How do you eat a Flying Dutchman?
Very carefully.
Or with a fork, which are available next to the napkin dispenser.
I wonder what the draw for that particular order is, and why so many people ordered it that it became part of the menu, secret?
Atkins?
That was the basis for the Protein Style burger, wrapped in lettuce. But I suppose the Flying Dutchman came from the same desire for no carbs.
Militant anti-veganism?
Now that I can’t eat gluten, I’m kinda glad when places don’t insist on wrapping the burger in a dozen layers of limp, wet lettuce.
A lot of burger joints opened up relatively recently – 5Guys, The Counter, Smashburger, etcetera. They seem to consistently be more hype than quality and they also seem to emphasize the char over-cooking of the beef. It occurred to me a while ago that the phenomenon was perhaps not a coincidence; it seemed to me a manufactured fad of ‘let’s get people to buy beef again’ since the Mad Cow calamity that burned the burger and steak industries has mostly faded from the collective consciousness. It’s like an astro-turf version of an epicurian fad.
Burgers are okay but, if ya just gotta have beef, there’s so many better ways to serve it.
In&Out was popular in the Los Angeles area long before the mad cow scare, and their claim to fame has always been ‘order any combination and we’ll make it’ to the point that, when they first came to San Diego, they were hyping their 7-layer cheeseburger. Really? How gross! It’s not like a person could unhinge his jaws and bite into a burger like that. [And yeah, I’ve seen the 100-layer In&Out site. I found it thoroughly revolting.]
And fresh-cut fries are interesting, but I tend to find them soggy. I still tend to think the best fast-food fries are from McDonalds – but they’re spray-coated with sugar before frying. [And, yeah, I’ve seen the rumors that they put beef broth in the frying oil, as well. I’ve never followed up on that one.]
Then she should try the Habit. They specialize in a Char-Burger. They also have decent fries and really good malts. One of the little irritations I had when visitinig 5Guys is that they didn’t have shakes or malts available to purchase. Apparently they refuse to consider it. What? No milk allowed with the meat?
—G!
I like getting burgers at Hooters – but it’s not about the food.
I’ve eaten at In-n-Out a few times. If I’m in the mood for a burger and they’re the only ones around, I won’t be having a burger that meal. Bland, horrible burgers and fries that you have to wait forever to get.
Five Guys is ok. I tend to get their hot dog and fries. The food is overpriced, and they serve way too many fries and so I end up throwing about half away. Tasty, but I only go there because my gaming group heads there for lunch after Armadillo Willy’s changed their menu for the worse.
Five Guys got me through college. A bacon cheeseburger with mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, grilled onions, and BBQ sauce was comfort after some particularly demoralizing classes. Plus my friend always bought the fries to split. But if I got them on my own, Old Bay and malt vinegar. So perfect. There aren’t any close to me but I might be making a trip very soon.
I was in Five Guys the other day. They have a board where kids can write comments in crayon and post them. Well, one of the employees had to take a bunch of them down because some “older kids” were writing in comments like “Mmmm…Five Guys in my mouth!” and “Luv to get it on with Five Guys!”
Bunch of savages.
The kids or the employees?