Return of the Blah-Tastic Burger, and Other Amazing Tales

Ok, so I have been a bit slack since getting back to Sydney, but in my defense I'm a lazy lazy man... ok so that isn't a very good defense, but it will have to do!

First off, let me shed the mystery of the Blah-Tastic burger! I know you have all been on the edge of your non-existant seats, waiting for the tale of terror, trauma and tasty snacks.

On our second day in Hong Kong, Mark and I start to see adverts for a new McDonalds Burger with rice instead of bread, and chinese characters followed by "tastic". Mark and I were already in the habit of reading all chinese characters as "blah" so naturally it followed that the blah-tastic burger was born!

It wasn't until days later that my tiny brain finally fired into gear and put the following information together into a cohesive whole.

a) The Burger is made of rice instead of bread.
b) Fried Rice is "Chow Fan" in Cantonese.
c) It is therefore reasonable to assume that Rice = Fan.
d) So if you assume that the "blah" is in fact "fan", you have a clever dual language pun since it is "fan"-tastic, and also makes use of the cantonese for rice!



Never ones to shirk from a challenge, we decided that we must experiment with this amazing new burger-ized treat. We both went with the teryaki beef, since the chicken burger variety just didn't seem asian enough (and I didn't fancy the look of the sauce, which no doubt comes as a surprise to those who know me!).



The results? Surprisingly positive. Naturally the portion was deceptively small when compared to the adverts (no surprises there) but apart from that it was actually quite nice. The rice held together fairly well, and the beef was good. If they came to Australia, I would definitely recommend people try them for the novelty value.

So... I keep promising more than I am actually able to do in one night... more Amazing Tales tomorrow sometime!