americans do not look nor care any further than their own borders."
hahahaahahha thats the most ignorant thing I have read in a long time. Thats why America has given handouts to other countries for years, and when we go to war other countries run away with their tails between their legs. People here care about others in the world whether you like to see that or not. Ive worked side by side with people working to help people from other countries. But go ahead and be ignorant of that fact and think the stereotypes of Americans are true.
That's ridicoulous and disgusting. I would never buy a burger (I don't eat them anyway.) but if I did, I would never buy such a thing at such a high price. I don't care if they had to go climb mount everest to the very top and travel miles and then put a special sprig of mint on the damn burger to make it such a price. I would not buy it. Why pay so much for something that you'll just end up sh*tting out later in the day?
Petrol in the UK is astronomically higher than in the US, and it has been for years. Where I live, the price of diesel is now $16 a gallon - so give me $4 a gallon anyday!!
Yea like anyone in the UK that eats at B.K is going to spend that much on a burger, haven't they realized yet that the UK is a bunch of tight fisted sods when it comes to money?
I could see the point if that were for an upscale restaurant but burger king?
This is weeks old.
Have you ever been to England??????
Petrol over here is TONS more expensive than in America. And our petrol prices are STILL rising!!!!!
You always get stuff wrong dude!
Gas is $9 a gallon there, P.
California Pizza Kitchen's "Peking Duck Pizza" and now this shit.
Junk food is and should be JUNK. Stop ruining it with pretentious bullshit.
omg! Crewe was mention on perezhilton.com we've finally made it to the big time!
'this would only happen in the UK, in america people cant afford gas'. seriously, we're bloody screwed in the UK this is just another example of something the rich can do and the poor cant. like drive a 4×4, go out for meals and pay their flipping bills.
Sorry to correct you, but 'Pata Negra' ham is a spanish specialty…not an italian one!
Re: Sarc –
does japanese beef exist???? Oh my god…..your an idiot….a complete idiot….rolls eyes and cant believe how stupid people are….
Again i say:
"THE MONEY RAISED FROM THE BURGER GOES TO CHARITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHARITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Americans can barely pay for gas? Hey try living over here in the UK. right now I'm paying about $2.50 a LITRE nevermind a fricking gallon! Welcome to our world
Americans can hardly pay for gas??? Try living in Britain…. Diesel is £1.30 a litre … try $3 for you guys nearly… isnt yours only like 60cent a litre :S im confused here you have it good!
Boy you are a dumb ass! Gas is more expensive in Europe! Good thing their dollar is higher. Dumb Ass!
I really don't want a 14 year old cooking my $185 burger
Why does Perez always refer to himself as "WE"??????? Its so annoying and a bit strange.
U FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE COWS ARE —-MASSAGED—– EVERYDAY AND A VERY SPECIFIC DIET IN ORDER FOR THIS BURGER TO BE THE MOST INCREDIBLE TASTE U CAN EVER IMAGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For all you "Wankers", the reason that the gas is so expensive in the UK is to keep all of you from traveling too far and scaring innocent people with your disgusting, brown, crooked, and rotting teeth…
Everyone in the UK, SHUT THE FUCK UP about how much you are paying for gas. In the U.S., MOST OF US KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE PAYING and we know it is lots more than we pay and we are sorry that a pathetic fuck like Perez can't be bothered to know that! So stop taking out your frustration on the rest of us! EVERYONE STOP WHINING ABOUT GAS PRICES, AND START ASKING WHY A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION INTO THE OIL COMPANY PROFITS ISN'T BEING PURSUED. Meanwhile, in Kuwait, gas is 79 cents a gallon.
About this fucking burger, I don't want some 14-year-old half-wit Burger King employee ("line" cook) overcooking the burger and preparing it in Burger King's SKANK-ASS KITCHEN and charging $185 for it … RIDICULOUS! It's swimming in the grease of all those skanky-ass $2 burgers … and don't forget the salmonella-infested tomato.
that is gross all around. cant wait to harass my uk friends about this:)
Sarc , you are so ignorant, Im loosing my time by answering you. You can find the best quality meat in japan. what a clown!
poo poo poo looks like shite~!
"Thankfully, this is only available in the U.K. In America, people can barely pay for their gas!"
UMMM… PEREZ…
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN PAYING LESS THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR GAS AND FINALLY AMERICAN GAS PRICES ARE COMPARABLE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY EUROPE… MAYBE AMERICA CAN FOLLOW SUIT AND STEP UP THE ACCESSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD… OR… UMMM… I DON'T KNOW… MAKE BETTER FUEL EFFICIENT CARS JUST THEM DAMN FOREIGN CARS…
YOUR SUCH AN IDIOT SOMETIMES…
I absolutely fucking hate Burger King. Their food tastes awful.
