Enormous Sandwiches, Hot Dogs, and Hamburgers

BIG IDEAS: Attack of the GarganWiches! [Restaurants & Institutions]

11- 7-08 in Gastrogigantism | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story | Comments (0)

Super Super Size Me

Confronting Australia's "Quad Four," a behemoth burger comprising four patties and a whopping 1,000 calories and 70 grams of fat.

09- 5-08 in Gastrogigantism | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

Largest Lemonade

A Tulsa, Oklahoma, branch of the fast food chain Chick-fil-A has set a new Guinness World Record by creating an 839-gallon cup of lemonade. More than 1,000 pounds of sugar, 11,730 lemons, and 580 gallons of water went into the humongous drink.

08-20-08 in Gastrogigantism | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story

World's Biggest Biryani

Sixty Indian chefs came together in New Delhi to cook 13 tons of biryani, the traditional South Asian rice dish. Using oar-like ladles, they combined 3,000 kilos of basmati rice, 6,000 liters of water, 85 kilos of chili peppers, 1,200 liters of oil, and 3,650 kilos of vegetables in a giant vat to create the record-breaking dish. Via yumsugar.

03- 7-08 in Gastrogigantism | Link | add to del.icio.us | Digg this story