© 2005 Patrick Benny Y ou walk out of Shibuya station, hungry for a good old fast food combo, and notice this new tiny burger shop across Hachiko crossing. The shop’s customers do seem slightly suspicious though, mostly young girls giggling uncontrollably while staring at the menu. The staff looks however perfectly normal, wearing typical junk food joint uniforms and stuffing the goods into paper bags.
Don’t let yourself be fooled, Mamido Burger does sell what looks like hamburgers and fries, but they're made of the sweetest ingredients.
How about a fried fish burger, containing sponge cake and bananas, or maybe a gratin burger, garnished with cream cheese and fruits? There’s also the classic, Mamido burger, a delicious combination of chocolate cream with kiwi and raspberries, or Big Mamido for the hungry ones. As side dish, Mamido recommends its most trompe l’oeil offering, Mamido fries. Shockingly realistic, they're really made of custard, but nevertheless served with true Heinz ketchup! Otherwise, there are always the nuggets, which are actually pieces of French toast with caramel sauce.
And for dessert, the shop offers the more usual curry-stuffed breads, small cheesecakes, and rose-shaped caramel cakes. A variety of soft drinks and good priced coffee complete the menu.
Well, might better forget about this one for lunchtime, but it’s certainly a great idea as a little extra to bring to a home party!
Shibuya’s take-out only Mamido Burger opened on October 29, 2005, produced by
original dessert creations company Cereal Mammy (or Sirimami). This first shop
leads the path to a total of 8 shops soon to be opened across the country. 
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Patrick Benny runs a blog site at www.chipple.net. Patrick agreed to expand an article he wrote on Mamido after being contacted by The Foreigner.
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