Perez: I feel horrible for you that you have trouble paying for gas. How about WALKING??? It's good for your diet, too!!!
good for you perez!!! it's paying off
ok, "foodie" wagyu is not japanese, kobe is. wagyu is an american version- not quite as pampered-please blame america for this, its usually half the price of the finely marbled kobe. please do SOME research Perez- its not difficult to get your facts straight about food- feed us with ur true knowledge- u r getting famous and then LAZY!!!… oh yeah, AND u can blame burger king. kobe seems cheaper is this instance- i have spent $98 on kobe filet- NEVER go there with BK! (albeit thr turffles may play thr ole) who would buy it from BK???? I call for Wolfgangs in NYC!!!
this is fucking gross.
i'm a vegetarian and this burger-O-shit is so bad for your health!my fucking god.
First of all, Burger King EXPLOITS farm workers (google it if you don't believe)
and I am totally with holding from any patronage at Burger King until they negotiate with the farm workers and become fair!
And second of all, although the burger sounds devine Burger King is out of their mind! I would never ever spend more than $5 for a burger in a fast food place.
Hey! Not only in America can people barely pay for their gas, Perez!!!!
United Kingdom has more of a gas problem that we do - they pay $8.57 a gallon - TWICE the going U.S. rate
You fucking brits hardly even have to drive! I drive the length of your fucking miniscule country every fucking day you snaggletoothed inbreds.
Re: bleep –
Omg ur comment just made my life. HAHhahHAhahHA
Bless u who ever u are
p.s Canada rocks minus the gas prices w00t
do you think that all people in the UK are rich or something? and besides, the rich ones won't be eating at burger king!
p.s. petrol in the uk is way more expensive…
Re: TEXAN –
haha perhaps you should move to a place with more civilised people are so you won't have to keep fucking your cousin
Re: TEXAN – It's really not our fault that you're getting lost all the time and can't find your way from the barn to the shoting range.
you're a fucking retard. gas in the UK is way more expensive than the US
Erm Perez,
Think you will find we pay over £1.18 a litre for "gas" thats about $2.40 per litre. Which is WAY more than you.
Re: TEXAN – Aren't there AIRPLANES in TX??? I'd rather fly 1000km / 600mi than driving.
Pata Negra is SPANISH not ITALIAN…
Thankfully, this is only available in the U.K. In America, people can barely pay for their gas!
Perez are you f*cking kidding me, petrol over here is £1.20p, diesel is £1.40, you lot pay less than £1 for diesel you selfish git!
WTF are they thinking? This is some ridiculous shit. $185, you have to have fasted for a months to a year, and be starving mad to buy this craziness.
I thought waking up with the king while he was in bed with another man talking about meat on top of cheese, on top of meat, on top of cheese…………wasn't enough. Now this.
BK loves their meat!!
americans can barely pay for there gas? england pays more for gas than any other country in the WORLD! niave perez niave
this is crazazy but i must have one, TO THE UK!!! :p
pata negra, from italy???? vamos no me jodas. Y el jabugo también no?? Y ya de paso el mejor vino también, y el mejor aceite de oliva también. Tócate los huevos.
Re: dagny –
Typical American moronity…like there's no middle ground between free market principles and COMMUNISM!
Pata Negra is SPANISH!!!!!!!!
Re: Schot –
Handouts!? You moron, have you checked your country's huge deficit lately? Sure is easy to spend money that isn't yours in the first place!
Gas is twice the price than in the uk
americans think they have it bad
The UK pays MORE than the US for gas/petrol!!! For us, it's about £5 a gallon. That's about $9-10 a gallon. For you, it's about $4 a gallon. Therefore, we pay over DOUBLE what you pay! You think we can afford this thing? We REALLY can't. We're all skint at the moment!
Ummm, thankfully it's in America because you can barely pay for your petrol? I'm sorry, Amercians think you have it hard with petrol prices? You pay like $4 a gallon, that's £2! We pay £6 a gallon. That's $12 a gallon!
So y'know it sucks to buy petrol in the UK. Absolutely sucks! As for the burger? Where the hell do people come up with shit like that?
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Perez, European gas prices are still way higher. Consider the fact that we pay by the liter, and not by the gallon. Americans need to stop whining about the price of gas– you've had it good for years– and driving stupid gas guzzling cars, and start getting smart about the situation.
actually in the uk gas is twice a smuch in the US and you guys are still complaining that yours it too high!
I don't know why I'm bothering to comment, but an anglophile like you should know that gas has been staggeringly expensive in the UK for years.
pata negra is iberico ham from Spain, not Italy, BRUTE!!!!! Get your facts staight.
