You Gotta Be Kidding Me!?

Who ever thought that this would be a good idea is probably crazy! Check this out, to promote the release of Windows 7, Burger King decided to serve a special seven patty Whopper.

Surely anyone that decides to eat this is shortening their life by a few years. The ad states that it is 13 cms tall, and contains seven patties each weighing 113g, a grand total of 791 grams of beef! I won’t be trying this for two reasons, we don’t have Burger King in Sendai, and it’s just bloody wrong. My heart is thanking me. Remember kids don’t break the one Whopper rule. It just leads to an upset stomach. I poached the picture below from a Japanese blog.

In order to actually bite into it the guy had to remove a few of the patties and eat them on the side. Not all food is healthy in Japan. Crazy!!

American Street

Here’s a couple strange Pringles flavors of late. They’re supposedly inspired by large American cities. The first being called “New Yorker’s Street” Cheese Dog flavor.

I basically tasted like cheese flavor Pringles. The other is “Los Angeles Street” BBQ Chicken.

I had no idea Los Angeles was known for BBQ chicken. I visited there a few years ago and never once had BBQ chicken. Lots of Mexican food, but no BBQ chicken.

Hilarious!

Check out this video of a practical joke probably gone too far. They fake a sniper shooting. The poor guy looks like he’s going to die. The result are quite funny.

Latest Sandwiches

Here’s my quick round up of the latest sandwiches to appear at McDonald’s. The last one was the “Chicken Tatsuta”.

It super delicious. It’s like a Japanese style fried chicken sandwich. Very very good. Unfortunately it was too popular and it’s already finished early. The whole supply was eaten. Maybe they should consider making it a permanent menu item.

It’s replacement is the “Gracoro”. Which is short for Gratan Croquette.

I’ve actually already tried and wrote about this one last year when they had it. It’s pretty good. Nice and creamy inside.

Strange Kit Kat

A little while ago I found this strange Kit Kat at the super market. It’s Ramune soda flavor. Ramune is a unique flavor that from Japan. It’s kind sweet and syrupy.

The strangest part was the actual chocolate bar was blue. The flavor wasn’t bad though. It actually reminded me of some white chocolate easter candy I had eaten before.

I also spotted another strange flavor. Vegetable juice flavoured Kit Kat.

I don’t think I’ll be trying this one. as it sounds quite gross!

I Saw Subway

You know you’ve been away from home for too long when you get super excited seeing a Subway restaurant. If it had been a Quiznos, I might have died on the spot!

This was at Narita airport. I was so happy. It had been over a year and a half since I had a submarine sandwich. I proceeded to gobble one down with gusto! (I got a 6 inch tandoori chicken and a 6 inch roast beef in case anyone was wondering. Delicious!!)

Shinkansen

The Shinkansen (otherwise known as the “Bullet Train”) is fast. Bloody fast. When we were travelling to Tokyo to take our flight to Canada I took this video to show how fast it really moves. Check it out!

The New Wagon R

Due to unfortunate circumstances, our old Wagon R finally had to be put out to pasture. That meant we needed a new car, so we went to the Suzuki dealership and bought a brand new 2009 Wagon R (which we received the day before we left on vacation).

It’s quite a bit nicer than the old one. Actually having four doors and cup-holders being major new upgrades.

It also has lots of futuristic features, like not needing any keys of any sort (just a key fob), including starting the car. It also has a CVT transmission for optimal gas savings. And yes those are real alloy rims (we actually didn’t even know that we had them until a week after we got the car)!

Below is a shot of the dashboard and front seat.

I really like the bench like seat, and empty floor. It makes it really easy to slide over and get out the other side when the parking situation is especially tight.

The backseat is especially spacious. The seat can slide forward and back, giving you more leg room or more trunk space as required without having to fold down the seats. I have to say the difference between the two cars is remarkable. I could really feel the progress cars had made in the past 16 years comparing the two. Check out my old post on our dear departed old Wagon R to see the differences yourself.

Remastered

Recently I’ve been listening to the recent remastering of the Beatles discography. The sound is so much more dynamic than the older CDs. Hearing stereo mixes of previously only mono mixed songs is great. It’s always amazing to me how these four guys could cook up so many consistently great songs and albums. Probably some of my favorite music of all time.