Burgers act as a culinary canvas for a chef’s creative expression, providing the opportunity to take the classic burger to the next level. With all the new flavor combinations popping up constantly, stacking higher and higher with toppings and sauces, the door to innovation is wide open. Not gonna lie, though… didn’t see this one coming.
Bull City Burgers in Durham, NC is celebrating Exotic Meat Month with some wild and daring takes on dishes that include the likes of alligator, iguana, python, bison, turtle and insects. The big-ticket item that everyone is talking about is the Tarantula Burger – that’s right, TARANTULA. A giant, oven-roasted, eight-legged, arachnid tops a 100% pasture-raised North Carolina beef patty, with GruyĆ©re cheese and chili sauce. For those eaters with the gumption to stand up to the Tarantula Challenge, as they call it, it will be a first bite that they won’t soon forget. Bon AppĆ©tit!
The restaurant ordered 18 zebra tarantulas to be served up, so you have to be a winner of the Tarantula Raffle to have the honor of chowing down on this unique burger.
Those who have tasted the $30 burger say that the flavor profile is similar to that of crab… It does sort of look like a soft-shell spider.
If you clean your plate, you get a shirt commemorating your brave task, like this young lady here. She seems pretty pleased… maybe it’s not so bad?
Some of the other exotic toppings. Just some crispy insects to give that guac some nice texture… They say bugs are a great source of protein, but I’ll leave that to someone else with a stomach of steel to confirm.
What’s the craziest food challenge you guys have taken? Would you give the Tarantula Challenge a shot?
