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Burger King introduces charcoal-blackened burgers

By Jennifer Brett
Sept 11, 2014

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Check out Burger King's new pitch-black burgers. The buns are blackened with bamboo charcoal and the cheese is blackened with squid ink. Yum!

Alas, the new "Kuro Pearl" and "Kuro Diamond" burgers are only available in Japan. They apparently follow the launch of a similar product two years ago.

From the site narinari.com(translated from Japanese to English by Google Translate):

"In 2012, the company released the first time using the 'KURO buns' and 'black burger.' I recorded the most number of items sold in Burger King new products in Japan that year. It evolved into a premium 'black burger' that, to release the two menus this time. Features 'KURO Pearl' and 'KURO Diamond' biggest ingredients of the newly developed to pursue the black thoroughly. It is tailored not only buns you've kneaded the bamboo charcoal, was formulated black pepper as 'KURO Patti,' issued a full-bodied with squid ink 'KURO Shalyapin source,' blended with bamboo charcoal to 'KURO cheese.'"

Would you order these if they were available here?

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