It's short notice, but if you're around this Thursday, let's meet at the Shake Shack on the UWS. The Shake Shack doesn't take reservations and it can be a wait for food and seating, so if you can make it, start showing up around 7:30, order your food, get your buzzer, and head downstairs. We can try to save a few seats downstairs as they open up so we can sit together.
- The Burger Series
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Southwest NY Burger-Off Finalists, aka The Burger Series realizes it hates sliders
Southwest NY serves its Burger-Off Finalists this week, so the Burgers Series went to check it out.
The finalists:
1. New York Farmer: Sharp NY cheddar, carmelized sweet onions and horseradish aioli
2. Drunken Dutchman: smoked gouda, brandied mushrooms, applewood bacon and pommery mustard
3. Smokey Vermont: vermont cheddar, smokey chipotle BBQ sauce, applewood smoked bacon, carmelized sweet onions and tobacco onion strings
4. Everything, Please: w/ pepperjack cheese, double smoked bacon, carmelized onions, sauteed mushrooms and Avocado
If we had to pick the flavor profiles we liked best, we would probably pick the Smokey Vermont and Everything Please.
But, we aren't going to pick. Not because we didnt like the burgers, but because the finalists were served in slider form so it was hard to tell if the burgers were any good.
WE DON'T LIKE SLIDERS. We don't know too many burger afficionados who like their cow or bird patties in slider form. (It's different when it comes to pork, that other insanely delicioso white meat, but that deserves a separate post.)
Mini-burger patties are usually overdone, and the bread to patty ratio is always bass ackwards. The result? A cute little package that looks like a burger, smells like a burger, but tastes and feels like yummy cardboard in the mouth. Small, but lethal, and to be avoided whenever possible.
The finalists:
1. New York Farmer: Sharp NY cheddar, carmelized sweet onions and horseradish aioli
2. Drunken Dutchman: smoked gouda, brandied mushrooms, applewood bacon and pommery mustard
3. Smokey Vermont: vermont cheddar, smokey chipotle BBQ sauce, applewood smoked bacon, carmelized sweet onions and tobacco onion strings
4. Everything, Please: w/ pepperjack cheese, double smoked bacon, carmelized onions, sauteed mushrooms and Avocado
If we had to pick the flavor profiles we liked best, we would probably pick the Smokey Vermont and Everything Please.
But, we aren't going to pick. Not because we didnt like the burgers, but because the finalists were served in slider form so it was hard to tell if the burgers were any good.
WE DON'T LIKE SLIDERS. We don't know too many burger afficionados who like their cow or bird patties in slider form. (It's different when it comes to pork, that other insanely delicioso white meat, but that deserves a separate post.)
Mini-burger patties are usually overdone, and the bread to patty ratio is always bass ackwards. The result? A cute little package that looks like a burger, smells like a burger, but tastes and feels like yummy cardboard in the mouth. Small, but lethal, and to be avoided whenever possible.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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