I tried Bare Burger in Manhattan the other day, and it's delicious. The bison was succulent and perfectly cooked. The burgers are really tiny, though.
My normal lunch place is either New York Burger Co or Shake Shack. The latter is the best "regular" burger in the area, and the former has delicious meat and buns, and some interesting toppings and sauces. NYBC has convinced me that onion rings and bacon can live together in a burger with harmony and deliciousness.
EDIT: By "regular burger," I mean your standard "lettuce and tomatoes" affair. The potato bun is a nice touch, though. More bread needs to be potato-based.
Am I weird for disliking tomato on my burgers? I can like tomatoes in every single form, except for just a raw slice. The texture just ruins for me or it overpowers the other flavors.
There is a great local burger place near my apartment called Blue Moon Burger. Their burgers are pretty fucking delicious, easily one of the best burgers I've had. There are a couple other places in Seattle that have amazing burgers too, one (can't remember what it's called) being probably the best burger I've ever had which was some sort of Summer special turkey burger at this brewery downtown. HOLY SHIT was it good. Although I think the first time being so good was a fluke because I had it a second time which was still great, but not amazing.
As the only forum person that could drive there for a sandwich, I'm pretty tempted by the first one. I'm not sure what tempura fried burger will do, but other than that it sounds fine.
There's a restaurant about a block from where I live that does big, reasonably good hamburgers. The high point is, on Mondays their burgers are $5, which makes them about the same price as any of the delis around, with a much better burger. It's pretty great.
A Moo-Yah recently opened near where Jeremy and I reside. It seems like a Five Guys, but with no peanuts. I didn't have a burger, but Jeremy did. They did have sweet potato fries which I may try later one, but from what Jeremy says their burgers are decent.
I've tried to significantly reduce my red meat consumption for the last year or so. Initially, burgers and other "cheap" red meat seemed like the obvious way to go. I tried restricting my red meat primarily to small, expensive steaks.
It turns out that I really, really like hamburgers, moreso than I'd suspect up to that point...
A well constructed hamburger is probably in my top ten of food items despite its apparent simplicity.
Seriously, when I crave a burger I find that 99% of the time I'll be more satisfied with a homemade burger with some nice grass-fed beef than the restaurant options.
Yes, home burgers are vastly superior to 90% of restaurant burgers.
That being said, I also have decreased the red meat consumption drastically. Except while in Australia because it was very difficult.
I really wish that there were more non-red meat options available at typical lunch places. Sure, I'm in NYC I can get whatever meat I want to cook at home or at a sit-down restaurant. But for lunch the only options are chicken, turkey, ham, red meat, or no meat. Let's get some more animals up ins. Maybe some duck for lunch that isn't chinese food?
Yes, home burgers are vastly superior to 90% of restaurant burgers.
That being said, I also have decreased the red meat consumption drastically. Except while in Australia because it was very difficult.
I really wish that there were more non-red meat options available at typical lunch places. Sure, I'm in NYC I can get whatever meat I want to cook at home or at a sit-down restaurant. But for lunch the only options are chicken, turkey, ham, red meat, or no meat. Let's get some more animals up ins. Maybe some duck for lunch that isn't chinese food?
Get a duck breast and make your own duck prosciutto. Take it for lunch. Or maybe a duck salami. Shelf-stable meats are a great way to make an easy lunch.
As for hamburgers - they are truly a wondrous use of meat. Truly versatile.
And the style of sandwich works well for a lot of other protein bases. Black bean burgers are fucking awesome.
Have you read this article on burger smashing? I think it might be of interest to you. Basically, smashing the patty within 30 seconds allows more surface area for Maillard reactions while maintaining juiciness.
Have you read this article on burger smashing? I think it might be of interest to you. Basically, smashing the patty within 30 seconds allows more surface area for Maillard reactions while maintaining juiciness.
Have you read this article on burger smashing? I think it might be of interest to you. Basically, smashing the patty within 30 seconds allows more surface area for Maillard reactions while maintaining juiciness.
I find his conclusions for why a smashed burger is better than a regular pre-formed flat burger to be unsupported. He makes a good case for using a properly heated skillet, but not much more.
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My normal lunch place is either New York Burger Co or Shake Shack. The latter is the best "regular" burger in the area, and the former has delicious meat and buns, and some interesting toppings and sauces. NYBC has convinced me that onion rings and bacon can live together in a burger with harmony and deliciousness.
EDIT: By "regular burger," I mean your standard "lettuce and tomatoes" affair. The potato bun is a nice touch, though. More bread needs to be potato-based.
If I wasn't trying to lose weight, I'd love to put this in mah mouf.
Also, don't forget to drop the bass this 4th!
I just like the name.
It turns out that I really, really like hamburgers, moreso than I'd suspect up to that point...
A well constructed hamburger is probably in my top ten of food items despite its apparent simplicity.
That being said, I also have decreased the red meat consumption drastically. Except while in Australia because it was very difficult.
I really wish that there were more non-red meat options available at typical lunch places. Sure, I'm in NYC I can get whatever meat I want to cook at home or at a sit-down restaurant. But for lunch the only options are chicken, turkey, ham, red meat, or no meat. Let's get some more animals up ins. Maybe some duck for lunch that isn't chinese food?
As for hamburgers - they are truly a wondrous use of meat. Truly versatile.
And the style of sandwich works well for a lot of other protein bases. Black bean burgers are fucking awesome.