Being compared to the bewilderingly popular cronut, the ramen burger is USDA prime beef burger stuffed between two buns made of fried ramen, topped with “secret” shoyu sauce, flavor-infused arugula and scallions.
The burger, created by ramen enthusianst and blogger Keizo Shimamoto, 35, only made its debut at Brooklyn’s Smorgasburg food fair less than two weeks ago, but already foodies have been fighting to get a bite.
Shimamoto told FoxNews.com he got the inspiration for the burger from a traditional Japanese dish that uses pork instead of beef.
“I wanted do something with beef. I grew up loving ramen, and I grew up loving burgers,” he said, adding that he only uses fresh ramen noodles from supplier Sun Noodle in New Jersey–not that instant stuff you buy in the supermarket.
Shimamoto debuted the Shoyu Ramen Burger at the Brooklyn Smorgasburg food festival on Aug. 3, where he quickly sold out of his 150 burgers at $8 apiece. The following weekend he was there again. Soon a long-cronut-wait-like line formed with about 500 people waiting in the rain to get a taste of the new burger. About 350 burgers were sold that day.
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