Turkey, mashed potatoes and some leafy greens: full Christmas dinner or new Japanese fast-food sandwich?
Wendy's Japan is now offering a "Turkey Special" that brings mashed potatoes to the world of burgers. The chain is serving up two limited-time menu items for the holidays: the Turkey Pretzel Mashed Potato Burger and the Pretzel Turkey Spicy Chicken Burger.
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Both burgers feature patties topped with mashed potatoes and slices of turkey deli meat and served on a pretzel bun, reports Brand Eating. The Mashed Potato Burger comes with a beef patty, cheese and gravy, and the Spicy Chicken Burger comes with a breaded chicken fillet.
The mashed potato mashup comes at the end of a year filled with bizarre Japanese fast-food offerings. When With Burger King serving up everything from a black cheeseburger to a burger topped with berries, Wendy's mashed potato and turkey burgers are hardly the weirdest thing on the menu.
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