Zeppin Cheeseburger (絶品チーズバーガー)
The burger the brand is named after: a heavier 100% beef patty with Colby Jack cheese, cheese sauce, aurora sauce, lettuce and relish. Richer and cheesier than a standard fast-food cheeseburger, and available as a double or triple.
The story
Lotteria launched the Zeppin Cheeseburger in autumn 2007 as a higher-priced burger. It was the first in Japanese fast food to use costly natural cheese, and its patty, about twice the usual size, was coarsely ground Australian beef with pork back fat, seasoned with oregano and black pepper and salted on the grill so that no ketchup was needed. The bun was hand-kneaded with sake lees for softness. When Zensho turned Lotteria into Zetteria, the “zeppin” line gave the new chain its name.
What’s inside
- heavier 100% beef patty
- Colby Jack cheese
- cheese sauce
- aurora sauce
- lettuce
- relish
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Zeppin Cheeseburger (絶品チーズバーガー) yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and cheese
Big Mac Taco - Shares beef and cheese
Big Mac Hot Dog - Shares beef and cheese
Croissant Big Mac - Shares beef and cheese
Baguette Big Mac
Variations
The Zeppin Cheeseburger (絶品チーズバーガー), taken somewhere it was never meant to go.Similar burgers at other chains
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About Zetteria
For half a century Japan’s Lotteria was the burger arm of the Lotte confectionery group. It began in 1972, originally conceived as a way to sell Lotte ice cream, with its first restaurants opening that September in the Takashimaya store in Nihonbashi and the Matsuzakaya store in Ueno. Its menu soon set it apart: the shrimp burger arrived in 1977 and was later copied by both MOS Burger and McDonald’s, and in 2007 the “Zeppin” (superb) cheeseburger brought natural cheese and a much bigger patty to Japanese fast food.
About 280 restaurants across Japan, the country’s fourth-largest burger chain.
Not affiliated with Zetteria. Trademarks belong to their owners. The photo shows my home version, not the restaurant’s product.