Posted on 10/01/2016 8:11:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
”And would you like duck liver on your burger today?”
Japanese hamburger chain Freshness Burger has a reputation as a pretty classy place, so much so that some would argue it’s more a café that simply lacks table service and offers take-out, as opposed to something so base as a fast food restaurant. In keeping with that comparatively upscale image, Freshness Burger is about to release a foie gras burger.
Priced at 1,000 yen (US$9.70), you could call it either a premium hamburger or a budget-priced foie gras entree. The patty is the standard quarter-pound (113-gram) slab of meat used in ordinary Freshness Burger sandwiches, but it’s spruced up with a thick, 50-gram (1.8-ounce) cut of Hungarian foie gras (Hungary is the second-largest foie gras producer in the world, with some producers using a force-feeding method similar to the one required by law in France and some using a starvation method). The Foie Gras Burger also features Japanese-grown lettuce, mashed potato with the aroma of truffles, and a Madeira-style wine sauce.
If you’re less hungry, or simply not in the mood for fowl liver, Freshness Burger is also rolling out a new selection of soups, including pumpkin potage, borscht, and lobster bisque, which are priced at 350 yen each.
All of these new items go on sale October 5, but while the warming soups will be sticking around until the start of spring, the Foie Gras Burger’s availability is limited to 30,000 sandwiches across all Freshness Burger locations.
At $10 a burger, it must not be good quality.
I’ve never had foie gras. I’m guessing fried chicken livers don’t compare.
I would never eat any food derived from cruelty.
I don’t think I’m ready for a Liver-Burger, even though I like liver every so often.
Yeah, really.
That crap is barbaric and tastes no different than other liver, anyway.
Just “more” of it, per animal.
I’d try one. I like fried chicken livers.
That looks delicious...
I’ll stick to Mos Burger, thanks.
Just woke up. I think I’m going to Freshness Burger for lunch.
A Mos Burger SPAM burger sounds good too.
“I want the Foie Gras, and put it on my bill.”
Hmmm..Square 1 Burger is good...
Freshness Burger is the pits. Overpriced, stuffed with breadcrumbs, cloyingly sweet sauces... bleeegh....
Too trendy and gay... Stick with McDonalds or MOS burgers.
I used to like then until I got spoiled livers in a restaurant omelet. Beware of ordering any item that's a slow mover. I still like liverwurst on rye.
I looked up some articles on foi gras and found some interesting tidbits. The condition of foi gras is found in wild ducks and geese. The birds gorge themselves before migration. That is probably how it was discovered and put into agriculture practice 4500 years ago.
And this is the one for you. A recipe to make your own foi gras, 1# chicken livers pureed with two sticks of butter.
By the way the liver from foi gras and regular liver not only taste different, there is a stark visible difference as well.
They will put so much garnish on the burger that the foie gras will be undetectable
“I got spoiled livers in a restaurant omelet.”
I got a spoiled oyster this morning in a restaurant. The restaurant is a sideline to the oyster harvesting and shucking business to which it is attached. They have big glass windows where you can watch the shuckers work on the production line from inside the restaurant. I had six fried oysters. I ate the five good ones and mentioned to my wife how good they were. I cut into the last with my fork and just about got sick from the smell. So there:)
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