McDonald’s’ Mega Mac
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Good thing we can look to McDonald’s to be our island of sanity in a supersized burger storm, and the imposingly-named Mega Mac may just be the island you’ve been looking for. Introduced on January 12th of 2007 by McDonald’s Japan, the Mega Mac was advertised as being “meat heaven”… obviously they weren’t angling for Vegans to come try one. The Mega Mac looks a lot sloppier in real life but then again, so undoubtedly were its purchasers.
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McDonald’s Japan is sort of the wild & crazy black sheep brother of the global McDonald’s family and the item above confirms it in spades. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Mega Tamago: three beef patties, one Egg McMuffin-style egg, and two slices of bacon. Not only does it contain the ingredients of breakfast and lunch, it could sub for them.
Lotteria Tower Cheeseburger 10
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Lotteria is an East Asian fast food chain owned & operated by Japanese-Korean food conglomerate Lotte, with stores in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Vietnam. The company has been a regional industry leader in the struggle to make fast food healthier – trans-fats were eliminated from Lotteria’s fries in 2007, for example. Is the Lotteria Tower Cheeseburger a step back, then? Who can say, especially with one’s mouth oh-so-full.
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The basic Tower Cheeseburger contains five beef patties interspersed with slices of American Cheese but that’s where things get interesting. Their basic one-patty cheeseburger costs 160 yen ($1.75) and adding another layer costs just 100 yen (just over a dollar) with a maximum of 10 patties per burger: a ten-patty Tower Cheeseburger will run you 1,060 yen or about $11.65.
Jolly Friar’s Super Scooby
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When a country creates a corps of Beefeaters to guard the Royal Jewels, you can bet they know their way around beef. Such is the case with the United Kingdom, no matter that England has a less than sterling reputation for gourmet dining. The outrageously beefy “Super Scooby” sold by Jolly Fryer (not Friar) in Bristol could help or hurt the country’s gastronomical image, depending on whether you eat it or have it thrown at you. The latter would hurt indeed: a Super Scooby weighs 1.5kg (3lb 4oz), “the same as a family-sized roast chicken”.
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Introduced in September of 2009, the Super Scooby is made using four quarter-pound beef burgers, eight rashers of bacon, eight slices of cheese, 12 onion rings, 2 lettuce leaves, 6 tomato slices, and three different sauces. The finished burger stands 15 cm (6 inches) tall and provides a whoppering 2,645 calories. That’s 145 calories higher than the recommended daily limit for men. You’ll have to fork over a 10-pound note for just one Super Scooby and no change is given, though rumor has it a free Diet Coke is given to anyone who can actually down one on-site.
