Around the World: Subway Australia - Moroccan Lamb Sub

For a limited-time, Subway Australia is offering Moroccan Lamb subs that feature kofta style lamb and a mint yogurt dressing to the standard choice of bread, cheese, and veggies.

Not sure why it's Moroccan Lamb over any other Middle Eastern or South Asian lamb. What about Arabian Lamb? Or Indian Lamb? Indian Lamb makes me think of curry for some reason though. I guess Moroccan Lamb seems more exotic?

News: Wienerschnitzel Returns the Footlong Hot Dog

Wienerschnitzel plies you with Footlong hot dogs this summer.

Twice the size of their standard hot dogs, the limited time Footlong hot dogs come in three varieties: Chili, Chili Cheese, and Mustard.

While you could just order two regular hot dogs to get the same amount of food, what would be the fun in that?

News: Papa Murphy's Wants You to Grill Your Pizza

Papa Murphy's is marketing their pizzas as "Take 'N Grill" pizzas this summer as people take to the great outdoors and get their grill on.

Want pizza at your next camp outing? Papa Murphy's has you covered with detailed instructions on their website here (Pro tip: don't put your pizza directly on the grill). The instructions cover gas, charcoal, and wood pellet grills.

News: Togo's - New California Club

Togo's, a west coast sandwich chain, is out with a new, limited-time California Club sandwich.

What exactly makes it a California club? California avocados! Also in the sandwich is: roasted turkey, Black Forest ham, Applewood-smoked bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and buttermilk ranch dressing.

The California Club is served on Classic White bread by default, but you can customize with Honey Whole Wheat, Sourdough, or Parmesan Cheese bread as well.

News: Starbucks Buys Bakery Chain for Better Baked Goods

Starbucks recently bought San Francisco-based La Boulange bakery, and in doing so, hopes to add a little bit of the French bakery vibe to the Starbucks brand and improve the food component of their stores. The price paid? An even $100 million dollars.

The plan is to use the La Boulange bakery brand for baked goods in Starbucks' U.S. company-owned stores on the way to making La Boulange into a nationwide brand.

Around the World: The Biggest McMenu, Part Seven

We start off Part Seven of our look at "Mc-" menu items from McDonald's restaurants all over the world with something you might remember -- the McSalad Shaker!

Review: Krispy Kreme - Glazed Lemon Cake Donut with Cream Cheese Icing

The Glazed Lemon Cake Donut with Cream Cheese Icing is one of Krispy Kreme's new, seasonal Fruit Stand Flavors and consists of a glazed lemon cake donut topped with cream cheese icing and lemon cake crumbles.

They're a little over a dollar each at my "local" (25 miles away) Krispy Kreme, but I picked up an assorted dozen for $9.49. No sales tax because I got it "to go."

News: Subway - June 2012 Featured $5 Footlong

Subway's Featured $5 Footlong for this June is the Oven Roasted Chicken Sub with Spinach. It features their regular Oven Roasted Chicken Sub, but with spinach! Never mind that you could always get it with spinach... spinach is good for you!

Haha, I'm pretty sure you could get it without spinach as well. Although I wonder if you would have to say, "Can I get a Footlong Oven Roasted Chicken Sub with Spinach without the spinach?" to keep the $5 pricing. I mean, technically the Oven Roasted Chicken Sub is not $5.

News: Dairy Queen - June 2012 Blizzard of the Month

Dairy Queen's Blizzard of the Month for this June is the new Turtle Brownie with Pecans Blizzard featuring pecans, caramel, and brownies pieces mixed into DQ's trademark vanilla soft serve.

It's also available in ice cream cake form in case you're planning to be a little more festive this month.

News: Popeyes - New Sweet Peach Ice Tea and Southern Peach Pie

Where other chains might be going with strawberries or lemons this summer, Popeyes goes straight for the peach with their new Cane Sweet (er "Sweeeeet") Peach Iced Tea and Southern Peach Pie.

The Peach Iced Tea is brewed like Popeyes' regular Sweet Iced Tea with a blend of black and orange pekoe tea, but with added peach flavor. It's brewed fresh daily and made with cane sugar.

News: Baskin-Robbins - June 2012 Flavor of the Month

Baskin-Robbins kicks off summer with their June Flavor of the Month, Strawberry Lemonade.

It features a blend of strawberry and lemon sherbets.

