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Andrei Papko will be the new general director of the restaurant chain “Mafia” of Taras and Oksana Seredyukov. About this Forbes told a source in the restaurant market. Papko confirmed…

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Barcelona is the birthplace of not only famous personalities, but also excellent cuisine, which is impossible to overlook. The gastronomic capital of Spain annually attracts thousands of tourists who are…

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Faviken Magazine
Michelin has released a list of the best restaurants in Scandinavia Michelin Nordic Guide 2016. The highest marks - three stars each - received Maaemo in Oslo and Geranium in…

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10 most shocking challenges that restaurants offer to pass to their customers

Contests that organize restaurants for their customers are considered a marketing ploy and attract visitors. Their essence lies in the fact that the client is offered to purchase a huge portion of the dish from the menu and eat completely in a limited time. This test is most likely not for the wallet, but for the capabilities of a person. After all, everyone knows that the eyes are much larger than the stomach.

Both the owners and the visitors of restaurants think that if a tasty dish from the menu is enjoyable, its immense portion brings pleasure five times more. The winner can be rewarded with a free portion from the menu or publicity in the form of a photo on the walls of the institution, among other winners.

10. Japanese restaurant Komachi: ramen dish
If someone has to eat 7 days a week ramen noodle soup, then he can be considered a very poor man! A Japanese restaurant in Sydney, Australia, offers visitors a 2-liter serving of noodle soup, vegetables and meat, which a visitor must eat in an hour. If the client succeeds, he does not pay for the dish and receives a $ 100 certificate for food in this restaurant. To date, the restaurant had 32 winners out of 600 willing in the last 13 years.

9. Corner Cafe Cafe, UK: Mega Monster Breakfast
The British love to have breakfast, and, therefore, to arrange competitions in restaurants, bars and pubs, which are announced on radio and television. In the Corner Cafe cafe they offer to try to eat breakfast Monster Mega, consisting of 6 types of sausages, 6 types of bacon, 4 eggs, two omelets, each of three eggs, 4 chocolate puddings, 4 different cuts, 4 servings of mushrooms, two tablespoons of beans, canned tomatoes , a plate of chips, 4 toasts, 4 toast, two sandwiches with butter. And you need to drink all this with a milkshake. The total energy value of the dish is 7,778 cal.

8. Cafe It’s All So Yummy Cafe: Ice Cream Eating Trial
Sweet teeth of all countries should take part in the competition held in the cafe It’s All So Yummy Cafe. Here you need to eat a large portion of ice cream ice cream sundae. It consists of 16 balls of ice cream, three brownie cakes, three bananas and all kinds of topping. If you manage to eat it in an hour, then you can pay nothing.

7. Cafe Jack-N-Grills, Denver: 3-Kg Burrito
Americans are serious about breakfast, as well as people of other nationalities, and with the growing popularity of Mexican cuisine, its dishes migrated to the morning menu. For example, a 3-pound burrito is served for breakfast at the cafe Jack-N-Grills. It consists of seven potatoes, twelve eggs, 450 grams of beef, onions, cheese and chili pepper. Whoever eats it does not pay anything, as the bonus photo of the winner will decorate the Wall of Glory in the establishment.

6. Corned Beef House Cafe, Toronto: Corned Beef Sandwich
Corned Beef sandwiches are a popular food among astronauts NASA. Today they are served in the Canadian cafe Corned Beef House. It will offer to eat a sandwich weighing more than 1 kg, consisting of meat, bread and pickled cucumbers. If someone eats it for an hour, then do not pay.

5. Cafe The Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo: Texas Steak
In America, places where real steaks are served are very popular, which means they also have competitions. In Texas, everything is always considered the best and greatest, and, therefore, the steak should be served huge here. Since 1991, in the cafe The Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo, hold a competition to eat the biggest steak. For $ 72, they offer a cocktail of shrimp, baked potatoes, a salad, a bun with butter, and a steak weighing 2 kg. If everything is eaten in an hour, the cost of lunch is returned. In the entire history of the test institution has never lost.

4. Mallie’s Sports Bar & Grill, Michigan: Huge Hamburger
Hamburger in America is almost a national dish, so it is not surprising that food establishments hold contests to eat them. No hamburger can compete in size with the one served at Mallie’s Sports Bar & Grill in Michigan. Its size is equivalent to 40 ordinary hamburgers. If the visitor managed to eat a 4.5-pound hamburger in two hours, then he would be returned $ 40 and still be given a 100-dollar bonus on the purchase of a super bottle of Maalox drink.

3. Schiappa’s Cafe, Illinois: Awesome Pizza
Cafe Schiappa’s offers customers to eat 2 pizzas in 1.5 hours, each with a diameter of about 80 cm with 4 fillings. In this case, the institution pays.

2. Cafe Voodoo Donut, Portland: Tex-Ass Donut
Voodoo Donut Cafe invites those who wish to experience themselves and eat a glazed donut free of charge, which is 6 times more than the traditional one. If this can be done in 80 seconds, then the money is returned.

1. Spike’s Cafe Junkyard Dogs, Boston: Spike’s Hot Dog
Hot dogs in America are also popular as apple pies, especially when celebrating Independence Day. In Boston, Spike’s Junkyard Dogs is hosting a hot dog eating competition. The customer is obliged to eat 6 large sized hot dogs. According to the institution in the competition won 2/3 of all participants.

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