Where are our UK food challenges?
I just came across this post over on the brilliant Mental Floss blog about American ‘food challenges’ and it got me thinking.
They seem to really go in for this type of thing in the States. I mean just take a look at some of these promotions: a 15 pound, 20 inch beefburger that you can have for free if you and a mate can ingest it within three hours! Or what about the bucketful of spicy ice cream? Or a 12-egg omelet? The only one I think I might be able to even attempt is the 20 inch pizza. I think I could have a good go at finishing that in an hour….but definitely not in 37 minutes like this guy did!
But I’ve never heard of any restaurant offering anything like this in the UK (or in Europe for that matter)? Why is that? Is it a cultural thing? Are us Europeans far too civilised and health conscious to go in for this kind of competitive gluttony? Or are the restaurant owners secretly terrified that they’ll be bankrupted by hoardes of giant children who’ve been fed a diet of McDonalds their entire lives?
If you know of any places that have these kind of promotions, or if you own a business that has some kind of ‘eat it all’ challenge, then please let us know. Who knows, we might even bring the Qype team over to see if anyone can manage it!
No tag for this post.Written by Phil on January 16th 2008. Category: Food and drink blogs
telakin responded on 16 Jan 2008 at 7:35 pm #
http://www.qype.com/place/24584-The-Bird-Berlin
The Big Bird Burger: 750 grams of beef with the works and a big pile of fries. You eat everything on your plate…by yourself…everything…and you dont pay…If you fail or cheat…19.-
Of course run by Americans … :)
Stephan Uhrenbacher responded on 16 Jan 2008 at 7:42 pm #
I always think of “Supersize Me” when I read stuff like this.
telakin responded on 16 Jan 2008 at 7:56 pm #
“I’ll have the Sirloin steak in a cheese crust, the mega helping of country potatatoes with sour cream and the large italian salad - but with low-fat dressing - and please a diet coke” … :)
Linus responded on 17 Jan 2008 at 12:14 pm #
Telakin - thanks a lot! The Bird has an average of four stars too, so it must be doing something right! Interesting that it’s run by American though, what is it about the yanks and eating competitions I wonder?
telakin responded on 17 Jan 2008 at 10:15 pm #
I guess they just like everything bigger - including themselves. How better to achieve that than with free food! ;)
Poppy Dinsey responded on 27 Feb 2008 at 3:31 pm #
My cousin was banned from the Pizza Hut ‘all you can eat buffet’ for taking it as a personal challenge and eating far more than Pizza Hut HQ deemed sufficient for one person. Obviously Brits can eat a disgusting amount of food, we’re just never given a real opportunity :-(