Would You Pay $190 for a Burger? at Burger King?

noreply@ (BRENTWOOD INTERNATIONAL BLOG) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:54:00 -0600

The world's unofficially most-expensive burger made its debut in London today, costing nearly $200 for patrons with enough money to visit the fast food chain that makes it. That's right, the bourgeois burger is made by Burger King. After six months in development, Burger King today launched "The Burger," a limited edition hamburger selling for $190.Chef Mark Dowding, the director of new product development and innovation for the fast food chain, says his creation targets a certain type of consumer. The burger is made of Wagyu beef and sits atop an Iranian saffron bun with organic mayonnaise, white truffles and pink Himalayan rock salt. It's garnished with onion straws fried in Cristal champagne and Pata Negra ham drizzled in aged Modena balsamic vinegar.

Dowding says each burger takes approximately five minutes to prepare. The Burger is available in just one Burger King store in London. It will be offered once a week, and Dowding says orders are being accepted for June 26. But its continuation will depend on sales. All proceeds from sales of the burger go to Help a London Child, a charity that helps London's less advantaged children.

But few Londoners seem willing to pay up for the prime product. At lunchtime on the first day of The Burger's unveiling, eight had been purchased, but Dowding said he hoped that more than 100 would be sold by the end of the day.

Russian woman put on trial in Dubai for drinking juice in public

noreply@ (BRENTWOOD INTERNATIONAL BLOG) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:19:58 -0500

A 28-year-old Russian female, who visited Dubai on a tourist visa, and a 30-year-old male citizen of Lebanon, a salesman in a local store, were put on trial for drinking juice in a public place in the daytime during Muslim fasting. The police caught the two people red-handed at a gas station in Dubai, Emirat.ru reports with reference to Gulf News.

In accordance with the Federal Penal Code of the United Arab Emirates, a public intake of food and beverages during daytime hours of the month of Ramadan is forbidden by Article 313. The article stipulates the punishment in the form of either a monetary penalty – up to 2,000 dirhems ($555) – or even a term of up to one month in prison.

The young people told the court that they were not Muslims and were thus unaware of the fact that their actions could be punishable.

The court took the mitigating circumstances into consideration, but found the defendants guilty, since ignorance did not exclude responsibility. The court ruled that the young people must pay the fine of 1,000 dirhems ($278) each. The case became the first one in Dubai in violation of Article 313 since the beginning of the month of Ramadan on September 1.

Thousands of foreigners from Europe and Asia reside in the emirate of Dubai, the major tourist center of the Persian Gulf . Dubai is known as a relatively liberal region in comparison with other territories of the UAE. Tourists can be seen in the streets wearing shorts, whereas alcoholic beverages can often be available in bars and hotels.

This year, however, the authorities intend to remind all residents and guests of the emirate that they are staying on the territory of a Muslim country. There have been quite a number of incidents recently when the local police in plain clothes arrested women sunbathing topless, nudists and other violators of public order.

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Would You Pay $190 for a Burger? at Burger King?

Russian woman put on trial in Dubai for drinking juice in public