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I saw a stack of single-patty BK burgers in an ad this weekend. Since I've been adjusting my diet due to diabetes, I'm losing the taste for big juicy burgers more and more, and something like this just makes me automatically think of the day or two it will take for my blood sugar to subside ....
Along with the rapid rise of crap American-style fast food here in Japan, we are seeing (surprise surprise!) a big rise in overweight kiddies. It's a shame, really. I look at that absurd stack of burger King patties and lament that little Taito-kun and little Miku-chan are not eating fish and miso soup like their parents and grandparents did.
And gomichild, I know of one Burger King in Sunshine City at Ikebukuro. It's true, though, you don't see 'em around much. If only we could say the same thing for Mickey D's...