Who makes the best burgers?

[Alf W]

[Cliphead]

The tomato has no place in a burger IMO, none whatsoever.

I have to disagree on that one. Tomatoes along with a tomato based relish and salad is hard to beat. The only cheese I like is mozzarella so a good thick slice of that added is wonderful (proper buffalo not the waxy crap).

[Sysman]

I've never had burgers better than my home made but a lot of places in the US really do make a great burger.

As quoted in the 1980s book "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche", I believe that real burgers exist in the US, but not elsewhere.

Having said that, I've had some good ones in restaurants or at home, but definitely made with better quality ingredients than you will find in a fast food place.

Worst experience: Some burger place in London in the 1990s when the fifty plus year old lady insisted I had a bun "With Sesame Seeds - they are really good". Nuts to that I didn't want them but relented when she wouldn't give up before accepting my order.

They were tasteless / I didn't want the wretched things on my food in the first place.

Yank marketing at its worst, really. I didn't want the stuff and I didn't like it when it came.

[minestrone]

Tomato relish is fine but the tomato slice is just a damp cold layer on the crisp salad in between the crisp bun and the crisp burger, an imposter to the burger meal, a charlatan and interloper proposed to the meal by tomato growers

[norrahe]

Easy.

Hawksmoor

The best damn burgers in London. Make GBK seem like Wimpy. The burger menu is off-piste by the way - ask for it especially, call ahead and reserve. I recommend the house burger with beer-battered chips and home-made hollandaise. They serve some fine single malts too.

Been meaning to go there, as there's one not far from where I work they make the burger with marrowbone droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllll lllllll

[TimberWolf]

How come you can't get a McDonald's milkshake abroad, such as France, Spain and Germany? Really annoying, Coke just isn't the same or as calorie packed.

[Wodewick]

How come you can't get a McDonald's milkshake abroad, such as France, Spain and Germany? Really annoying, Coke just isn't the same or as calorie packed.

Isn't that because the French for all thier faults only eat food

[TimberWolf]

Isn't that because the French for all thier faults only eat food

Ice cold milkshake on a hot day. Hmm, ummm.

[gingerjedi]

Tomato relish is fine but the tomato slice is just a damp cold layer on the crisp salad in between the crisp bun and the crisp burger, an imposter to the burger meal, a charlatan and interloper proposed to the meal by tomato growers

What about the pickled gherkin? BK is the only place I've had them and it's always a pleasant surprise for me.

Saying that, in a fast food situation I'd pick a proper Turkish kebab shop or failing that Nando's over any burger joint.

[Scrag Meister]

Bought some burgers at CostCo the other day and they were huge and there was barely any shrinkage when we cooked them. Not cheap but worth every penny.

Mmmm.

Saying that, in a fast food situation I'd pick a proper Turkish kebab shop or failing that Nando's over any burger joint.

Tavuk (Chicken) Shish, Rice, Salad and flatbread. As you say better than a Big Mac and chips.