I’ve been criticized recently that my posts have been far too serious. I assume that for serious they mean dead dull. Well, for this post I thought I would lighten things up by writing about a restaurant a friend of mine recently visited in the US. At the risk of sounding prejudiced, I observed that the profile and menu of this restaurant would only be successful in the US. Thats not to say I wouldn’t go….in fact this sounds like a little piece of heaven to me!
Anyway, the name of this diner is The Heart Attack Grill. Its located in Chandler, Arizona (near Phoenix) and its main menu features humongous burgers and lard fried chips. The name of the burgers say it all….they range from the Single Bypass Burger to the Quadruple Bypass Burger. The Quadruple Bypass is truly a culinary obscenity. Comprising 4 huge beef patties weighing a kilo of beef and an estimated 8000 calories, it is the burger of burgers. Together with chips fried in lard, it is a heart attack waiting to happen. The incentive is that if you do finish the burger, you get pushed out in a wheel chair by a waitress dressed in a nurse’s uniform (I use the term nurse’s uniform loosely….I have never seen a nurse wear that kind of clothes except in my dreams).
The restaurant has been heavily criticized for pandering to an obese population and encouraging unhealthy eating (they also offer unfiltered cigarettes on their menu). It was featured in a French documentary probably to highlight the decadent eating habits of Americans. But get this. To most guys, this is like heaven on earth. I mean big greasy burgers, delicious lard fried chips, beer, unfiltered cigarettes…..I would move there in a New York minute if I didn’t already have diet related problems. In fact, the possibility of dying early because of the diet is a bonus….who needs to worry about savings, 401Ks, etc…..if you know your ticker is going to stop in a couple years of that diet. So to all those food purists out there, I say….lets give The Heart Attack Grill a Michelin star and a standing ovation for knowing what the customer really wants. Oh and those pretty nurses don’t hurt either!
Tong Hsien-Hui
You can see their webpage at http://www.heartattackgrill.com/index.html and no, they didn’t pay me a dime to write this. I just seriously commend them for moving in the opposite direction from everyone else.
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