Street Fighter Themed Restaurant

I was doing some cleaning today and in one of my desk drawers I discovered a list of Street Fighter themed food items my friends and I came up with at work. It all started with the question of "would you eat at a video game themed restaurant?" Which is a stupid question anyway, because who wouldn't?

We went through the obligatory examples like Sonic's Chilidogs or Luigi's Spaghetti but the real fun was in trying to design dishes worthy of the Street Fighter characters.

So here is the list. Depending on your tastes these may or may not live up to your expectations of what a Street Fighter food item should be, but it's all in good fun right? I'd like to hear other people's ideas on this as well as I love trying to create these sort of things in the kitchen.

The Street Fighter Menu

The Hadoken Burger

Ryu style - Quarter pound patty cooked in teriyaki, thick cuts of bacon, pickle slices (preferably Claussen brand), tomato, lettuce, onion, blue cheese crumbles, two slices of colby jack cheese, mayo and mustard.

Ken style - Quarter pound patty cooked in Au Ju sauce, everything above, american cheese instead of colby jack, and deep fried jalapeno straws.

Sakura style - mini slider versions of the above.

EX them by adding Texas Pete, or make it a Shinkuu with double meat.

The Shoryuken Dog

Quarter pound foot long dog with chilli, mustard, ketchup, cole slaw, cracked pepper, onions, and shredded colby and pepper jack cheese on top.

Of course make it a flaming Shoryuken by adding Texas Pete. Can you pull off a Shin Shoryuken and eat two of them?

Wings

Chun li style - Spicey teriyaki wings of course. Lighting legs!

Raging demon - Probably one of those restaurant challenges. 15 of the hottest wings we can come up with. The exact recipes belong to my friends so I can't reveal ;)

Deserts

PB and Blanka - Thick spread of Peanut Butter on each slice of bread, apple slices, banana slices, and a slice of pineapple in the middle.

EX it by having it on banana bread.

That's all I have for now. We did some more but those pages seem to be lost. Hope that didn't make anyone too hungry, can't say it didn't for me.

Protip: Texas Pete is good on everything.

What's up with Cadbury eggs now?

Cadbury eggs and I have a sort of love hate relationship these days. Every once in a while, especially in the weeks surrounding the Easter holiday, I'll treat myself to one, usually followed by a feeling of regret. It's sad, because when I was a kid they used to be one of my favorite Easter treats hands down.

So what's wrong with them now? If you grew up in the 80's and early 90's you've probably noticed that their recipe has changed. They used to be filled with a runny, syrupy translucent liquid that was supposed to look like an egg yolk. Now adays the center has been replaced with a thick fondent like white and yellow gunk. I don't remember them being quite as sugary when I was a kid, I mean, the stuff that's in them now is richer than cake icing.

I don't know why the filling was changed. My guess is that people complained that they were too messy perhaps (shame on you!). I mean, they were pretty messy when they were runny, but that's part of the fun! I think the change is probably from when Hershey bought the rights to produce the eggs.

I don't expect them to change the formula at this point, especially since they appear to be selling good enough on their own. I do wish they would pull a "new coke/coke classic" and release the old style of eggs. I may have to write in or call Hershey to suggest that.

I feel sad that my kids will never get to experience the runny style that I so enjoyed when I was a kid. Here's hoping it can be changed on of these days though.

To learn more about the history of the Cadbury egg click here.