How is a sherbet different from regular ice cream? It has less milkfat - between 1% and 2% compared to the 10% or more of ice cream.

Review: Pizza Hut - Buffalo Chicken P'Zolo

Pizza Hut's Buffalo Chicken P'Zolo is one of three new stromboli-like foodstuff featured on Pizza Hut's menu. While the P'Zolo name might result in a puzzled look or two, the Buffalo Chicken P'Zolo is simple enough featuring white meat chicken chunks, buffalo wing seasoning, and cheese rolled up in pizza dough and topped with a sprinkle of Asiago cheese before baking.

At $3 each or 2 for $5, you can see Pizza Hut has Subway's $5 Footlongs clear in their sights with the P'Zolos.

News: DiGiorno - New Pizza Dipping Strips and Italian Style Favorites

DiGiorno has two new product lines for your frozen pizza eating enjoyment with DiGiorno Pizza Dipping Strips and Digiorno Italian Favorites pizza.

DiGiorno Pizza Dipping Strips brings to mind Pizza Hut's Big Dipper Pizza. They feature a DiGiorno thick crust pizza with twelve pull-apart strips, and two dipping sauces: marinara and creamy garlic. The creamy garlic is a notable departure from the standard Ranch.

Comment! Nachos at Subway

U.K. Melted Cheese Nachos

Apparently, certain Subway restaurants are serving/testing(?) new Subway Nachos. The test appears to be isolated to Subway locations inside Walmart stores (please correct me if you've observed otherwise).

The dish is advertised as "Made with Doritos," so it's basically Doritos chips with nacho cheese and jalapenos (the jalapenos are optional).

One tweeter, who ordered it, stated that he had to grab a bag of Doritos off the shelf and hand it to the Subway server who squeezed some nacho cheese onto it. If that's the way they're doing it, my classmates back in elementary school used to go to 7-Eleven and pump nacho cheese into the 99 cent Grab bags (I'm dating myself here; I don't think they call them Grab bags anymore) of Doritos all the time.

Review: Mauna Loa - Honey Roasted Macadamias

My brother recently came back from a trip to Hawaii and that meant macadamia nuts for me to eat!

Mauna Loa Honey Roasted Macadamias are roasted with Hawaiian honey and sugar.

A can of this size (4.5 ounces) is usually around $5 anywhere in the U.S. except Hawaii where they grow lots and it's much cheaper.

Review: H.K. Anderson - Peanut Butter Filled Nuggets

H.K. Anderson's Peanut Butter Filled Nuggets is something I found at my brother's house. He bought them from Costco and, although they are sometimes sold at other retailers, they aren't common at supermarkets in my area.

What I got was a small, .7-ounce bag of bite-size, peanut butter filled, salted pretzel nuggets.

Frozen Friday: Healthy Choice - Chicken Romano Fresca

Healthy Choice's Chicken Romano Fresca frozen meal features 8-ounces and 230 calories of chicken tenderloins, whole grain pasta, broccoli, and red peppers in a romano cheese and butter glaze.

My local supermarket carries these for $2.99 but I bought this for $2 on sale.

News: Spicy McBites Arrive At McDonald's This Summer

The spicy version of McDonald's Chicken McBites is arriving this month at McDonald's restaurants nationwide.

The new, limited-time Spicy Chicken McBites are like the regular Chicken McBites, but with a spicy breading.

They seem to be doing a staggered launch for the Spicy Chicken McBites; some locations already have them, but others, like in my area won't be getting them until mid-to-late June (June 14 at my local McDonald's). You probably want to call your local McDonald's to check before making a trip for these.

News: McDonald's Testing Clubhouse Angus in San Diego

McDonald's is testing a new variant of their Angus Third Pounders in San Diego called the Clubhouse Angus Burger.

Distinguishing features of the limited-time burger include hickory-smoked bacon, white cheddar and American cheese, grilled onions, tangy steak sauce, smoky Dijon mustard, and a third-pound Angus beef patty on an artisan roll flecked with sesame and poppy seeds.

Review: Burger King - Caramel Frappé

Burger King's Caramel Frappé is part of their recent more-than-McDonald-like menu expansion. Even carrying the same name as its McDonald's counterpart, Burger King's Caramel Frappé similarly blends ice, caramel, and a hint of coffee before garnishing with whipped topping and caramel syrup.

A 12-ounce cup goes for $2.49 at my local BK, but buying one during the Memorial Day promotion only cost me a buck.