A tasty campaign you can believe in

Toto Wolfcastle

Ladies and gentlemen, Brothers, Brotherettes, Brothers and Brotherettes in waiting, wimmins, men, and lurkers.

When you hear the words 'Michelin Star' what comes to mind? Delicious but expensive food? Indeed.

When you hear the words 'Burger King' what comes to mind? Delicious but inexpensive food? Indeed.

With this in mind I come to you today with an idea. An idea so fantastic that even His Modness, Tom Dunne, approves.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you

The Campaign to Award Burger King a Michelin Star

In 4 easy steps, BGRH, the Michelin star, and Burger King can be connected:

The Michelin star share its name with the Michelin Man (below) who is shaped like a Brother, and Brothers enjoy Burger King.



Take that Kevin Bacon! (Mmmmm bacon!)

See, this is meant to be!

With your help, this idea can become a reality.

We need you!

For more information, see the following post, and its replies:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=58403418&postcount=85777

Your campaign manager will be along shortly to introduce himself. He is, like a true Brother, currently asleep.

Tom Dunne

Here on BGRH, we are into our pork, and pork derivatives. On a day to day basis, pork provides the Brethren with the sustenance required, with a taste that cannot be beaten.

But when the time comes to go that little bit extra, we like our beef. Especially when a brother wants to impress teh wimmins. As we all know, teh wimmins like a good bit of beef.

Having sampled various beef products, from various fast food vendors, there is one that rises to the challenge, one that provides a unique beef experience.

That beef expereince can be found in the burger chain that is known as, ironically, Burger King.

I am therefore lending my enormous girth to the campaing to get a Michelin star for said fast food joint.

I encourage all the supporters to place a link in their signature and say it now, and say it loud, A Michelin Star for Burger King.


I thank you.

Agent Smith

Tom Dunne

Thank you for that Brother Smith.

*nothing unusual going on here*

*Jedi wave*

Moving on.

So, why should BK get a Michelin star? For one, the beef. None of your namby-pamby frying it, no-sir-eeee. Flame Grill. With love and care, the way all good beef should be treated.

Star Lord

BK inspired me to go on a diet... :eek:

Before you start panicing...

Toto Wolfcastle

Another thing: Burgers are supposed to be juicy. That's what those Michelin people would say. There is no doubt that BK burgers are that. (Or greasy, but it amounts to the same thing.)

Love the diet, Damo!

Nevyn

/read entire thread thanks to mod powerz and has to have a sit down and brandy.

burger king is far superior to McD's, I've worked in a few while putting myself through college.

Toto Wolfcastle

Thaedydal wrote: »

/read entire thread thanks to mod powerz and has to have a sit down and brandy.

Tom Dunne

Thaedydal wrote: »

/read entire thread thanks to mod powerz and has to have a sit down and brandy.

I don't know what you are talking about. Ahem.

Thaedydal wrote: »

burger king is far superior to McD's, I've worked in a few while putting myself through college.

Well said.

So, is BK worthy of a Michelin star?

Hermy

Tom Dunne wrote: »

So, is BK worthy of a Michelin star?

You must be fupping joking!:mad:
How does a food outlet that serves nothing but reheats deserve anything but scorn.

Tom Dunne

Hermy wrote: »

You must be fupping joking!:mad:

Joking? About food? On BGRH? No way. We take our food very seriously.

Hermy wrote: »

How does a food outlet that serves nothing but reheats deserve anything but scorn.

That is a very serious allegation to make against a restaurant of this caliber. I am sure most restaurants have to reheat food on occasion. But it's not the reheated food we are interested in, it's the quality of the cooking we are concerned with.

Plus, their chips are nicer than McDonalds.

ChewChew

Gah. I cant be doing with that burger king crap. or maybe its the giant beef tomatoes the muppets put on them. YUK! :mad:

Tom Dunne

ChewChew wrote: »

Gah. I cant be doing with that burger king crap. or maybe its the giant beef tomatoes the muppets put on them. YUK! :mad:

Young lady, you do know you can have it without the beef tomatoes? Without onions, without mayo, you name it. You can have it whatever way you want.

ChewChew

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Young lady, you do know you can have it without the beef tomatoes? Without onions, without mayo, you name it. You can have it whatever way you want.

Yes Sir. Me so sorry sir. Three bags full Sir.

Toto Wolfcastle

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Young lady, you do know you can have it without the beef tomatoes? Without onions, without mayo, you name it. You can have it whatever way you want.

