And followed it with 6 gallons of Maalox
Japan’s Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi set a new world hamburger-eating record Saturday by consuming 69 Krystal hamburgers in eight minutes to win the inaugural Krystal Square Off World Hamburger-Eating Championship in Chattanooga.
The guy weighs like 130 pounds. And for you non-local readers a Krystal is similar to a White Castle burger, except it is infinitely better.
November 15th, 2004 at 9:23 am
I asked a Yankee friend of mine to describe White Castle:
“Rat-burgers with onions.”
November 15th, 2004 at 11:57 am
I went and watched that crap. It was hilarious! That little asian dude can put some Krystals away!
November 15th, 2004 at 1:33 pm
I was in Jersey this weekend visiting my grandmother. On the way back we saw a White Castle and I took my wife in – she had heard of them, but had never had one.
Well, as they say, one White Castle will last you all life long (and for the next millenia as well). We each had one bite and missed Krystals oh so much (and Chilli Pups . . . )
November 15th, 2004 at 2:46 pm
Yeah, umm, I’m going to have to go ahead and… disagree. White Castle beats the pants off of Krystal, any day of the week. Krystal is nothing more than a cheap White Castle knock-off. It is to White Castle what Burger King is to McDonald’s (except that BK and McD’s both suck); what Huddle House is to Waffle House; what Ghoulies is to Gremlins.
I’d take a White Castle cheeseburger over a Krystal cheeseburger any day, without hesitation. White Castle’s fish sandwiches also rule.
(The Krystal chili pups are pretty good, though…)
November 15th, 2004 at 5:07 pm
This has the potential to be a more heated discussion than “.45 vs. 9mm.”
November 15th, 2004 at 5:09 pm
No, actually, both White Castle and Krystal are food for people with no taste buds. At least in the north we can spell the names of our crappy eateries correctly 🙂
November 15th, 2004 at 5:19 pm
Kevin commending his own spelling? Oh, irony. And not just in that little alanis morrissette way, either.
November 15th, 2004 at 5:25 pm
I’m not entirely sure how Witchita qualifies as “the North,” either.
But for the record, I don’t accept culinary criticism from a guy (Kevin) who thinks cheese is evil.
November 16th, 2004 at 1:20 pm
I’m gonna have to take Uncle’s side here. Krystal > White Castle.
November 16th, 2004 at 1:52 pm
Hmm. Must be a southern thing, then. I happen to prefer burgers that actually taste like something. The couple times I tried Krystals, they were utterly tasteless.