This takes the definition of fresh fish to a whole new level! My dad always enjoyed making oysters wince with a squeeze of lemon, that’s how you knew they were truly fresh. Same goes here, I wonder though whether he’d eat this fish as happily as he does the oysters!

Ronnie was just ejected for suckling on the Corona chandelier

Fortunately for us, some crazy mexicans and their representative body Mad Mex, like to party all month to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. For the month of May, Mad Mex’s famous margaritas are only $5 and shots of Herradura’s el Jimador, Mexico’s best selling tequila, are only five bucks too! But wait, there’s more! El Jimador shots come with a free shotglass from Herradura. Tasty stomach-lining Mexican fare will be on special too so do yourself the favour.

For anyone who’s traveled to the U.S. can agree that we lack good Mexican food. Finally, our gringo cries have been heard, at least in Sydney & Melbourne. More details at Mad Mex

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1. The NutBurger

Hailing from Butte, Montana, this burger is nutty! Many profess that it’s like eating a sundae topping on a burger…if your Sundae topping consists of mayo and nut clusters.

2. The Fattymelt

Simply put, it’s a burger crossed with grilled cheese. This heart attack-worthy burger originates from the Mossy Creek Cafe in Fisherville, Virginia.

3. The CCC

The CCC stands for the Chili Cheeseburger of Champions. Yes, it’s a challenge even to look at it. Can your body easily metabolize over four thousand calories of chili-cheeseburger goodness?

4. Cheeseburger in a Can

Marketed primarily to German campers (thanks, Germany), this cheeseburger is absolutely portable, perfectly round, and well-preserved.

5. The Bizza

Sounds quite sophisticated, no? If your two favorite foods are hamburger and pizza, you’re in business.

6. The Hamburger Pie
Got dumped? Lost your job? Just want to eat something that will make you feel like a million, fat-laden bucks? A hamburger pie makes

everything better. Except, you know, your cholesterol.

7. The Krispy Kreme Burger

This variant on the doughnut burger is a favorite of Luther Vandross. Take some glazed Krispy Kremes and use them as the bun of your burger. It’s an ingenious way to make a burger better/fattier! Graciously brought to our attention by the blog Nobody Puts Baby In a Horner.

8. The Scottish Deep Fried

Even in Scotland, deep frying is sacred. Sacred enough for a burger? Yes!

9. The Hippieburgercake

How did they come up with this hybrid name? Well, let’s see: It’s a cake. It’s vegan. It’s shaped like a burger. Vegan burger cake! It’s a great meal for all your friends who threw carnivorism to the wind.

10. The “Rave” Burger

Who’s raving about it? Burger lovers in San Mateo. The “Rave” Burger towers enough fried onions to earn the distinction “culinary skyscraper!”

11. The Cheesescraper

And if “Rave” wasn’t tall enough or unhealthy enough for you, how about the cheesescraper! It’s like a meat surprise amidst miles of cheese and some bun thrown in for good measure. Save room for fries!

12. Cupcake Burgers

Like sweet more than salty? Don’t want to upset your burger-loving friends with your lack of burger zealotry? Then enjoy these burgers in disguise!

13. The Infinite Patty Burger

This burger should come with a Surgeon General’s warning. We lost count of the number of patties in this thing. We’re not sure of its precise origin – it looks vaguely like the work of a crazed In-and-Out customer – but we’re pretty sure it’s from another planet!

14. The Burger King Breakfast Coil?

What? I feel like this burger might slither away before I can eat it. Leeds is the proud home of this sausage-inspired monstrosity.

15. The LITERAL Baconburger

Though this burger might look standard, guess again. The patty is literally bacon ground up and re-fried to create the ultimate in bacon-tastic deliciousness. Throw on some pepperjack cheese and you have yourself a good ol’ fashion cardiac arrest.

16. The Healthy Burger

Yes, that’s sarcasm. This poor waitress-dressed-as-nurse must be struggling to hold that thing up. And as a waitress-nurse (I’d like to see your credentials, ma’am) she has the ability to both heal and destroy with this 6,000 calorie monolith! Cheers to your health!

17. Cheesesteak Burger

Can’t decide between a cheesesteak and a burger? Well, Primanti Brothers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a solution. It’s an ode to excess: beef patties, tomatoes, French fries, provolone, sweet and sour coleslaw and two hunks of bread all wrapped in wax paper. Do we even need a burger patty anymore?

