rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

but the making of it seems like a pleasure which you wouldn't want to deprive yourself of

pork accents, ok; full pork representation alongside beef or chicken, no go

Look at the garlic slices on that thing. Jesus.

http://i.imgur.com/5K9PHap.jpg

http://www.boston.com/business/news/2013/08/06/taco-bell-expanding-test-waffle-taco-breakfast/VawV1fjUCPzxmYOuPFBklK/story.html

staring slackly at this like it's an indecent gif in the nsfw thread

one of my fave tortas is one with ham, chicken and beef on it. mmmm.

i hate that this is generating discussion of whether or not a waffle taco is a good idea in general. waffle sandwiches of any kind are undeniable, like at lucky j's in austin or at my house, but of course taco bell are going to make a terrible version of it.

I deny waffle sandwiches.

Thrice!

do they make it so it holds that shape??

(please let the answer be yes, a thousand tiems yes)

gross. Aren't waffles sweet?

have you ever had a waffle

http://www.burgerbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/EpicBurger_CronutBurger.jpg

have you ever seen a cuter cronut burger

Oh barf.

http://www.cnfood.cn/infouploadimg/1209/1347591031.jpg

http://i2.s1.dpfile.com/pc/6d2014e91974cf847735ff6861a650f8%28700x700%29/thumb.jpg

okay. because it actually looks edible in the promotional materials.

I've been in Beijing for 24 hours and seen the poster for that (with the cool dude in the half-white, half-black outfit) in probably twenty separate locations.

Your mission is clear.

Went for the green rice-wrap burrito object instead. Not bad!

I had that too and thought it was awful

i just walked by a mcdonalds and thought about this thread and my obligations to the ilx community but decided on something else because it's a black hamburger.

i think reading burgerbusiness is making me jaded

http://www.burgerbusiness.com/?p=15146

http://www.burgerbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/Bostons_PizzaBurger.jpg

Boston’s plans to support the Pizzaburger introduction with a social-media campaign that includes a contest playing off the online dating trend.

just... nope

my god

http://i.imgur.com/BhyOaO3.png

βurgerβusiness is absolutely my favorite blog on the internet btw. thanking u canks

SsurgerSsusiness

Like Tina Turner singing “Proud Mary,” Slater’s 50/50 never does anything nice and easy. It does over the top. Consider that its namesake burger patty is 50% ground beef, 50% ground bacon. So when the six-location, Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based chain decides to do breakfast, you know it’s going to be—like Tina’s rendition—nice and rough.

Pro Yelping.

the pizza burger has been out in canada for a while. it's kind of like a betty crocker cookbook or home ec recipe type of thing. the burger is like steamed meatloaf. it's not bad.

http://cache.5ikfc.com/imgs/kfc/2013/08/baopiannenniubao.jpg

this is an interesting concept but i think sandwiching more toppings between burger layers would improve it immeasurably.

does that say 'the flavor's got nowhere to hide'??

it should. but it just says: LAYERS OF FLAVOR / JUICY, TENDER AND DELICIOUS.

Beef up, stupid!

burger king fryburger is available here.
i have been eating too much burger king this week, cuz it's cheap and close to Issue Project Room. i get two double cheeseburgers & a spicy chicken crip, it is under $5 and filling. then i go down the street and drink abt a gallon of water.

spicy chicken crip saywhatnow

Spicy Chicken Blood nixed by the FDA, it was a big deal on Burger Business.

Spicy chicken blood?! Sounds more like an ingredient for a hoodoo spell. I remember the good old days when MSG was enough.

lol

http://www.burgerbusiness.com/?p=15414

“One out of every two Burger King guests orders our classic french fries and we know our guests are hungry for options that are better for them, but don’t want to compromise on taste,” Alex Macedo, Burger King President North America, said in a release announcing the product rollout. “When it comes to what we eat, we know that small changes can have a big impact. We see Satisfries™ as one of the biggest fast food launches and are excited to bring this great tasting french fry to our guests.”

damn i really want some Satisfries™

http://www.qsrmagazine.com/competition/pizza-s-arms-race

incredible pull quotes in this article about the race to be the "chipotle of pizza," too

“This new generation, Millennials, they’re used to getting everything their way,” Grier says. “It’s just a customized world they’ve grown up in; they haven’t known anything different. They’re used to directing what they want because of the technology they’ve grown up with, and having those options and choices … we think is a big win.”

“We cater to all walks of life, all demographics, all genders, and up and down the socioeconomic scale,” Andrew says. “What’s cool is people get to be individualistic; it’s all about being yourself, and I think today that’s been more and more accepted as people want to express themselves even outwardly.”

“We think the paradigm shift to lunch for pizza is a major element in the success that we are having and will continue to have,” Zuckerman says. “Because when you can get an item like pizza—which is America’s favorite, basically—at lunch without having to take 45 or 50 minutes total, but you can actually order a pizza, choose all your ingredients, and then have it go oven to you in three minutes or less and be quality—not roller grill oven, but high-end, stone-hearth oven—people appreciate that.”

the chipotle of pizza is actually not the worst idea i've ever heard

yeah, guac + sour cream + corn pizza sounds really tasty actually

ketchup on the side

wpro tip: you can already order a pizza with whatever toppings you want from any pizzeria #lifehacks

http://gawker.com/5807591/grilled-cheese-sandwich-gets-10-million-in-venture-funding

i just

i don't even

fuckin a

We think the paradigm shift to lunch for pizza

PIZZA FOR LUNCH WE'RE REALLY OUTSIDE THE BOX ON THIS ONE PEOPLE

All those years having pizza for lunch and I never once realized that I was DOING IT WRONG.

Pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening...but can you handle pizza at SUPPERTIME?