Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and more, “The Menu” follows a young couple as they eat at a highly exclusive restaurant helmed by a chef with more than terrifying intentions. Towards the end of the movie, a film that celebrates cuisine that’s dramatic and elaborate, we see emphasis placed on a traditional cheeseburger. Through all the jaw-dropping, meticulously engineered meals in the movie, the cheeseburger is perhaps given the most attention. Many fans of the film would call it the most iconic food served in the movie. That being said, some viewers found the departure to the cheeseburger to be a bit too random and abrupt. Now, we’ll examine just what that cheeseburger meant and how it tied into the bigger picture of “The Menu.”
