Tomato Burgers

I get fatter every week because I’m too lazy to run and gyms disgust me. So I cut carbs sometimes—try to keep it minimal at mealtime, tell myself I’m being good about it. The problem is burgers. You can’t order one without a bun and still pretend you’re trying.

Moshat, a Japanese burger chain, apparently figured this out. They’re selling the Tomami burger—a wordplay on tomato and the Japanese word for fruit—for about six euros. Two thick slices of tomato instead of a bun. It’s such a clean solution.

It probably looks worse in real life than it does in the pictures, which is always how these things go. You work with what you have when you’re trying to lose weight without actually trying. Maybe it sparks something for someone else. I’m just thinking about cheeseburgers now.