World Records

EGGS-ELLENT

OMELETTE

FEAT: An omlette weighing 2953 kg FACT: Though exact details are unavailable, the delicacy made by members of the Lung Association broke the record held by Japanese chefs for making an omlette with 1.6 lakh eggs in Yokohama DATE: May 11, 2002 PLACE: Brockville Memorial Centre, Ontario, Canada

BIRYANI

BAHAR

FEAT: A 13,000-kg biryani made by 60 chefs FACT: Three cranes dumped 3,000 kg of Basmati rice, 85 kg of chilli peppers, 1,200 lt of oil and 3,650 kg of vegetables into a giant steel vat mounted on a three-foot high furnace. Added to it was a ‘pinch’ of salt weighing nearly 86 kg. A hose was used to pour in 6,000 lt of water and 10 kg of exotic spices and aromatic condiments were sprinkled in. DATE: March 1, 2008 WHERE: Sports stadium in New Delhi

SANDWICH

STORY

FEAT: A sandwich weighing 2,467.5 kg FACT: No details available DATE: March 17, 2005 PLACE: Wild Woody’s Chill and Grill, Roseville, Michigan, US

DOSA

DHAMAKA

FEAT: Quick Gun Murugan made a 32.5-feet long dosa with help from 16 chefs FACT: The plain dosa was made on a tava weighing 3,000 kg using 25-kg batter and 40-kg ghee in 5 minutes and 30 seconds DATE : August 20, 2009 PLACE: Sankalp Restaurant, S G Road,Ahmedabad

BARBECUE

NATION

FEAT: Over 30,000 people grilled their way into history by devouring 28,000 kg of meat over 6 hours to create the world’s largest barbecue FACT: Volunteer barbecue masters built fires covering a massive area of 60-m wide by 100-m long, about the size of a football field.To set a Guinness World Record, the meat was eaten in less than 8 hours. DATE: October 26, 2008 PLACE: Mariano Roque Alonso township,Asuncion,Paraguay

CUPCAKE

CREST

FEAT: A 4-feet, 1,224-pound triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting, eight times the size of previous record-holder FACT: The sugary behemoth was baked using 800 eggs and 200 pounds each of butter, sugar and flour in 12 hours DATE: August 19, 2009 PLACE: Royal Oak, Michigan

CAESAR

SALAD

FEAT: Twenty cooks created the record for the world’s largest salad FACT: The salad had 6,700 kg of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers and olives. The cooks took three hours to toss the salad DATE: September 29, 2007 PLACE: Pulpi town in Spain

COFFEE

BITE

FEAT: World’s largest Irish Coffee was made in a three-foot tall glass that could hold up to 15 gallons FACT: A case of Tullamore Dew whisky, a box of confectioner’s sugar and countless pots of freshbrewed coffee was added to the gigantic glass. Justwhipped heavy cream topped the concoction soon passed out in smaller glasses to everyone in attendance DATE: November 10, 2008 PLACE: Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, US

SUPER

SOUP

FEAT: Venezuelan government made the largest pot of soup containing 3,960 gallons of ‘sancocho’ stew FACT: The dish contained 6,600 pounds chicken, 4,400 pounds beef and tons of vegetables DATE: September 16, 2007 PLACE: Caracas,Venezuela

TOWERING

ACHIEVEMENT

FEAT: A 6.6-m tall chocolate sculpture made entirely of chocolate made it the tallest chocolate structure ever made. FACT: Alain Roby took more than 30 hours and used more than 1,000 kg of chocolate to model the structure after Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. DATE: October 10, 2006 PLACE: A toy shop in Manhattan, New York

BURGER

KING

FEAT: World’s largest hamburger tipped the scale at 84.2 kg FACT: Topped with cheese, bacon, tomatoes, onions and lettuce, it took 12 hours to prepare. Called ‘Absolutely Ridiculous Burger’, it is available at Mallie’s Sports Grill & Bar for $499 (Rs 24,247). DATE: August 29, 2008 PLACE: Michigan, US