Re: amand – Estoy contigo chaval…..Estos andan perdidos
As if people in Europe could pay for their gas!
Do you think sometimes Perez?
"Thankfully, this is only available in the U.K. In America, people can barely pay for their gas!"
Britias Is In The Middle Of The Credit Crunch Crisis So Our Prices R Soarin. Petrol Espically. So I Duno Wot Ur Talkin Bout.
Way Food Prices R Risin Over Here £95 For A Burger Will Probs Soon B The Norm.
But Dont Worry Bout Us. Jeeeez U Americans R So Self-Obsessed. Ur Not The Only Country Wiv Economy Problems Yoo Kno.
Ignorance is daring. In the UK they can barely pay gas as well, but with the difference that they are just so use to paying high gas prices that they have stop complaining about it. The Burger looks good though, would not buy it even if I were still living in UK.
Okay — how many Brits does it take to figure out YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT! We all know that your gas costs more money… we don't care!
For shits sake the horse is dead stop beating it!
Yo,
In the article discussing the expensive burger at BK, Perez, you mention that american can barely afford their gas. It should be pointed out that in the UK, they pay way more for their gas then the US. Check the facts my friend and do a little digging.
I FEEL LIKE GOING 2 BURGER KING RIGHT NOW…….SERIOUSLY=P!!!!!
wow perez do your research before posting shit. people are in poverty over here in the uk. prices are soaring high for everything & there is a national outcry. petrol is much cheaper over there so i think you need to retract your flippant comment & apologise you tard
You do know, that gas is about three times more expensive in europe than it is in the us??? Where I live it costs about $11 for a gallong gas… you are SO lucky in the states… many here can't even pay for a normal car that costs $90.000 or more… not many people can pay that!!!
perez you might have been quoting the telegraph but if you pretend yourself an admirer of things Spanish you should know better…. pata negra is by no means Italian! bunch of ignorant journalists
Can the people out here just READ the other comments before they post???
We all know at least be now that gas prices in Europe are double/triple compared to US.
We all learned that Pata Negra is from Spain, not Italy.
DON'T BE SO REPETETIVE!!!
Everyone is whining about how gas prices in the UK are much higher, but you guys GET a lot more. You have free or affordable health care, and MUCH MUCH better public transportation system, and a better government than the US does. You pay out of your ass for gas, but compared to the US, you guys are so much luckier.
Geeze Pretzel, you dumbfuck, if gas is $4.00 a gallon in the USA and around $12 a gallon in the UK who the fuck can afford this burger? Do you assume everyone in the UK has a job that pays ten times what we get in the USA to offset their dramatically high priced fuel you dumb cunt?
God you are so fucking stupid, so fucking GLIB and just a plain fucking neurotic asshole that you seriously need to go away. What the fuck are you the Wikipedia (liar) of all Media?
Check your facts douchbag.
WOW I THINK EVERY1 NEEDS TO CALM DA FOOK DOWN MAN. WE ALL KNOW DAT PEREZ IS DUMB DOUCHEBAG FOR NOT GETTING HIS FACTS STRAIGHT. IT IS FACT. IS DERE ANY NEED TO KEEP RUBBING IT IN IS FACE??!!?! PEREZ I TINK U NEED TO APOLOGIZE QUICK N ADMIT WOT U R
Haha, read about this in the paper. It went on sale last week in the West End… there was a picture and it looked delicious! But yeah, what a rip off. They were only selling one burger though and on that day. Bet it was yummy… I'm sure whoever bought it will be in tomorrow's London paper!
oh my god, you say in America you can hardly afford your gas, well its double the price in the uk mate!!
"In America, people can barely pay for their gas!"
Nice line, Perez
. I guess you really don't have any idea how cheap your gas is if compared to European countries.
Isn't Pata Negra ham from Spain?
What do you mean "Thankfully, this is only available in the U.K. In America, people can barely pay for their gas!"?
UK petrol is extortionate!! Way more expensive than in the US!!! Think yourselves lucky.
You do realize our gas prices are virtually the cheapest in the industrialized world. Gas is much more expensive in Britain, where its been that expensive for years. Maybe watch some BBC news every so often if you love England so much.
You idiot; gas costs more in Europe and has for years.
We've been paying way more for 'gas' as you call it for years!!
We pay over twice what you do for petrol (gas) in the UK…it's £5.30 a gallon compared to your almost $5.00 a gallon (£2.50).
And it's going up almost a penny a week. Think yourself lucky.
Okay everyone together now!
How many Brits does it take to beat a dead horse!?!
Let's count!
And shut up anyway. We pay a shitload more for healthcare than you do so it all evens out.