One Hanoi restaurant has a plan for tackling COVID-19: “If you want to beat it, eat it.”
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According to Reuters, chefs at the takeaway shop Pizza Home are staining hamburger buns with green tea and topping them with dough “crowns” so they look like a virus isolate — think of that 3D coronavirus photo that every major publication is using right now.
Coronaburgers are not blowing the buns off Pizza Home, but they’re definitely popular — the restaurant sells about 50 a day.
Burgers are only the beginning
While we huddle in our homes, the virus is starting to creep into our buying lives — often in ethically dubious ways. Everything is coronavirus-themed right now.
- Corona merch is booming on Etsy, CafePress, and Raygun, where you can buy a “quarantine bingo” T-shirt and a “self-quarantine wine glass” among other staples.
- “Coronavirus,” a song born from a Cardi B Instagram video and remixed by the DJ iMarkkeyz, is a streaming hit.
- Another musical entry: “Corona Virus” by Lil Nix, further proof that we are entering the age of pandemic pop.
- A viral TikTok dance, the #GhenCoVyChallenge, is also an international PSA about washing your hands.
Never forget the OG
And of course, we have the pandemic heavyweight: Corona beer. After the beer brand took it upon itself to clarify that “there is no link between the virus and our business” at the end of February, 20-something meme-makers have embraced Corona as their own.
In Facebook groups like Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens, Corona beer plays a starring role.