Know Your Beijing Buns? Watch Blindfolded Expats ID Burgers Ahead of May 20-21 Burger Cup

The challenge: a simple one. The reason: a tasty one. The competitors: a special bunch, to be sure.

In the name of all things holy and burger-like we invited four teams of meat-in-a-bun-loving expats to battle it out in a test of strength, determination, perserverance, and ... err... tastebuds. The mission: to find out who could correctly name three local burgers – Slow Boat, Great Leap, and Home Plate – with the disadvantage of having to perform the whole task blindfolded.

To find out the results you'll have to watch the video (with subtitles) below but one thing's for sure, no one left this experiment hungry.

If that got your juices flowing for some prime beef, hold that thought, as you'll have your chance to reenact the whole shebang once our 2017 Burger Cup rolls around on May 20-21, 11am-8pm at Galaxy Soho. More than 20 vendors are currently confirmed for our Wild West-themed burger-thon as well as a growing number drinks outlets to wash down all that protein. There'll also be performances, activities fit for all the family, and a number of booths dedicated to Beijing life. 

Keep up to date with all of the burger happenings via our blog here.

A special thanks go out to our guests – Kristen Lum of LumDimSum blog fame; David Jacobs and Gene George of Comedy Club China; The Paper Tigers (who just released their new EP); and Hariet Bates, PR and marketing manager for Migas, and Andrew Moo, marketing manager at Hatchery – who were game enough to slog it out in their spare time for the measly price of a free lunch, or three.

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