Pop-Up Restaurant in Finland Lacks Kitchen, Lets You Order from Other Restaurants
The “Take In” restaurant in Helsinki, Finland, is currently in the news for its ingenious service. Instead of cooking the meals in its own kitchen – which doesn’t exist – it allows patrons to order various dishes from a selection of 20 other restaurants in the city. Sponsored by American Express and Wolt, a popular […]
New York Restaurant Serves $2,000 Pizza Covered in Edible 24K Gold
Pizza has long been regarded as the food of the people; It’s cheap, easy to make and tastes amazing. But that doesn’t apply to all pizzas. For example, a restaurant in New York City serves a pizza that only the 1% can afford. It’s priced at $2,000 and comes covered in strips of edible 24K gold. […]
Swiss Company Creates Chocolate That Makes Menstruation More Comfortable
In an effort to make women’s period more comfortable, Swiss confiseur Marc Widmer has come up with a special chocolate that he claims can ease cramps and has a calming effect on consumers. Called Frauenmond (German for “women’s moon”), the Swiss chocolate created by Widmer’s company, Chocolate with Love, contains 60% cocoa and 17 different […]
This Man Gets Paid $4,000 for Slicing a Leg of Spanish Cured Ham
Florencio Sanchidrián has been slicing Iberian ham (jamon) for the last three decades and today his name is synonymous with the Spanish delicacy. The 55-year-old is regarded as the world’s best ham slicer in the world, and he charges accordingly for his services – a reported $4,000 to slice a leg of ham. Born in the […]
Tokyo Restaurant Will pay You $438 if You Can Eat This Giant Bowl of Ramen in 20 Minutes
If you love ramen and want to get paid for eating lots of it, I suggest visiting the Umakara Ramen Hyouri restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. They will pay a cool 50,000 yen ($438) to anyone who finishes their giant bowl of delicious ramen in under 20 minutes, Easy money, right? Well, they don’t call these things eating […]
Italian Doctor Creates Ice-Cream That Improves Sporting Performance
“Who says that health foods have to taste bad?” That’s the question that inspired Italian cardiologist Dr. Valerio Sanguigni to create a tasty ice-cream with proven health benefits, including improved sport performance in youth. It’s a known medical fact that can help improve heart health and prevent certain diseases, with some studies even linking them […]
World’s Most Expensive Potato Chips Cost $11 a Piece, Come in Boxes of Five
In an attempt to create a special snack to go with their high quality beer, Sweetish brewery St. Erik’s has created the world’s most expensive potato chips. Apparently, St. Erik’s didn’t think Lays or Pringles chips were good enough to pair with their ale, so they decided to create their own exclusive snack and price it accordingly. “St. […]
New York Restaurant Employs Cooking Grandmas Instead of Professional Chefs
When it comes to tasty food, nothing beats grandma’s cooking! Well, except maybe more grandmas cooking in the same kitchen, which is exactly what goes on at Staten Island’s Enoteca Maria, a charming restaurant that employs grandmas from various parts of the world, instead of professional chefs. Enoteca Maria owner Jody Scaravella says that he […]
Australian man Spends 12 Years Turning Potatoes into Dairy-Free Cheese Called ‘Chato’
Andrew Dyhin, an Australian inventor and founder of the PotatoMagic company, claims that he has spent the last 12 years researching ways of transforming common potatoes into a cheese-like product that is completely dairy-free. “The product is called chato – cheese potato. It looks like cheese and melts like cheese, but it is nothing but […]
Only 5 People Have Managed to Finish This Giant Taco in the Last 18 years
Chacho’s Taco, a Tex-Mex eatery in Corpus Christi, Texas, has been challenging people to finish a spectacular 4-pound All-Mighty Taco in under 10 minutes ever since its inception, 18 years ago. During that time, only 5 really hungry people have managed to do it. The next-to-impossible eating challenge posed by Chacho’s Taco recently went viral on social media, after Norma […]
Get a Life-Size Tattoo of a Burger, Win Free Burgers for Life
Cafe 51, a popular burger joint in Melbourne, Australia, is offering anyone the chance to receive a free burger per day, for the rest of their lives, if they get a scale tattoo of one of their delicious burgers, anywhere on their bodies. “Tattoos are for life, so why shouldn’t burgers be free for life […]
World’s Spiciest Tortilla Chips Are Sold One at a Time in Coffin-Shaped Boxes
Using extract from the hottest chilli pepper on the planet, American company Paqui Chips has created the world’s spiciest tortilla chip – the Carolina Reaper Madness. It’s apparently so hot that it only comes in packs of one. Usually, when you open a bag of tortilla chips, you never stop at one, but when it comes to […]
Introducing the Hamdog – The Crazy Hamburger-Hotdog Hybrid You Never Knew You Craved
From now on, when you get the munchies for a delicious street food snack, you’ll no longer have to choose between a hamburger and a hotdog, because you can have both in the same bun. Introducing the Hamdog, probably the craziest fast food hybrid ever. Mark Murray, of Perth, Australia, came up with the idea for the […]
Former Inmates Are Obsessed with These Heavenly-Tasting Jail Potato Chips
The Whole Shabang chips reportedly taste like heaven, but until recently, you literally had to commit a crime to get your hands on a bag. That’s because they are jail chips available exclusively to inmates and jail visitors. To say that former inmates are obsessed with The Whole Shabang chips would be an understatement. For years, […]
Eat Up or Pay Up – German Restaurants Charge Patrons Extra for Not Finishing Their Meals
A number of restaurants in Germany have come up with a somewhat controversial way of fighting food waste – charging patrons a small fee if they cannot finish all the food on their plates. Yuoki, a sushi restaurant in Stuttgart, Germany, is not your everyday all-you-can-eat buffet. For starters, there isn’t an actual buffet to […]