Posted on 11/07/2017 7:40:43 PM PST by llevrok
This Tokyo small business owner is at the centre of attention after his signature burger was selected to be served to the President.
In amongst all the speeches and outings held during Trump’s first visit to Japan as U.S. President, the one thing that stood out for many people was the fact that during his visit to a golf course with the Japanese Prime Minister, the two chose to eat hamburgers.
While some criticised the decision to shun the country’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed traditional cuisine, others immediately started searching the Internet to find out where they could get their hands on a burger deemed worthy to be served to the U.S. President.
It turns out that the burger comes from a small Tokyo business owner who operates two burger stands in the city – Munch’s Burger Shack in Shiba and Munch’s Burger Stand at Toranomon.
The burger that Trump dined on was the “Colby Jack Cheese Burger“, which costs a mere 1,200 yen (US$10.54). At this price, which is significantly less than a night out at Sukiyabashi Jiro where Obama dined during his Japan tour, anyone can afford to try a presidential meal, and that’s exactly what everybody did yesterday, when it was reported that the Toranomon outlet had completely sold out of burgers by 2:30 p.m.
According to staff, their recent appearance on television – which revealed the news about their star customer – attracted so much attention that they were unable to keep up with demand, especially given that their Shiba outlet was closed on Monday, which drove even more customers to their small Toranomon store.
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Looks like a pretty good burger. What’s that stuff next to it?
That looks good!
Doesn’t look bad for a Japanese burger.
Burger looks good, but never been fond of cottage fries.
Looks like steak fries to me.
#MBGA (making burgers great again)
Common Taters?
“#MBGA”
Love, Love, LOVE! :)
Now that’s a hamburger. Let the vegans eat their “seaweed crapburgers”.
M. Night Shamalamadingdon would write “I see potato wedges”, not rice cakes (yuk) and octopus tentacles, or were they testicules.
already knew that from your dossier.....
Isn’t that what a Big Mac is called in France?
Good for them, hope they make tremendous bucks!
Looks delish - is that black sesame seeds on top?
Make Japan Burgers Great Again
“Check out the big brain on Ben”
It’s good to see our great President treated as well as he deserves by the people.........of Japan.
In the background, you can hear the cook saying, “Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, no Pepsi, fries...”
“That’s a tasty burger!”
“Do you mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down?”
BEEF is BACK!
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