This burger is totally different from any I have ever tasted before. I can see why it is priced on the high end.

"Burger" and 'gourmet" should not be used in the same sentence.

"Burger" and 'gourmet" should not be used in the same sentence.

I'm not sure why you think that - burgers are a part of many gourmet restaurants in the world. I've eaten a few $80+ hamburgers, and they are excellent. Nothing like what you get at McDs.

A 37-year-old homemaker from Tokyo’s Ota Ward

I wonder how much lunch allowance her husband gets

I've eaten a lot of burgers. I don't actually think any burger is worth $80+, but when they are using things like wagyuu and truffles, I can understand the price. As to tastier - that's hard to say. I've had some amazing burgers for $10. But regardless, the pricey burgers I've had were delicious. Different flavors.

Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

So true. The value of everything is determined at the point when the buyer and seller agree on a price for it. This is true in everything from a piece of fruit from a roadside vendor, up to the largest corporations in the world. Any other attempts at placing a value on something are just speculation.

I wonder how much lunch allowance her husband gets

Enough for the odd Happy Meal & he had better be happy about it LOL!!!

The value of everything is determined at the point when the buyer and seller agree on a price for it.

Except when you have monopoly or price fixing, which means no choice, hopefully for burger we have.

Except when you have monopoly or price fixing

No, even then. It's just that many countries have decided we need regulation to prevent these things (and I agree with that regulation). But even when there is a monopoly or price fixing, if the purchaser pays the money, and the seller accepts it, the value has been decided within those circumstances. If/when the circumstances change, so will the value.

$80+ hamburgers,

Wow. That much? I've had a few stakes priced in that neighborhood, but a burger? The six-dollar Burgers ft @Carl's work just fine.

Except when you have monopoly or price fixing, which means no choice, hopefully for burger we have.

Exactly. There's no fierce competition in (real) Burger joints here. Heck, most japanese don't know a "good burger" anyways. This is why everybody love Mc Donalds so much.

There's no fierce competition in (real) Burger joints here. Heck, most japanese don't know a "good burger" anyways.

You're right for the most part, but there are some quality, delicious burgers to be found in Tokyo. Some are pricey, and some are not.

I ate the ¥1000 burger at McDonald's a few years back with the black box and I ain't afraid to admit it.

I ate the ¥1000 burger at McDonald's a few years back with the black box and I ain't afraid to admit it.

How was it?

I'd try it. A good burger -- not a fast food joint -- usually costs nearly that much, so why knock it before trying.

Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Something is worth whatever someone is fooled into thinking it worth, big differance.

Really really good burgers are almost an entirely different kind of food. Several years ago I had a Wagyu burger in Kobe that was 7,000 yen and it was one of the best things I've ever tasted. Not that it's something I'd eat over and over again (for my wallet's sake as much as anything) but it was a really nice one time treat. Just being a hamburger doesn't mean it has to be low-quality. Just saying.

Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Something is worth whatever someone is fooled into thinking it worth, big differance.

Not really. Whether they are fooled, or come to the price without being fooled, the price is still determined by the agreement between buyer and seller at the time of purchase/sale. Someone who has been fooled just has a higher price they are willing to pay.

I just googled this burger, and oh man, isn't that a good-looking burger!

People want higher-priced burgers instead of a race to the bottom

People want higher-priced burgers instead of a race to the bottom

. . . but (LoL) lots college kids make it through their yrs on the "dollar menu." But you're right lostrune2- its the quality. Not the quantity.

these burgers are FOUR DOLLARS with fries in 'merica.

@strangerland,

$80 burgers? I'm sure it was delicious (it better be) but I don't think I have the courage to spend so much money on a burger. Having said that though, I did spend couple hundred to a thousand dollars on one meal but those were more like a full course meal. Either way, it sounds like it was delicious so more power to ya!

$80 burgers? I'm sure it was delicious (it better be) but I don't think I have the courage to spend so much money on a burger.

I'd say that an $80 burger isn't worth the money if it's going to make you tight for money for the month. But if you have the money to spend, and the opportunity to try, gourmet burgers are a different experience.

@dtrangerland,

Oh no, don't get me wrong. I agree with you that the burger must have been delicious and if you have the money, then go for it. And it seems that your burger was off the hook!

Too bad In-N-Out would never fit the local culture. There, even the fry chefs have decision-making prerogative.