KISS Branded Spicy Meat Buns Look Like Rocks, Taste Like Rolls
KISS your buns? With pleasure but for a limited time only, and
it'll cost you 100 yen each time. We're talking about the KISS
Super-Spicy Chili Tomatoman meat buns on sale at Japan's Circle
K Sunkus convenience stores of course, a tasteful promotion
seeking to boost awareness of Gene Simmons and the band's
upcoming Japanese tour.  The buns are delivered cold to each
individual Circle K Sunkus location and are then heated to
serving temperature in an in-store steamer. Peel back the
collectible black-on-white wrapper featuring the made-up faces
of each band member and you'll find a gray flattened spheroid
branded with a small KISS logo.  The bun's not moldy; its rock-
like look is purely intentional and is achieved through the use
of Bamboo Charcoal in the pastry mix. It's not near as black as
Burger King Japan's Premium KURO Burger so it's got that going
for it, which is nice. It gets better... lurking in the center
of the bun is a fiery red tomat