18. The Mario Mushroom Burger

A nerd and a burger lover? This one’s for the old-school Nintendo lover in all of us. Graciously brought to you by GeekoLogie.com.

19. The WTF Burger

Meat wrapped in meat over cheese. Plus, look at the outside stuff!

20. The World’s Biggest

Courtesy of Steve Mallie of Southgate, Michigan. The Guinness Book of World Records officially declared it the biggest burger with its weight of 185 lbs!

21. The Barfood Burger

Eating the Barfood Burger is like playing a game of Jenga with beef, bacon, and onion rings. Not exactly meant for polite company.

22. The McSurf n’ Turf

Torn between processed fish and processed beef? Try this McDonalds fish sandwich and a Big Mac with extra tartar, cheese and a bun. It gives a new definition to the term “mystery meat.”

23. The Bitesize

Literally, it’s a bite! And, it comes with a thimble of cola and fries to floss your teeth. This homemade creation holds the unofficial record for being the cutest burger to grace the pages of the Internet.

24. The Burger Harley

Harry Sperl, nicknamed by his friends “Hamburger Harry,” loved both hamburgers and Harley Davidsons. So he did what any burger/motorcycle enthusiast would do. He created a burger-cycle. The attention to detail is pretty incredible. Is it edible? No.But it takes diesel.

Via Kold Cast TV

It can be stated quite categorically that the terms ‘food van’, ‘gourmet’ and ‘hip-hop’ are rarely heard in the same sentence, until now that is. Previously known for his entrepeneurial credentials in the fashion, music and publishing games, ideas man Raph Rashid’s latest and greatest venture looks set to top the lot and delightfully confound pigeon-holers the world over.

Beatbox Kitchen is Raph’s take on a mobile diner, with a hand-held comfort-based menu put together with Wu-like scientific attention to detail. There are grain-fed Raph Burgers with stereo sauce (I’m claiming best burger in Melbourne), pan-fried chicken schnitzel wraps, portabello ‘shroom burgers for the vegos and the Eddy Current -endorsed dessert – Cool Ice-cream brownie/ice-cream sandwiches, all washed down with a sweet chai shake. Raph has spent years perfecting this menu, sourcing ingredients and testing on an appreciative and ever-expanding list of friends and family. Burp!

The icing on the cake is that the van looks like a huge freakin’ ghetto blaster, complete with ‘ejecting’ tape deck service windows and genius custom detailing by partner-in-crime Beci Orpin. Raph is debuting Beatbox Kitchen at Meredith this weekend, then at various functions and around northside neighbourhoods all summer. And if ya don’t know, now ya know.

Catch the Beatbox Kitchen around the streets of Brunswick and Collingwood, check twitter for when.

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Use your favourite fruit and juices with ancient Zoku techniques to create frozen sensations

Remember making ice blocks when you were a kid? If the technology available was anything like my house’s it meant sticking a popper/drink box in the freezer or pouring juice into the ice tray. The next door neighbour had proper paddle pop style freezing molds, that was exciting. The most unexciting thing though was waiting for the bloody things to freeze. 20 years later, they’ve reduced waiting time to 7 minutes! In the same way that 7 minute abs beats 8 minute abs, so does 7 minute ice blocks!

Zoku Quick Pop Maker comes with 6 sticks

The Zoku Quick Pop Maker uses futuristic alien kitchen technology to pump out 3 popsicles every 7 minutes. Use your favourite juice, fruit, cream/milk mixtures, biscuit bits or artichokes to create a frozen sensation.

The nonstick cast-aluminum molds have a proprietary solution sealed inside their bases to enable rapid, uniform freezing – no electricity required. To enjoy homemade ice pops at a moment’s notice, simply store the compact base in your freezer. After being prechilled, the Zoku can make up to nine pops before you need to refreeze it. Durable, reusable plastic pop sticks have unique ridged designs that allow pops to adhere securely.

With summer time just around the corner for us Australians, it’s the perfect ‘i-dont-really-need-this-but-i-really-want-one’ home appliance.

Zoku Quick Pop Maker comes with a tool to remove popsicles

Purchase @ William-Sonoma

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