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Williamsburg’s Fancy Fast Food

Photo courtesy of Fancyfastfood.com.

Photos courtesy of Fancyfastfood.com.

She wants Nobu but your budget says Popeye’s. The simple solution: Popeye’s sushi.

That’s just what’s pictured in this photo from fancyfastfood.com, a brilliant new Tumblr blog—and today’s Twitter sensation—that deconstructs fast food items and recreates them as artfully styled gourmet-looking meals.

This maki roll and sashimi plate was actually made from Popeye’s items: a two-piece Bonafide spicy fried chicken dinner, a Loaded Chicken Wrap, a large order of red beans and rice, and Popeye’s Lousiana Hot Sauce. “The blog started out as a goof, but then I got really into it,” the author tells Brokelyn. “Now each dish takes about two to three hours to think out and prepare.” See the before picture, and the mad genius behind the blog, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday linkage

Why I won’t hire you [Lifehacker]
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Stop striking out in your love life [BK Paper]
Spend V-Day on the toilet, together [Gothamist]
Tonight: Booze, books and brownies! [the skint]

Williamsburg’s Fancy Fast Food

Photo courtesy of Fancyfastfood.com.

Photos courtesy of Fancyfastfood.com.

She wants Nobu but your budget says Popeye’s. The simple solution: Popeye’s sushi.

That’s just what’s pictured in this photo from fancyfastfood.com, a brilliant new Tumblr blog—and today’s Twitter sensation—that deconstructs fast food items and recreates them as artfully styled gourmet-looking meals.

This maki roll and sashimi plate was actually made from Popeye’s items: a two-piece Bonafide spicy fried chicken dinner, a Loaded Chicken Wrap, a large order of red beans and rice, and Popeye’s Lousiana Hot Sauce. “The blog started out as a goof, but then I got really into it,” the author tells Brokelyn. “Now each dish takes about two to three hours to think out and prepare.” See the before picture, and the mad genius behind the blog, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »