--- description: Something fishy's happening at the fast food chain title: McDonald’s Has a Weird New Burger in the Works image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe5c31379d0e2e63/6987681fe20a87583ba83493/mcdonalds1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Fast Food](/tag/fast-food/) ## Fast Food Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonald’s Has a Weird New Burger in the Works by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 2014 3:27 PM CUT  A McDonald's restaurant sign is seen at a McDonald's restaurant in Del Mar, Calif. on April 16, 2013. A McDonald's restaurant sign is seen at a McDonald's restaurant in Del Mar, Calif. on April 16, 2013.Mike Blake—Reuters by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 5, 2014 3:27 PM CUT It’s not a Krabby Patty, exactly, but McDonald’s is releasing a crab-filled burger in Japan. According to [_Kotaku_](http://kotaku.com/mcdonalds-is-releasing-a-crab-burger-in-japan-1667163282 "undefined"), the new burger will feature a croquette filled with snow crab and mushrooms and use lettuce and tomato sauce as additional toppings. Even though it’s seafood, McDonald’s Japan is marketing the dish as a burger. Those hungry for an actual Krabby Patty will have to venture to Palestine, where a restaurant owner has built a replica of the Krusty Krab that, judging by the location’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/Salta3Burger.Palestine/info?tab=overview "undefined"), has yet to be shut down by Nickelodeon’s lawyers.  ModelPress \[[ModelPress](http://mdpr.jp/gourmet/detail/1451462 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3620075/mcdonalds-new-burger/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3620075/mcdonalds-new-burger/"},"headline":"McDonald’s Has a Weird New Burger in the Works","datePublished":"2014-12-05T15:27:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:48.208Z","description":"Something fishy's happening at the fast food chain","url":"https://time.com/3620075/mcdonalds-new-burger/","keywords":["Fast Food","Food","Mcdonald's","burgers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe5c31379d0e2e63/6987681fe20a87583ba83493/mcdonalds1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe5c31379d0e2e63/6987681fe20a87583ba83493/mcdonalds1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"File photo of a McDonald's restaurant sign at a McDonald's restaurant in Del Mar, California","caption":"File photo of a McDonald's restaurant sign at a McDonald's restaurant in Del Mar, California","creditText":"Mike Blake—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fast-food/","name":"Fast Food"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3620075/mcdonalds-new-burger/","name":"McDonald’s Has a Weird New Burger in the Works"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Our food. Your questions. What are McRib patties made of?","description":"Our food. Your questions. What are McRib patties made of?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SOwr0bUO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-04T16:23:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SOwr0bUO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3620075/mcdonalds-new-burger/","duration":"PT5M28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3620075/mcdonalds-new-burger/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```