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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Question of the Day

What is the ultimate hamburger?

Posted by Jonathan Bender on Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM

Bilet believes he has successfully deconstructed and then reconstructed the ultimate burger.
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  • Bilet believes he has successfully deconstructed and then reconstructed the ultimate burger.
Restaurant culture is littered with hyperbole — best cup of coffee in the world, hottest wings in the country, meanest hot-dog counterwomen in Chicago. Thus, it's no surprise that Chef Maxime Bilet, co-author of Modernist Cuisine, believes he has designed "the ultimate burger." They took it "layer by layer," using a few molecular gastronomy techniques, including seaweed extract to mimic the feel of American cheese and cryofrying a hamburger patty. As with all theories, this one is open to being disproved. What is (and who serves) the ultimate burger?

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A truly good burger needs only lettuce, home-grown tomato, pickle, and red onion [raw and crunchy; not grilled and slimy].

No cheese, no saucy stuff of any kind.

However, that bleu cheese blackened burger creation does taste good. I've had it at several places, and always been pleased.

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Posted by Wink Dinklemeyer on 12/12/2011 at 10:02 AM

UGH. My eyes couldn't be rolling farther back in my head.

I truly appreciate that these types of obsessives exist in the world. But this is some seriously Roman Empire 450 A.D. shit. It makes me embarrassed to be reading a food blog.

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Posted by Barry on 12/10/2011 at 1:33 AM

Mayo has no business being on a burger. Burgers are very American and only Brits use mayo on what is supposed to be "grilled meats."

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Posted by DWV412 on 12/09/2011 at 12:47 PM

Wild Bill's Fried Burger at Hickok's is the ultimate in my book. Deep Fried Burger, espinaca, guacamole, chorizo and fried onions. All of those toppings are already great by themselves, put them together and.... Ultimate.

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Posted by Abe on 12/08/2011 at 10:00 AM

Medium Rare 80/20, thick sliced bacon, cheddar cheese, homegrown tomato, lettuce, onion, pickle, mustard, mayo, ketchup. Grilled by me in my backyard over lump hardwood charcoal. Nom, nom, nom.

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Posted by Fastmetal on 12/08/2011 at 9:43 AM
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