237-year-old Kyoto rice service provider helps make a brand new form of rice burger.
Burger King, because the chain makes clear proper from the beginning, is all about hamburgers, essentially the most American of sandwiches. In the meantime, Kyoto is essentially the most quintessentially conventional Japanese metropolis. In a case of opposites attracting, although, Burger King Japan is rolling out a brand-new Kyoto Whopper, mixing components of American and Japanese delicacies.
The Kyoto Whopper makes use of Japanese-grown rice, however not in the way in which that we’re used to seeing. Whereas typical “rice burgers” use rice as substitutes for the bun, the Kyoto Whopper has a rice patty along with an all-beef one, sandwiched inside a sliced bread bun together with lettuce, tomato, and onion.
The rice patty is a mix of white rice from this 12 months’s 2024 autumn harvest and genmai (unpolished brown rice). Since Burger King doesn’t have monarchy-level standing on the planet of rice, the grains are chosen by Hachidaime Gihey, a Kyoto rice service provider firm that’s been in enterprise since 1787.
▼ Hachidaime Gihey and Burger King (based in 1954) share a look at their roots.
The Kyoto Whopper additionally makes use of an in depth mixture of Japanese seasonings, using 4 totally different sorts of dashi, the inventory ordinarily used for Japanese soups. Bonito, shiitake mushroom, mackerel, and kombu (kelp) dashi all go into the Kyoto Whopper’s soy glaze, as do a quartet of conventional Japanese spices: benison togarashi chili pepper, ginger, sanho (a pepper-like spice with natural and bitter notes), and chimpi (dried mandarin orange peel).
▼ A visible illustration of the spirit of the Burger King/Hachidaime Gihey partnership
The Kyoto Whopper goes on sale November 1, priced at 990 yen (US$6.60), and although it’ll solely be out there for a restricted time, it’s not restricted to Burger King branches in Kyoto, however as an alternative might be bought nationwide. And if you happen to’ve acquired a yearning for extra Hachidaime Gihey-produced fare, the rice service provider can also be a part of the superior after-dark artwork exhibit occurring at Kyoto’s Nijo Fortress.
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