Pika-chomp! Aussie eatery develops Pokeburgers

With Pokemon Go gradually taking over the world, it's understandable that companies are trying to cash in on the trend, or at least pay homage to it—and an Australian pop-up burger place has come up with some particularly yummy-looking offerings.

Down N' Out in Sydney is offering Pokeburgers, and their innovations to make their food look more like the little monsters are strangely endearing. The Bulbasaur burger has a broccoli floret on its...head?, and the Pikachu burger has two corn chips for ears and is oozing with cheese.

 

The secret is OUT! This weeks special is going to be HUGE! ???????????????? tag a mate who would bite Pikachu's face off.

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Aug 21, 2016 at 6:04pm PDT

According to UK site Metro, the burgers were developed by Down N'Out's creative director Ben Kagan—and the absence of Squirtle is due to the fact that they couldn't get the buns to turn blue. (Sorry, Squirtle fans, looks like you're stuck with the freakshake).

Kagan told Mashable Australia that he tried to match each burger's flavors and ingredients to each Pokemon's character.

"The Charmander is a little bit spicy, there’s kind of a volcanic cheese dripping off it," Kagan said. "The Bulbasaur is grassy and cleaner, but it tastes like a Big Mac actually—which is quite nice. The Pikachu is a bit sillier, with our ‘tiger fries’ through it."

 

HELLO WORLD! Our Pokeburgs go on sale TONIGHT from 5PM. Please keep in mind that we only have a LIMITED NUMBER of these bad boys, however our regular menu will still be available ????. These #burgers are EAT IN only to ensure quality and we are limiting it to one burg per customer. ???? see you all soon. Photo by the amazing @spooningaust ????

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Aug 22, 2016 at 4:07pm PDT

According to Mashable, Down N' Out is offering the burgers until September 3. Each costs AUD$15 (about P532 or US$11.50).

It looks like Pokemon Go and food hybrids/modifications go hand in hand, and we can't wait to find out what creative culinary minds will come up with next to appeal to the Pokemon and Pokemon Go crowd. — BM, GMA News