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[XiaNaphryz]

Curious Eats – Tokyo’s Legendary Black Hot Dog:

Japan is known for its selection of weird foods, and today we can add one more item to the ever-growing list. The Black Terra Hot-Dog is one of the most popular fast-food delicacies sold in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. It’s over 30 centimeters long and looks like it’s been cooked a few hours longer than necessary.

Black hamburgers have been around for about a year now, ever since Burger King launched its Premium Kuro Burger in Japan. It has black buns and dark ketchup, but the meat patty and vegetables retain their natural colors. But the people over at Vegas Premium Hot-Dogs, in Akihabara, Tokyo decided to one-up the giant fast-food chain by creating a food item that is entirely black as charcoal. Vegas was already famous for the size of its delicious hot-dogs, which span over 30 cm in length, but ever since they introduced the Black Terra Hot-Dog, in March, their popularity has grown even more. You would expect clients to be turned off by the rubber-like sausage, but apparently people who see this delicacy advertised on the billboards in front of the fast-food joint just can’t resist the urge to try it.

By now, you probably think the images have been manipulated in Photoshop, but I can assure you the Black Terra Dog is very real. So how is a food that looks like rubber safe for human consumption? Some people claim the buns and sausage are infused with squid ink for coloring, but according to a number of reports in the Japanese media, Vegas Premium Hot-Dogs actually uses edible bamboo charcoal powder, which is used as a food dye throughout Asia. I know it looks bad, but apparently it doesn’t alter the taste at all and it’s good for your health.

The Black Terra Hot-Dog costs ¥600 ($6) and is just one of the three delicious treats sold by Vegas Premium Hot-Dogs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30IY7gAFuU

 

[moist]

Once you go black...

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Dang thats long

 

[SuperAndroid17]

That's a penis.gif

 

[Almighty]

God damn does that look disgusting. Part of me thinks I would try it after all it's just food coloring, the other part though thinks I still might vomit if I did.

 

[chuckddd]

I bet it tastes like ash.

 

[Ogni-XR21]

This look so weird... but I would try it in an instant if I had the chance.

 

[Dead]

The Lexington Steele

 

[UrSuLeTzU]

wow, that looks scrumptious!

 

[Stinkles]

Turned gay and reverse racist.

 

[cashman]

I bet it tastes great with ketchup!

 

[Ratrat]

Just another restaraunt dying for attention.

 

[Mutanthands]

Disgusting. Ketchup on a perfectly fine black Hot Dog.

 

[Doctor West]

Did anybody make a penis joke yet?!?

 

[ronito]

Did anybody make a penis joke yet?!?

Yup it didn't take very dong.

 

[LordCanti]

Sometimes you just want that BBD.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

That big black dog.

 

[RC]

This really takes penis envy to new lows, or highs.

 

[nhlducks35]

 

[ffdgh]

Haha oh wow. Looks nasty.

 

[Cyan]

Wood.

 

[EulaCapra]

I don't know whether my mouth or my a-hole should be excited. Both?

 

[MormaPope]

Not getting the phallic jokes up in here, a black dude's penis does not look like that.

 

[KidA Seven]

Ketchup on a doge?

 

[Christina Mackenzie]

Now I feel like trying out food with this edible bamboo charcoal powder, just out of curiosity.

 

[Sats]

I should give my ex a call...

 

[Dommo]

I'm not sure whether to comment on the obvious sexual innuendo or just how fucking disgusting this looks.

 

[Boom Boom Pow]

to be fair, that's not really big. it's just long...but thin

 

[ToLateToLove]

Saw this in Akiba last week. Shit looked disgusting, didn't try..

 

[Replicant]

"12inch? I only have two hands, babe"

"12inch? I don't think my mouth can accomodate that"

Yup it didn't take very dong.

>_>

Let me end this with McKellen lusting after the FassDong:

 

[Eusis]

I bet it tastes like ash.

Actually apparently this doesn't affect flavor at all, even though I still can't help but think it looks like someone made a model hotdog out of charcoal and a crazy bastard's actually eating it.

 

[Angelus Errare]

If this was in the US GOP would be livid.

 

[DeadNames]

It looks like a dildo.

 

[zugzug]

I would eat 3 of those in one sitting if someone sent me to Japan

Just like I still dream of eating that 4 pound burrito with 2 pounds of pork in it.

 

[PaulExcellent]

I want it inside me.

 

[Vermillion]

Yup it didn't take very dong.

This pun was absolutely terrible, but I wanted to let you know that for some reason, I laughed anyways.

 

[UrbanRats]

I don't like black food, i find it instantly repulsive, like it's charred or i'm eating plastic.
Aside from candy, i guess.

I mean the last pic looks like a spider's den. nope.

 

[Voltron64]

 

[Chris R]

That looks longer than 12"

 

[Carton]

This is what food looked like before we had colour tv

 

[Vermillion]

This is what food looked like before we had colour tv

Hot dogs in Pleasantville.

 

[scsa]

I am sure there is some porn related video, that exists in Japan using that thing

 

[stilgar]

Looks better than the Darth Vader burger :

 

[katsubento]

I'd try it.

 

[Drazgul]

Looks better than the Darth Vader burger :

Meh, the patties should be black too. And the cheese, and the lettuce. Black! Black! All of it! Black!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj84tfS7ag4

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I am sure there is some porn related video, that exists in Japan using that thing

Wouldn't it just be a mess of pixels though?

 

[Meier]

I was surprised at how common hot dogs were in Japan. That one is probably the closest looking one (texture wise) to what we have in the US. Most of them were really dry and shriveled.

I think this might be the shop that sells that dog. It was right by the massive Yodobashi-Akiba if I recall.

 

[zma1013]

There's just... so many jokes to choose from... brain cannot process all this data.

 

[Espada]

I know some people prefer the dark meat, but this is ridiculous.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I'd like to try this as long as it doesn't give me cancer or some shit.