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As reported in this blog earlier this week, Burger King confirmed that it is now serving two bite-size breakfast and burger meals.

The new items are called BK Burger Shots and BK Breakfast Shots. The former is a mini-burger, or slider. The burger is topped with mustard, ketchup and two pickles. A la White Castle, Burger King is selling the sliders in a two-pack ($1.39) or a six-pack ($4.09).

BK Breakfast Shots (click to enlarge photo)

The Breakfast Shots come with your choice of ham, bacon or a sausage patty. It is served with an egg, smoky cheese sauce and melted American cheese on a bakery-fresh bun. Also available in a two-pack ($1.49) or a four-pack ($2.89) during breakfast hours. This one definitely seems like the more innovative of the two items.

Tell us: Do the Burger King beef sliders sound better than the sirloin sliders Jack in the Box is testing in San Diego?

More Menu News from El Pollo Loco and Pat & Oscar’s:

I finally tried the new chicken carnitas from El Pollo Loco this week.

First reaction: flavorful, but odd. I just can’t get over the fact that it is chicken disguised as pork carnitas. Also, EPL says the chicken is chopped into little pieces like traditional carnitas. It’s not. It is more like chunks of chicken.

The limited-time item comes prepared as a taco, burrito, bowl or plate. I ordered the carnitas plate and tacos. Even though the plate comes with the two sides and tortillas, I thought it was kind of pricey at $6.49.

I preferred the taco version, which comes with chopped onion and cilantro. However, for the $1.79 per taco price, I’d rather buy EPL’s much more delicious crispy chicken taco.

New on the menu this week at Pat & Oscar’s is the Chipotle Pastrami Melt. The $7.99 sandwich comes with hot pastrami, melted provolone cheese, shredded lettuce, roma tomatoes, chipotle mayonnaise and pickle spears. It sounds delicious, but can it beat The Hat’s pastrami sub or the much cheaper Togo’s Hot Pastrami sandwich? (Note: The Togo’s pastrami sells for a discounted $3.99 on Mondays.)

Related stories:

• For the latest menu updates, bookmark the Fast Food Maven’s New on the Menu section, found at the right of this blog.
• LIST of New Orange County restaurants.
• LIST: O.C. Restaurants Out of Business
• Restaurants and the Economy Report: O.C. restaurants face diners starved for deals

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