9/20/2012

The BLACK is bbbaaack!
The Darth Vader of Japanese hamburgers was spotted by the cool guys inventorspot.com: Burger King Japan’s “Premium KURO Burger” is Back in Black.

Appears burger insane~! For a limited time–on sale Friday, Sept. 28th
“Premium KURO Burger” (black burger)~!

According to Burger King Japan’s press release (PDF in Japanese):

[Giga-Goofy Goggle Translate] The most important feature of this hamburger that jumps into your eyes first is its black buns. Usually a brown color, these hamburger buns use a black buns.
Speaking of black, the ingredients include squid ink and to bring out the aroma of grilled beef patties bamboo charcoal is blended into the buns.
This Burger King Japan original sandwiches a paprika-ed beef patty (113g approx.) with tomato, pickles, fresh onion, lettuce, and mayonnaise sauce blended a squid ink and a garlicky ketchup seasoned with “blackish.”