This is probably the best thing about it. I mean, who wants salad crap on their meat?

And if you went to a fancy Michelin-starred restaurant there is no way they'd allow you to 'have it your way'. And that is why Burger King is better.

Nevyn

Hermy wrote: »

You must be fupping joking!:mad:
How does a food outlet that serves nothing but reheats deserve anything but scorn.

The do not server nothing but reheats, if you want your whooper scalding hot and freshingly flamed you ask for one off the broiler there is even a button on the till to make that happen.

Hermy

But Lady Death, I did ask them not to microwave my meal and then they microwaved it anyway - the whole meal, meat, lettuce, chips, cardboard, (surprised they didn't stick the large coke in the oven while they were at it) - so I asked for a freshly cooked meal that hadn't been cooked several hours ago and then reheated to death in a microwave and the manager gave me my money back and told me to leave and that was the last time I set foot inside of one of those...eh...restaurants as ye refer to them.
Nowadays I dine at Sprockets when I require a burger and chips.

KnifeWRENCH

Certainly Burger King are better than McDonalds.
But that's like saying Watford are a better football team than Accrington Stanley. This is true, but it doesn't mean Watford are ever gonna win the Champions League!

There are various food outlets with far superior chips - your common or garden chipper, for instance.
Burgers at BK are nice, I grant you - but I would much prefer a restaurant which serves me a fine hunk of sirloin steak (well done of course - I hate rare meat :mad:)
So I am sorry but I cannot accept that Burger King are truly worthy of the Michelin Star. I await further proof on why they deserve it.

Oh and Agent Smith - scrape all that salad crap of the top of that Whopper immediately. :mad:

Toto Wolfcastle

But squigloo, this is a campaign that you can believe in!

Steve

BK make a truly fine burger but they are a long way from the best, and believe me I know what good burgers are.

They are, however, probably one of the better burgers available at short notice in this country.

square_igloo, don't ever say that about a piece of sirloin steak again... evar! it's just wrong.:mad:
You can't have steak unless it's dripping blood and still twitching!!!

KnifeWRENCH

janeybabe wrote: »

But squigloo, this is a campaign that you can believe in!

I'm afraid I shall need more convincing.
Why do Burger King deserve a Michelin Star and not the local chipper, whose chips are far superior?

SteveC wrote: »

square_igloo, don't ever say that about a piece of sirloin steak again... evar! it's just wrong.:mad:
You can't have steak unless it's dripping blood and still twitching!!!

I like my steak cooked until it's almost burnt.

There, I said it. It's the way Mammy Igloo always cooks it and by God I'll eat it that way to the death. To the death I tell you.

Toto Wolfcastle

square_igloo wrote: »

I'm afraid I shall need more convincing.
Why do Burger King deserve a Michelin Star and not the local chipper, whose chips are far superior?

Many a reason. For one, many local chippers fail to give the juicy burger experience that Burger King gives.

I exclude KCs from this obviously.

Steve

square_igloo wrote: »

I like my steak cooked until it's almost burnt.

There, I said it. It's the way Mammy Igloo always cooks it and by God I'll eat it that way to the death. To the death I tell you.

I once thought as you do young igloo
Don't worry, with age comes wisdom and a taste for blood and raw cholesterol

I should know, I'm old and have arteries like titanium fuel lines.;)

Zaph

square_igloo wrote: »

I like my steak cooked until it's almost burnt.

There, I said it. It's the way Mammy Igloo always cooks it and by God I'll eat it that way to the death. To the death I tell you.

This post makes baby Jesus cry.

Tom Dunne

square_igloo wrote: »

Certainly Burger King are better than McDonalds.
But that's like saying Watford are a better football team than Accrington Stanley. This is true, but it doesn't mean Watford are ever gonna win the Champions League!

But BK are the winners of the Champions League that is quality burgers, hence why they should be awarded the Michelin Star.

square_igloo wrote: »

There are various food outlets with far superior chips - your common or garden chipper, for instance.

But this is not about the chips, it's about the beef, dammit.

square_igloo wrote: »

Burgers at BK are nice, I grant you - but I would much prefer a restaurant which serves me a fine hunk of sirloin steak (well done of course - I hate rare meat :mad:)

Oh dear.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

The naivety of youth. The young palate that has yet to develop an appreciation of the beauty of a prime cut of beef, served rare. *drools*

square_igloo wrote: »

So I am sorry but I cannot accept that Burger King are truly worthy of the Michelin Star. I await further proof on why they deserve it.

