Ellis Burger

Gourmet Burger?!
Pleasssee....
Never had a more tasteless burger.
Enough said.

Burger King

Ok, I know it discredits me when I say I like turkey bacons
but I do. (The same with I prefer diet Coke than regular Coke)

BK Singapore is halal to serve our Muslim fellows
so we get turkey bacon instead of pork bacon
which works to my favor because I don't eat pork much.

Gee.. it's been a while I last ate a Whopper.
Hello Whopper! It was a pleasure to reacquaint with it. hmmm....

Carl's Junior

There are many burger joints here in Singapore.
One of mon mari's favorite is Carl's Junior.
Their burgers are like 20% larger than a regular burger
which makes a very hearty meal leaving one quite burger satiated.

Yes, I like them Carl's Junior burger
but only order their Original Thick Burger,
which is made with 100% Angus beef
which make them rather juicy for a fast food burger :)

Advice:
Don't get anything else in the menu like with guacamole, western & stuff 
because it's just too much for an already big burger
that's a bit difficult to hold up and bite into.
You just don't want the guamole, sauce and stuff you paid extra money for
squirt out all over your hands when you bite into your burger.
Capish?
You will thank me later.

Valentine Day

Not the best burger but it's decent enough.

I LOVE Banana Splits!!!

Technically, it wasn't Valentine's Day
but the day after, but that's not important.
Mon mari & I dated at Swensen's.
I was there for the banana split.
Let me break down to you what is great about a banana split:

1. 3 most basic ice cream flavors.
Vanilla- the classic, Strawberry- the fruit flavor, Chocolate- the rich taste

2. They are placed horizontally so it's easy to get to the flavor you want
and they don't melt too much into each other.
(unlike other sundaes where different flavors sit on top of each other)

3. Banana is awesome with chocolate and vanilla.

4. The warm chocolate fudge, the strawberry sauce, the banana, the toasted crunchy peanuts, the whipped cream- all these flavors and textures combined to stimulate the taste bud.

5. It is great to share with a girl pal, your lover or just having an entire one by yourself. 

The cherry and wafer, I don't care much for to eat but they are great for aesthetic reasons.
I hope you are a banana split convert now.

Mos Burger

Hello, Mos Burger! Here I come!

This nice young girl in blue ordered Ebi Burger like me.

One shouldn't be modest when it comes to doing business. Shouldn't be shy to just announce "MOST DELICIOUS HAMBURGER" Whether it's true or not, confidence in oneself is a must!

My Ebi Burger Meal with salad and japanese dressing. Trying to loss weight these days or at least, not gain too much.

Mos Burger is one of my favorite fastfood
because it's fastfood with a serious Japanese influence.
I love its rice burgers.
Rice burgers are burgers with rice patties instead of buns.
They are yummy. 

My favorite is Ebi Rice Burger. (Ebi is Japanese for shrimp)
Their Teriyaki Chicken Burger is super too.
Mos burgers are quite small in size.
It's always not satiating to eat just 1, though 2 will be too much to eat.
My sisters would always order their ice milk tea to go with their burgers.
Mon ami enjoys Hokkaido Croquette. (He like anything potatoes. He is easy boy :)

For healthier choice,
Mos burger offers Natsumi burgers which are burgers sandwiched by lettuce.

Handburger

It's not a typo.
It's a pun.
Handburger.

They make their own buns
and offer New Zealand grass-fed beef in their burger.
Their deco is super minimal chic and playful at the same time.
I wanna love them but their hamburgers ain't good...

O' why, Handburger people, why did you overcook that grass-fed beef?
O' why were you so heavy handed with sugar on your caramelized onions, forcing me to scrap them off the overcooked hamburger? 
O' why are those pretty little buns you painstakingly baked in your own joint so lifeless and dry...? 
Alas....

Quick Hamburger Restuarant

Quick Hamburger Restaurant in Brussels

Mon ami had the Super Bacon and I got the King Fish

Super Bacon

King Fish

Maxi Fries

Quick's menu

Quick is the most popular fast food restaurant, even more common than Mcdonald's, in Belgium.
Mon ami & I hardly ever visit Quick because we prefer Macdonald's.
To do a movie date, we decided to go to Quick which is nearby the cinema
after watching Dark Knight Rises.

