br <none@nowhere.com> wrote:
> B Anderson wrote:
> > Dave Fossett wrote:
> >> Apparently Burger King will return to Japan with the opening of the 
> >> first branch in Tokyo next summer. This time, it will be managed by 
> >> Lotte (of all people), with 100 branches due to open in the next five 
> >> years.
> >> Lotte is also behind the arrival of Krispy Kreme doughnuts in Tokyo.
> >>
> >> http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/sangyo/20061215AT1D140AT14122006.html
> > 
> > I am suprised that Japanese people aren't more fat, considering the huge
> > amounts of high-calorie foods on offer on every street corner.

> The servings are smaller and people don't seem to feel they have to have 
> a huge serving to get value or be sated. A few years ago when I was in 
> Singapore I was so stunned by the size of a regular set in Burger King I 
> said aloud "what the ..., what I am I supposed to do with all that?".

I was about to mention, the concept of "Super Size it" is distinctly NOT
a Japanese one.

Mike