DID SOMEONE SAY BOTTOMLESS FRIES?! 🍟🍟🍟 It’s been one year since we opened our BB doors at Commercial Bay and we think we speak for everyone when we say….WHAT A YEAR! To celebrate this milestone, we’re giving YOU $8 BOTTOMLESS FRIES with every burger purchased THIS FRIDAY 11th June.
No fine print listed, just that that its available from Commercial Bay BB only. They're banking on you being too full to eat fries by the time they make a loss
Eat the fries, and take the burger home for later.
Well your paying $8 to start, that buys a lot of fries to start with, I doubt that many people can eat that many fries realistically. Your talking KGS here . Even at supermarket prices you can get a few KG for that - let along wholesale prices. Im sure there are exceptions but if you can eat 2kg of fries in a sitting, more power to you.
I don't want to see the waistline of a person who both can eat 2kg of fries, and thinks its a good idea for 'value.'
Normal fried fries are around 275-325cal / 100g from what a variety of restaurants have posted. Then you add the aioli they'll be giving you, which'll be around 70cal / 10g (Store bought heinz), which is probably about what you'd eat with 100g of fries [people use more dip at a restaurant than they would at home].
So 350-400cal/100g of fries, with dip.
Multiply that by 20 to reach 2kg of fries..7000-8000cal.
You'd gain around 1kg of fat from just eating these fries (3500cal/pound of fat).
The real deal is eating them at home in your…air frier. 900g is around $3 (Mr Chips is good). 120cal/ 100g as you don't use any oil, and they taste amazing with small amount of aioli or other sauce. Eat in moderation, and have a nice snack that's low in calories [and yes, nutrition value], but isn't soaked in oil.
This has been your Ted Talk..
@bisky: I can still remember Carl Jr's bottomless fries promo a few years back. That was fun! Just forget what happened six hours later after the meal…
The catch is probably that it takes BurgerBurger AGES to cook fries, or generally do anything. If my past orders at any of their locations serve as a guide, you'll be waiting 10-15 minutes every time you want some.
No chance it's even possible to lose money selling average size burgers for 20 bucks 🤣 burgers in NZ are an embarassing hipster joke these days.
I miss Pizza Huts all you can eat 🥘
NZ is terrible for all you can eat restaurants / buffets and the like. There are few and the ones that are around are very average or very expensive compared to what you find overseas, the US in particular. Its a shame. Guess its cause food here is so overpriced to begin with its hard to make a buck.
Is there any good buffets around?
paradise is all i can think of for an indian buffet for $24
https://www.paradiseindianfood.co.nz/menu/buffet/
Fortuna is okay, it's basically what Valentines used to be. $28 lunch and $35 dinner.
Tombo (Korean/Japanese) in Newmarket is apparently good. $35
@Plug: Thanks, never heard of Tombo - might check it out - I dont really like the cook your own Korean in general, but might be worth a look . There is of course Eight at the Cordis, but thats ok but very expensive.
Apparently weirdly the largest buffet in NZ is in New Plymouth but its similar to a valentines type place. , its also NZ's busiest restaurant overall, which is also a bit surprising.
Ok i'll bite - so what are the fine prints?
Limited to 30 minutes? Only eat with 1 hand? Can't sit on a chair?