The biggest news of the day, without question, is bound to be the announcement that a $100 hot dog is now available in Vancouver. Too bad Toronto went through this whole thing last year (get with it, Vancouver) with the now-infamous and hugely unsuccessful $100 burger. The two PR stunts are pretty much exactly the same, so why not do the obvious and compare them head-to-head?
Name
$100 hot dog: The Dragon Dog
$100 burger: $100 BRGR
Winner: $100 hot dog
Origin
$100 hot dog: Vancouver’s DougieDog, which is also the first hot dog delivery location in Canada.
$100 burger: m:brgr, a Montreal hamburger joint that lasted less than six months in Toronto, a city that loves hamburgers more than pretty much anything else.
Winner: $100 hot dog
Price
$100 hot dog: $100
$100 burger: $100
Winner: close call, but we decided on a draw
Perks
$100 hot dog: truffle oil, fresh lobster, secret picante sauce and kobe beef infused with century-old Louis XIII cognac.
$100 burger: two kobe beef patties, foie gras, bacon, brie, porcini mushrooms, garlic roasted ham, grilled pear, fig jam, bacon, asparagus, black truffle carpaccio, honey truffle aïoli and piave vecchio cheese.
Winner: $100 burger
Grand prize
Overall, the perks of the $100 burger trump everything else. While century-old cognac sounds nice, at the end of the day it’s all about truffles, foie gras and bacon. Now that this is settled, it’s high time for a $100 poutine.