Ok...
I don't understand why it's more popular than McDonald's...
The buns were dry and my fish filet was dry and tasted fishy.
I like fishy taste but it's not a good kind of fishiness.
Mon ami's Super Bacon is dry too.

FYI: Do you know that one has to pay for ketchup and other condiments in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxenbourg (a.k.a BeNeLux)?

So we pay 1 euro for 2 little containers of ketchup to dip our stingy quantity of Maxi fries.
The Maxi fries' boxes are flat and cut in really narrow towards the bottom.
But that's fine since they aren't good fries, there's no point to eat many of them Quick's fries.
  
I'm reserving my comments on Dark Knight Rises.
I won't diss Chris Nolan.

Homemade Burgers

Other than burgers from MacDonald's or Quick,
there aren't much choices for burgers in Brussels.
But I think we make a decent burger at home
using fresh ingredients, homemade mayonnaise and organic beef.

Road Trip to the South: Atlanta

Looking for more burgers in Atlanta

Vortex Cheese Burger with Onion Rings

Steakhouse Bison Patty burger with Tater Tots 

Vortex House Salad

The Varsity - The World's Largest Drive-in Restaurant 

Longest counter too?
"What'll Ya Have!!!"

Yes, Varsity is known for its hot dogs
not appearing here because it was AGAIN!! :( consumed before photographed

My sister's research for food in Atlanta lead us to Vortex Bar & Grill and The Varsity.


I wasn't convinced to go to Vortex. NOT INTO BAR SCENE, yo.
But eh... wasn't that bad at Vortex. In fact, it was quite nice.
Music wasn't crazy loud (the thing I dislike about bars) and food was good.
Bison burger that mon ami had was fresh and juicy.
Vortex cheese burger got thumbs up from the sister too.
I had the salad... weight watching, YO! 


The following day for brunch, we went to The Varsity.
Sloppy fastfood but inexpensive and fun to visit.

Road Trip to the South: Richard Blais

Cuban Burger

Burger of the Day (Can't remember its name.)

Blacken Shrimp Burger with Sweet Potato Tots

Raw Tuna Tartare Burger with Fried Zuchini

In Atlanta, Georgia live 2 of my favorite Top Chef contestants/star chefs: 

Kevin Gillespie and Richard Blais.

For sure, we'd love to go to Kevin Gillespie's restaurant, Woodfire Grill

instead we opted for Richard Blais' more budget friendly, Flip Burger.

I love you, Richard Blais. 

Don't take this the wrong way

but your burger "boutique" is too sleek.

The interior decor looks like the now defunct Fashion Cafe,

not that I have been to one but it's what I imagine Fashion Cafe to be.

I'm not fond of flashy clubs and your burger "boutique" looks like one.

I had the shrimp burger.

I LOVE shrimps (it's hard to do wrong by me with shrimps)

yet the Blacken Shrimp burger was bland and boring.

I rather have a Mos Burger Ebi Rice Burger any day 

and it's cheaper too.

The raw tuna tartare burger disintegrated too easily.

I had to eat it in my open palmS.

I had 2 Flip Burgers, that's how much I want to believe in Richard Blais.

Mon ami enjoyed his burger of the day with a name I cannot recall.

Because I have witness Richard Blais' struggles and triumphants

in Top Chef and have deemed him as a good man and chef,

I shall retain my faith in him.

Hasta la vista, Richard Blais.

Shake Shack Burger

THE BEST BURGER in NYC!
Ok, I haven't had Daniel Boulud's DB burger or the similar sort of fancy gourmet burger.
But for good ole fast food joint burger,
hands down, it's either Shack Shack burger or Apple Pan in L.A.
Mon ami et moi, we traveled far and wide to do our informal burger survey:
Fat Boy, In & Out, Father's Office, Pie n Burger, Corner Bistro, Burger Joint etc.
(That's before I thought of doing this food blog so no pics.)

And best place to have a shack burger: Madison Square Park on 23rd St.
Watch some NYC wildlife (squirrels and birds) and enjoy them tasty burgers at the same time.
Don't forget to get the cheese fries.