On Sunday, Burger King unveiled on Facebook a cheeseburger made with nothing but one bun and up to 20 slices of cheese. Facebook users were enthusiastic about the burger, with several users writing that it looked "delicious" while others said they were keen to try it.
I immediately wanted to know what it would taste like. Sadly, it didn't seem to be available in outlets outside of Thailand. Full disclaimer: I'm a big fan of Burger King. In fact, it's my favorite fast food chain — sans Jollibee — and I usually opt for beef burgers. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that a meatless, cheese-stacked "burger" isn't the first thing that comes to mind when Burger King is mentioned.
Instead of booking a flight to Bangkok, my editor sent me on a hunt to visit a few local outlets in Singapore and see if they might be willing to recreate what Burger King calls the "real cheese burger." Burger King is known for their slogan "Have It Your Way," so we figured there could be a chance that they'd comply.
In a Burger King commercial from 1974 the slogan is featured. A staff member is shown customizing burgers — removing pickles and lettuce from one, and adding extra ketchup to another — before singing out that "special orders don't upset us."
I put that to the test and visited a local Burger King on Wednesday night for dinner to see if they would recreate the now-infamous "real cheese burger."