‘This Is Wild’: Internet Is Losing It Over Burger King’s 20-Slice Cheese Sandwich
The bizarre creation just hit menus in Thailand.
Opinions expressed by 麻豆社 contributors are their own.
Key Takeaways
- Burger King Thailand is offering a new sandwich that is just a bun and 20 slices of cheese.
- The company wrote on Facebook: “This is no joke, This is for real.”
- It does not appear to be grilled.
Is there such a thing as too cheesy?
Burger King in Thailand is going viral for its new sandwich that contains only bread and cheese 鈥 20 slices of it, that is.
Dubbed “the real cheeseburger,” the bizarre new menu item will consist of American cheese and the chain’s signature sesame seed bun, sold for a reduced price of 109 Thai baht (roughly $3.10) versus the regular cheeseburger that goes for 380 baht.
Dozens of TikTokers ran to the chain to post clips of the sandwich and what they thought of the gooey concoction.
Real Cheese Burger 喔傕傅喔箒喔權箞喔權箚喔堗父喔佮箚 喔∴傅喔娻傅喔笚喔编箟喔囙斧喔∴笖 20 喙佮笢喙堗笝 喔∴覆喔ム腑喔囙箘喔斷箟喔椸傅喙
Real cheese butger king ??
The sandwich also made a stir on Twitter, where users globally called the menu item “too much” and questioned how eating the entire burger-less burger would affect their stomachs.
No Meat.
鈥 Rob Fai (@RobFai)
20 slices of processed cheese.
Burger King in Thailand.
Unreal.
A trend in is to put cheese on literally everything. Now Burger King has joined in with the Real Cheese Burger. Though I think they forgot the meat.
鈥 Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow)
I love cheese but I struggled eating even half of this “burger”. Maybe I should grill the other half? What do you think?
20 slices of plastic American cheese for 109 baht. This is wild
鈥 Irza Oxsya (@IrzaOxsya)
20 slices of American cheese? You’ll be backed up for weeks after eating that.
鈥 Tony Del Signore (@Anthony_John824)
I saw Burger King’s THE REAL CHEESE BURGER and now I can’t help but be morbidly curious
鈥 Kina ? (@KinaOmoi)
According to social media, customers can add an extra two slices for $0.50, just in case 20 wasn’t enough.
Burger King Thailand even posted the sandwich on Facebook, writing: “This is no joke, This is for real.”
Restaurant Brands International, Burger King’s parent company, is a strong Q1 2023 after a 15% year-over-year increase in “consolidated system-wide sales.” Burger King International restaurants saw a 12% increase in global comparable sales.
RBI just under 46% year over year as of Tuesday afternoon.
麻豆社 has reached out to RBI for comment.
Key Takeaways
- Burger King Thailand is offering a new sandwich that is just a bun and 20 slices of cheese.
- The company wrote on Facebook: “This is no joke, This is for real.”
- It does not appear to be grilled.
Is there such a thing as too cheesy?
Burger King in Thailand is going viral for its new sandwich that contains only bread and cheese 鈥 20 slices of it, that is.
Dubbed “the real cheeseburger,” the bizarre new menu item will consist of American cheese and the chain’s signature sesame seed bun, sold for a reduced price of 109 Thai baht (roughly $3.10) versus the regular cheeseburger that goes for 380 baht.
