McDonald’s Japan celebrates Halloween by joining the dark burger revolution

Rocket News 24 ^ | 9-29-2014 | Casey Baseel

[Citizen Zed]

It’s been just over a week since the release of Burger King’s two pitch-black hamburgers, which might have left some fast food fans in a bit of a bind. On the one hand, they’re definitely eye-catching and intriguing, but their buns owe (and cheese) their sinister shade to an infusion of bamboo charcoal.

While it’s perfectly edible, we imagine some people are just a tad averse to eating charcoal. So if your palate isn’t quite that wide, but you’re still adventurous enough to eat squid ink, McDonald’s has got you covered with their own dark burger.

Just in time for Halloween, McDonald’s is serving up the Squid Ink Burger. 370 yen (US$3.40) gets you two patties covered with fried onions and cheese, all sandwiched inside a bun dyed with squid ink.

[Citizen Zed]

Is that special sauce or ... ?

[latina4dubya]

a black burger is asking to be served with a pint of Guiness...

[Secret Agent Man]

activated charcoal is good for you. it cuts down on gas and it’s used to help people when they’ve ingested certain dangerous chemicals.

[latina4dubya]

make that Guinness...

[JoeDetweiler]

Sigh....this looks too much like some of the year old stuff I occasionally have to (carefully) remove from my fridge.....thanks but no thanks.

[skinkinthegrass]

tufu/green burger..fungi burger? 🍔

[Politicalkiddo]

Really unappealing. What is the bun made of?

[ruesrose]

Isn’t that racist?

[Yardstick]

I wonder when Japan started celebrating Halloween?

[skinkinthegrass]

since the 1600s; the Japanese have always, borrowed "customs" from afar..like
Christmas, Hollow's Eve, American Baseball, w/ peculiar Japanese culture adjustments.
noted: they've NOT been anxious to adopt any Muslim practices, the Nihon cultural
/familial traditions aren't as frayed as Western Civilization and other Asian countries.

[Rodamala]

activated charcoal is good for you. it cuts down on gas and it’s used to help people when they’ve ingested certain dangerous chemicals.

So what you are saying is the bun's bamboo charcoal protects you from the "meat" and the "cheese"?

[Rodamala]

I wonder when Japan started celebrating Halloween?

Not sure when it started, but they celebrate every day.

[SIDENET]

I’d try one.

[varyouga]

Don’t know what the big deal about black bread is. Has nobody heard of pumpernickel?

[Yardstick]

Interesting. So it’s not just something they started doing in the last 50 years or so. Does this mean they had adopted Christmas even before WWII?

[skinkinthegrass]

No..but they did like the clothing & cars..baseball, Christmas..came later.

[latina4dubya]

Isn’t that racist?

you mean racial? is it racial to think a black hamburger from Japan ought to be served with an Irish stout? i suppose, if anything, it is "interracial." :)

in any case, racist means one is supposing one race is inferior than another... or supposing one race is superior... racial means pertaining to race...

[Secret Agent Man]

not sure in this case. i just know they won’t hurt you.