The folks over at Noko Jeans (an attempt to produce and import jeans from North Korea) found a hamburger in North Korea. Read all about it HERE
Just wanted to let you know that I had an excellent hamburger in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. I thought it would be impossible to find it there considering they don't really care for anything American (jeans are forbidden for instance).
WhopperChomper see some nice red:
The Belly burger ($9 with fries or salad) was a fine attempt at a burger. I get the feeling that this location is somewhat cursed due to the fact that the previous restaurant (Terroir) has already closed and there weren’t many folks at Belly on the night we visited. Regardless, the burger was fine. I got it with some white cheddar (+$2 – making my burger $11). Additional fixings costs additional $ ( Bacon +$2, white cheddar or blue cheese +$1, tomatoes +$1) - so your burger gets really expensive really quickly.
Belly
3500 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, OR 97212
(503)249-9764
BurgerBlogger and BurgerHoover have an endless supply of burgers too choose from:
So I did a mix for XLR8R and I had to finish with heist as I've been on the road and had only a weekend to do it. Anyway did the mix it's now up check it out at XLR8R.
After Finishing the mix me and Burger Hoover shared a tasty burger at Peabodys in Montecito California, which in my opinion has much better tasting Burgers then Luckys also in Montecito (but i'd go to Lucky's for the fanciness of going to Lucky's).
So we shared the "Bleu Cheese Bacon w/marinated onions" so good... the combo of the ingredients and the excitement of finishing the mix was th right combo, so my recommendation is to live everyday with a celebration in mind, you'll enjoy your burgers better.
Peabody's
1198 Coast Village Rd
Santa Barbara, CA
93108
UPDATED: 8/24/08
Hamburgler:
Its been about a year, so why not. If you like classic American diner burger this is for you.
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ORIGINAL POST: 8/27/2007
Classic diner that hasn't been tarnished with new retro furnishings. This burger doesn't have much to say about itself from the other burgers in town, but is a winner for pure simplicity. Do one thing, and do it well. My personal favorite thing about this place is that your burger comes on its own individual plate. Skyline serves it up cut in half (you will need to for the 1/2 pounders) and uses American and Cheddar cheese. This burger doesn't hide from the classic American style burger, a sesame seed bun, and all the standard fixings. Great old-fashioned burger for about $3.50.
My friend stepped up to the "Everything Steak Burger" that had bacon, cheddar, fried egg, and all the extras for $8.75. It looked delicious. Didn't try all the other Americana fair, but it all looked like good diner food (breakfast, milkshakes, ect). Worth the short drive to get away from town for a second.
Skyline
1313 NW Skyline Blvd
Portland, OR 97229
Cross the river and they tinker with everything:
The Onionaire burger.
The Onionaire burger stand has been at the Clark County fair for as long as I can remember. I have been getting my annual "fix" ever since I was in high school and that was over 20 years ago. Nothing has changed. They are still delicious.
The burger is fried on a grill. Next to the burgers you will see a giant mountain of onions being fried to a golden brown.
I've noticed (on occasion) that instead of placing the cooked burgers in a warming bin, they set the burgers UNDER the soft, brown onions to stay warm and absorb the onion-y goodness.
I order an Onionaire burger with cheese. Every year. Same thing. They dig under the mountain of onions for the burger and place it on a bun, add a slice of American cheese and heap on the onions. I mean HEAP. There is no need to add anything else. The cheese melts into the onions and forms a beautiful, sticky, sauce-like subatance. So, you don't need to add any mustard or ketchup. My favorite part is the onion/cheese mess that is left in the paper wrapper after I'm finished. I happily eat that with my fingers.
Total cost for this tasty bit of Clark County Fair history? Under $5.
You can get a double for $5.75. Same thing only more of it.
Definitely worth the price of admission to the fair.
Clark County Fair
17402 NE Delfel Rd.
Ridgefield, WA 98642
UPDATE: 8/6/08
ProfessorBurger is twaddling about masticating the ground round:
In my opinion, the Helvetia Tavern burger is the closest thing to an In-and-Out burger in Portland. Not only does it come in just two sizes-- a single patty and a double patty ("Jumbo")-- but it tastes pretty similar too. This is the kind of burger I dream about--thin patty with crisped edges (locally sourced beef is an added bonus), fresh chopped iceberg lettuce, oozing slice of American cheese, and house made "sauce" (mostly a mustard/relish/mayo) concoction on a lightly toasted sesame seed bun. The whole shebang comes with a pile of nicely salted fries still piping hot and glistening and from their recent grease bath. I topped off this gut bomb with a fountain RC cola (no Coke products here). Unless you live out near Hillsboro, a trip to Helvetia Tavern is a bit of trek--but this certainly qualifies as a "destination" burger. I'll be back...maybe again this weekend.
Cost= 4.25 for a single Cheeseburger
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1/9/08
PattyDaddy goes to the one that everyone keeps talking about. Yep, there is name-dropping in the burger world and we eat it up:
Me and my photographer friend Erio went for a destination burger at the Helvetia Tavern, just north of Hillsboro, Oregon. We were not disappointed.
We both went for the Jumbo Cheese Burger and split a large fry. The Jumbo is served on an oversized bun and features: two quarter-pound, fresh (never frozen) pattys from Ponderosa Meats in Aloha; special sauce made from mayo, mustard, and relish; shredded iceberg lettuce, tomato, onion, and 8 or 10 pickle slices.
A deal at $7.75. The fries are hand cut daily and cooked up not-too-squishy and not-too-crisp. Erio chose a bottomless RC Cola for $1.75 and I had a PBR for $2.50.
Rustic and authentic old-west architecture. Friendly staff. Regular people.
BurgerBlogger lets us know about this from Supra 1.
PS: You can still listen to his musical stylings tonight at the Goodfoot or on XLR8R.
Looks like Hamburgler is back on the prowl:
Meh. Not bad, nothing to really write about. Pictures of hamburgers make me want to have a hamburger though. Its like $9.00. Kind of pushing it.
21st Avenue Bar & Grill
721 NW 21st Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
503-222-4121
