$200 Burger: Delectable Or Despicable?
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Burger King has a new Whopper on the menu - a $200 burger that is making some mouths water. But others say this decadent burger is one that a hungry world can't afford. Mark Phillips reports.
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It may just be London's most expensive burger - and where else can you find such a whopper price tag if not at the home of the whopper, Burger King? (CBS)
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"This is not just ordinary beef, this is special?" CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips asked.
Burger King's Chef Mark Dowding said: "Absolutely; this is Wagyu."
Premium, prohibitively priced, Japanese-style Wagyu, flame-grilled, garnished with Italian truffles, Spanish cured ham, aged balsamic vinegar, Champagne onions and popped onto a saffron- and truffle-dusted bun.
Isn't it all a little elaborate for a hamburger?
"Absolutely not," Dowding said. "Absolutely not."
Total cost of ingredients, the chain says, about $80 a throw.
By the time it gets to the counter, it sells for just shy of $200. For a burger!
So is it worth it?
"Orgasmic," one customer says.
Which is a lot to ask of a burger.
To some this is a burger - a high-end burger. It would have to be at $200 a pop. To others, though, it isn't a burger. It's grotesque on a bun.
"Outrageous," said Dave Tucker, with the anti-poverty group "War on Want."
To food crisis campaigners trying to draw attention to the millions of poor around the world, who are struggling to survive at a time of shortages and rising prices for basic commodities, this is the wrong burger, and the wrong message, at the wrong time.
"To come out with this kind of hugely expensive and over-the-top burger and to have 80 million people going to bed hungry every night is just to shoot yourself in the foot," Tucker said.
The chain, which is donating the proceeds from this promotion to charity, calls it "deliciously decadent." Delicious is a matter of taste.
Nobody's arguing with decadent.
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Sounds expensolicious to me, but I would steer clear of one from Burger King, with the mad-cow situation, and all.
Check out CBS getting all outraged about a stinking hamburger!
OMG. Are you serious?
Like there wasn''t decadence before Bush. Get real. The lavishness, greed and lack of moral standards in this country has been deteriorating for decades. YOUR thinking is one of the things this country should be ashamed of. Call it lack of common sense.
It''s still beef on a bun no matter the price.
Although a $200 burger doesn''t cause mass hunger and starvation, they are both symptoms of the same disease in modern society.
You sir... are an idiot. If you had the slightest bit of education, which I am sure you again will blame on Bush somehow, you realize its a marketing publicity stunt to get people into BK. While typing this, I also came to the conclusion that the democrats need people like you to be stupid and ignorant because you are the only type of people that follow blindly into the night. Good luck.
You sir... are an idiot. If you had the slightest bit of education, which I am sure you again will blame on Bush somehow, you realize its a marketing publicity stunt to get people into BK. While typing this, I also came to the conclusion that the democrats need people like you to be stupid and ignorant because you are the only type of people that follow blindly into the night. Good luck.
I think the price is a bit steep for a BK, but hey, it''s getting them attention.
As far as the ''food crisis campaigners'' who are raising a ruckus - in my opinion it''s nothing more than a ploy to ride the wave of BKs marketing. And hey - that''s ok with me, there are a lot of hungry people out there.
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If I''m going to pay $200 for orgasmic.....
$20 at Chili''s...then $180 left over for the hooker and the Holiday Inn!
When under attack, I wonder if they''ll remember this kind of sh*t when they ask themselve why do they hate us?
CBS, Burger and the losers who think that this cr*p during a time of war, climbing consumer prices and bleek economic out-looks. The irony is lost on most rich people, even when they''ll be calling BlackWater to protect them from the angry masses in 6 to 12 months.
The same goes for Ferraris, Dom Perignon, 90" TVs, and a home in Malibu.
But, anytime you complain about something like this, you appear 100% as jealous. And petty. And a loser.
Why does everyone blame the liberals for everything. I consider my self a liberal because i don''t support the democrats or republicans. They have both had their chances and that is why the country is in the mess it is in. I would rather have bill clinton back, at least he left us with a good economy. Now i am looking at independent parties because i don''t likle either candidate we have.
So only the rich should be able to splurge on anything ?
Or, are you one of those socialists who thinks the rich should just give YOU free money so you can splurge also?
Some of you people simply don''t "get" capitalism. If this business wants to charge even a MILLION DOLLARS for a hamburger, and someone else is silly and rich enough to buy it, then who are you or I to stop him or the business? Both the business and the customer have a perfect right to make this transaction, and all of you who complain of the appearance of this come across as jealous, poor, self-entitled, and pathetic. End of story.
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Or into war. ******
BK trying to get some of that economic stimulus? Anyone who would pay $200 for one meal much less, one single burger, then 6, 12, 24 months from now can''t pay their mortgage, I have no sympathy for you.
Honestly, IMHO, sometimes the most expensive stuff tastes like C R A P.
-Yeah, its the cost of paying 16 year-olds minimum wage to cook this burger....
-I hope you realize I was just being facetious, not dishonoring your post. It''s just a ridiculous option that BK is putting this out now. Like a slap in the face to those who are struggling in difficult economic times.
I addressed you in a civil tone. Now you come back with a subservient attitude of holier than thou. I always say those who call names do so because they cannot denfed their position with facts or knowledge, or are uneducated and do not have the ability to speak in civil and rational terms. Yes i am a colleege graduate, retired, financially secure, no debts and the economy doesn''t effect me much at this point. I do what i like and travel the world. I like learning about different cultures. As for this subject anyone who pays $200 for a hamburger, is stupid, filthy rich, or mentally retarded. Which category do you fit into ?
Personally, I could think of a bunch of other places or things I would spend $200 on, and I%u2019m so sure that people that could afford to spend $200 on a Burger go to Burger King that much anyway. But that%u2019s just me
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