Get me a premium burger from all the fast food chains in this country, and I will guarantee that you will find no better burger than BK.

Go do it, you know you want to.

Toto Wolfcastle

I had a burger from a chipper last night and it was all rubbery and horrible.

It had nothing on a BK burger.

Hermy

Toto Wolfcastle

More often than not Eddie Rockets burgers are dry.

Hermy

No they're not.:eek::(

Toto Wolfcastle

Yeah they are. They're better than McDonalds though.

Hermy

Blasphemy

Edit: What about Rick's on the corner of Georges Street and Dame Street. I've never eaten there but I'm told the burgers are the best in Dublin.

Nevyn

Hermy wrote: »

But Lady Death, I did ask them not to microwave my meal and then they microwaved it anyway - the whole meal, meat, lettuce, chips, cardboard, (surprised they didn't stick the large coke in the oven while they were at it) - so I asked for a freshly cooked meal that hadn't been cooked several hours ago and then reheated to death in a microwave and the manager gave me my money back and told me to leave and that was the last time I set foot inside of one of those...eh...restaurants as ye refer to them.
Nowadays I dine at Sprockets when I require a burger and chips.

They don't mircowave the whole burger the only warm the meat part esp if you have order cheese on it and then assemble it and then wrap it.

and if you order it off the broiler they don't do that.

But if you went in and were snotty then I understand why the manager gave you back you money to get rid of you.

Hermy

They did microwave the entire hamburger which is why I haven't been in one of their outlets in about six years. I wasn't snotty but I was angry as I had already handed back an entire meal - burger, chips, nuggets, all looking very stale and limp like reheated food often does - and requested fresh food and not something reheated. The manager got his nose out of joint cause the staff memeber serving me admitted to using the micro while he attempted to deny this. Anyhow that was six years ago and I just don't bother with the place anymore cause I got tired of returnig reheats. In the meantime maybe they've changed their policy but I'll stick with Sprockets where they only cook your order after you've ordered it and you pay for your meal after you've eaten it.

Tom Dunne

Hermy wrote: »

They did microwave the entire hamburger which is why I haven't been in one of their outlets in about six years. I wasn't snotty but I was angry as I had already handed back an entire meal - burger, chips, nuggets, all looking very stale and limp like reheated food often does - and requested fresh food and not something reheated. The manager got his nose out of joint cause the staff memeber serving me admitted to using the micro while he attempted to deny this. Anyhow that was six years ago and I just don't bother with the place anymore cause I got tired of returnig reheats. In the meantime maybe they've changed their policy but I'll stick with Sprockets where they only cook your order after you've ordered it and you pay for your meal after you've eaten it.

Let it go, Hermy, let it go.

It was six years ago. Time to move on.

Hermy

I can't just let it go.
I still miss the old days when BK was the best.
Now all I have are distant memories of better times.

Tom Dunne

Hermy wrote: »

I can't just let it go.
I still miss the old days when BK was the best.
Now all I have are distant memories of better times.

But BK is the best. Times have changed. They do the best fast-food Beef Burger in the country, no disputing that.

Oh, and don't bother with that Rick's place. I had a burger there during the summer and it wasn't anything to write home about. Eddie Rocket's would be better.

So, looks like we have Mc Donalnds < Local Chippers < Ricks < Eddie Rockets < BK

Toto Wolfcastle

Where is this Ricks and why have I not heard about it before?

Hermy

Maybe enough time has passed.
Maybe my therapist was right.
It's time to give BK a second chance.

Tom Dunne

janeybabe wrote: »

Where is this Ricks and why have I not heard about it before?

Hermy wrote: »

Rick's on the corner of Georges Street and Dame Street

You are missing nothing, TBH.

Tom Dunne

Hermy wrote: »

Maybe enough time has passed.
Maybe my therapist was right.
It's time to give BK a second chance.

Spoken like a true brother.

Go for it. You know you want to.

Toto Wolfcastle

Damnit I obviously can't read.

Boards burger beers roadtrip tbh.

I'm willing to be the designated driver.

For the good of the cause you see.

Hermy

janeybabe wrote: »

Where is this Ricks and why have I not heard about it before?

From: dublinpubscene.com - Afterhours - Places to Eat, Dublin City Centre:

RICKS, Dame Street
Ricks is on the corner of Dame Street and Georges Street and basically is a great Burger joint. The burgers are 100% thick and chunky Irish beef and are delicious after a night knocking back the beer. The rest of the food is basically chipper food, same as everywhere. You can sit in but it's worth noting that it does not have a public toilet.
Type: Takeaway or Sit In
Closing Time: 3.00 a.m
Nearest Pub: Brokers

feylya

What about Gourmet Burger in Temple Bar? Or the burgers in the Porter House?

