A Burger Fit for The King Burger King in the United Kingdom are set to elevate the humble hamburger to the upper echelons of fine dining with plans to include a mega-gourmet burger on the menu... at a mega-gourmet cost of £85, or about A$175. How's that for a, wait for it, whopper... Burger King is rumored to have plans in the works to introduce a "premium burger" in select ... Read full entry

Dinner in the sky You don't get permission to leave this table until you are safely back on terra firma... Dinner in the Sky is hosted at a table suspended at a height of 50 metres, by a team of professionals. Dinner in the Sky accommodates 22 people around the table at every session, with three staff in the middle (chef, waiter, or entertainer). Forget the top of the ferris wheel, here's ... Read full entry

16 things restaurants don't want you to know about their food Like that it is sometimes little more than a step up from that of fast food outlets. And when it comes to revealing the nutritional content of servings, some restaurants, such as Hooters, have a coy way of avoiding the issue... Although chains such as Chili's and Uno Chicago Grill divulge the thousands of calories in their chicken wings, Hooters ... Read full entry

The Next Sushi Foodies alert, the following dishes are set to become the "new sushi"; Mongolian Hot Pot, Dosas, Just Desserts, Pupusas, Small Plates, Korean Bibimbap, Mangosteens, Offal, Singapore Street Food, and Little Fish. Twenty years ago, a business lunch of raw fish and rice was unthinkable. Now you can stock up on maki at the 7-Eleven. Similarly, calamari went from scary, tentacled oddity to ubiquitous bar food, and balsamic vinegar ... Read full entry

Law Would Ban Serving Obese Diners Well we have "responsible service of alcohol" regulations in Australia (supposedly) preventing the service of alcohol, in licensed premises and bottle shops, to anyone who is, or appears to be, intoxicated. I'm not sure how similar laws, preventing the service of food at restaurants, for those deemed to be obese, as proposed by a legislator in the US state of Mississippi, would go down ... Read full entry

The food pornographer: "Food at its porniest". I didn't think it was fair to post this one yesterday, being Monday. All the delicious photos of all that delicious food would have only added to the woes of Mondayitis! That's not to say this site still will not induce a severe case of the munchies! +... Read full entry