50 Burger Challenge: October 2013

JP - West End Cafe - Nashville - #44

Great ciabatta roll, fresh mozzarella, rosemary tomato jam

Beer: Southern Tier Imperial Compass

Slow Ride - Highworth Kebab Grill - Highworth, Wiltshire - kebab #48

7/10 Enough lamb in the meat to smell funny and taste fantastic. Full review at: http://1pumplane.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/highworth-kebab-shop-highworth-wiltshire-kpw-for-week-44/

Animoul / Coco's / Encinitas, CA / #35

Hamburger: 10 / 10

pjtravels - Satellite Bistro - Austin, TX - burger #39

6/10. Decent burger, not memorable. Good ketchup.

Slow Ride - Chick-O-Land - Devises, Wiltshire - kebab #47

7/10 Awesome, muttony blob of meat and chips and a decently hot sauce. I thoroughly disgusted the DFLs of the Devizes Half Marathon eating this in front of them (after I had already visited two pubs, as well...I could have lapped these mofos). Full review here: http://1pumplane.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/chick-o-land-devizes-wiltshire-kpw-for-week-43/

JohnF - The Loose Moose - Toronto - #30

In Austin, a "buffalo burger" usually means it is a beef patty smothered in the sauce used with buffalo chicken wings. But here was an actual buffalo meat patty topped with bacon which made up for the fat content lost due to the leaner bison meat.

Extra point for the slice of bacon baked into the bun on top . 9/10

JohnF - The Burger's Priest - Toronto - #29

This place was referred to me by a local. The burger was called the High Priest or something like that. 7/10

pjtravels - Mettle - Austin, TX - burger #38

7/10

Solid burger, great garlic aioli. Burger came with fries. Not worth paying extra for the fries.

Burger Challenge related

As I am on the kebab version of the 50 Burger Challenge AND as there is a firefighter strike this weekend this seemed like a relevant share for the group:

Slow Ride - Botley Road Kebab Stand - Oxford - kebab #46

7/10 The weak link was the meat, and even that wasn't too bad. Fuller review at http://1pumplane.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/botley-road-kebab-stand-oxford-kpw-for-week-42/

For an alternative fast meal, you might try this:

Animoul / Rock Bottom / La Jolla, CA / #34

Hamburger: 10 / 10

JP - In-n-Out - Los Angeles -#43

Yep.

JP - J. Alexander's - Nashville - #42

First burger of the bunch with a glass of red.

Biliruben - Chez Zee - ATX - #40

9 / 10

Name: Chez Zee Burger
Toppings: LTOPMC(g)MuB
Patty: 1/3 med (cooked to order)
Taste: this is one of the best burgers I've had so far. All of the ingredients were fresh.

Biliruben - Bartlett's - ATX - #39

7 / 10

Name: Classic Cheeseburger
Toppings: LTOC(c)Mu
Patty: 1/2 MR (cooked to order)
Taste: very tasty. There's only one problem: why wouldn't you get the prime rib instead?

Slow Ride - Moredon Charcoal Grill - Swindon - kebab #45

7/10 Decent snack before polluting a hash trail with bogus markings. The full write-up has some grand google street images from the originally targeted curry house: http://1pumplane.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/moredon-charcoal-grill-swindon-kpw-week-41/