Tom Dunne

Hermy wrote: »

From: dublinpubscene.com - Afterhours - Places to Eat, Dublin City Centre:



Quote:
RICKS, Dame Street
Ricks is on the corner of Dame Street and Georges Street and basically is a great Burger joint. The burgers are 100% thick and chunky Irish beef and are delicious after a night knocking back the beer. The rest of the food is basically chipper food, same as everywhere. You can sit in but it's worth noting that it does not have a public toilet.
Type: Takeaway or Sit In
Closing Time: 3.00 a.m
Nearest Pub: Brokers

If that's the case then where did I......maybe that would explain why there were employees coats in the men's room.

Ooops.

Gaspode

Hermy wrote: »

They did microwave the entire hamburger which is why I haven't been in one of their outlets in about six years. I wasn't snotty but I was angry as I had already handed back an entire meal - burger, chips, nuggets, all looking very stale and limp like reheated food often does - and requested fresh food and not something reheated. The manager got his nose out of joint cause the staff memeber serving me admitted to using the micro while he attempted to deny this. Anyhow that was six years ago and I just don't bother with the place anymore cause I got tired of returnig reheats. In the meantime maybe they've changed their policy but I'll stick with Sprockets where they only cook your order after you've ordered it and you pay for your meal after you've eaten it.

Blatant OT shilling for Sprockets here!!

KnifeWRENCH

Tom Dunne wrote: »

But BK are the winners of the Champions League that is quality burgers, hence why they should be awarded the Michelin Star.

Are they really though? I do quite like BK burgers but if they're the best out there....well, I would be disappointed.

Tom Dunne wrote:

But this is not about the chips, it's about the beef, dammit.

But chips are an integral part of ones fast food experience.
Without chips you get less salt, less fat, less artery clogging goodness.

Tom Dunne wrote:

Get me a premium burger from all the fast food chains in this country, and I will guarantee that you will find no better burger than BK.

Go do it, you know you want to.

I'd rather not tbh.

Tom Dunne wrote:

Oh dear.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

The naivety of youth. The young palate that has yet to develop an appreciation of the beauty of a prime cut of beef, served rare. *drools*

Zaph wrote: »

This post makes baby Jesus cry.

SteveC wrote: »

I once thought as you do young igloo
Don't worry, with age comes wisdom and a taste for blood and raw cholesterol

I should know, I'm old and have arteries like titanium fuel lines.;)

:D
I may be young but I am set in my ways and I like my steak well done. Apologies if this causes offence...

Oh and I must agree with Hermy.
Eddie Rockets burgers > BK burgers.

Hermy

deswalsh wrote: »

Blatant OT shilling for Sprockets here!!

Iwasfrozen

I fully endorse this campaign

tony 2 tone

For shame to all those in Dublin who have not tried Ricks. It is far better than BK. And does have a public WC, down a ridiculously steep set of stairs. You can keep your dry gourmet burgers, and bobos, Ricks are the best.

This whole campaign smells a bit shilly for my liking........there is not enough meat in a BK "burger"

Toto Wolfcastle

Alrighty boys and girls, I have compiled a list of reasons why Burger King is better than everywhere else, including Michelin star restaurants, and therefore deserves a Michelin star.

1. Burger King produces consistently juicy burgers, unlike McDonalds and restaurants that pride themselves on serving 'gourmet' burgers.

2. Burger King allow you to have your burger 'your way'. Go into a Michelin star restaurant and see what they say if your request your meal to be without truffles.

3. If 'your way' involves cheese, Burger King give plenty of it, and it is always melted, unlike Empty Pockets.

4. Burger King do various sizes. Smaller burgers are available for those who have small stomachs, and larger ones are available for people like me. Burger King even came up with the idea of having 6 mini burgers stuck together.

5. They had ribs once. And even though I only tasted a tiny bit of one because a Brother ate them all at once, like a good Brother should, they were good. Once again, ladies and gentlemen, they had ribs!!!!

6. They have nice chips.

I'm pretty sure I'm missing some reasons. In fact, I'm positive. So feel free to add to this!

Star Lord

3 extra little words to add to your campaign Janeybabe:

Chili Cheese Bites


Lordy they are good