Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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@Machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Yeah weird. That'd be like salty caramel, or chili chocolate, or sweet and sour.
Yum, Yuk, Indifferent
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@Machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Yeah weird. That'd be like salty caramel, or chili chocolate, or sweet and sour.
Not really.
Sweet and savoury is different to salt and sweet, hot and bitter (depending on your taste in chocolate, could be hot and sweet), and sweet and sour is different again. -
@dogmeat said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Kruse said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
I don't even like burgers. Messy shits of things to eat.
Was in Queenstown at weekend. Even though the foreign tourists are gone the queue for Fergburgers was still insane.
D.O.E.S. NO.T. C.O.M.P.U.T.E.
I had one 20 years ago on Redbeards recommendation and it was nothing special but at least it had the gimmick of being massive. The ones I saw all the sheeple hoeing into just looked like your bog standard Macca's.
Fair play to whoever controls the Fergs empire but you're just being duped by a marketing campaign people.
Disagree. I haven't had one recently, but my first visit it was easily the best burger I had ever consumed.
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@antipodean said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Disagree. I haven't had one recently, but my first visit it was easily the best burger I had ever consumed.
I had one last year and was certainly up with the best, although our local joint is doing some good stuff.
The whole "20 years ago" may mean that the burger was a bit different.
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I had my first Fergburger in 2004. Certainly since that time there's been a proliferation in the quantity of stores and associated quality off their offerings, but none of them have been such a marked departure. IN fact, the best burger I tend to eat these days are the ones made at home.
If you are unfortunate enough to travel to Canberra and someone suggests trying Brodburger, you'll have bumped into an imbecile who hasn't travelled. Just back away and run the conversation over in your head to ensure you didn't provide any details with which they can inflict their sad, lonely meaningless existence on you again. I'm probably understating this.
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@antipodean said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
IN fact, the best burger I tend to eat these days are the ones made at home.
Yep. Bet you don't use brioche though.
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To clarify.
20 years ago the Fergburger bun was the size of a dinner plate so it had that as a point of difference and was a gourmet burger although nowhere near the best burger I'd ever eaten. The hype then was the size.
The ones I saw people eating yesterday were not much bigger than a big mac so have lots the size point of difference.
I cannot comment on the flavour as there is no way I would queue to buy one when I could shop for ingredients and cook my own in less time than I would spend waiting to purchase one.
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@dogmeat So size does matter. There's a common saying there somewhere...
I didn't queue either, looked out the window and went and got one when it was quiet. It was good though. Somewhere between dinner plate size and Big Mac. Definitely not brioche buns.
Hot sweet buns are good but not for a burger.
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@Snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@antipodean said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
IN fact, the best burger I tend to eat these days are the ones made at home.
Yep. Bet you don't use brioche though.
we make our homemade brioche for the buns. It's just awesome
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Burgers are very much the thing at the moment. There is a proliferation of "gourmet" burger joints in Cairns. All varying degrees of quality.
I like a good burger. And i am very basic in what i like, pretty much just get their basic offering with cheese. But i often struggle to finish them as places like to make them as rich as possible.
Plus i really like chips.
There's a place in Airlie Beach that is as good as any i have had anywhere.
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@gt12 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Kruse said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
The Jugged Hare
I love that place - was recommended by a friend and we had a fantastic meal there.
Between this thread and the Jugged Hare, and St John being mentioned in another thread... I've had some serious London-restaurant withdrawal today.
And the best I could do, was head to Leuven... fucking Leuven.
For a burger, of course. Beer-soaked/marinated chicken in in ciabatta, with some bacon. Rather good, actually. -
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