Fast Food Friday – Fatburger
Fatburger!
For a long time – it was just a mythical place out in California. Then on a business trip in LA, I had my first. I remember it being good, just sort of crossed it off my internal checklist and then moved on.
Well color me shocked when a Fatburger opened in Michigan. There is only one store in this entire state and it is literally only 5 miles from me. This must be fate…
Yet my normal driving pattern never takes me near it. So on Christmas Eve, while out playing Santa Dad, I made a trip to remind myself about this great little place and officially give that bacon a try!
So let’s head inside!So here you go – first thing you see…
Yup, that is it! I love menus like this. The fewer items on a menu, the better the food should be. Focus on what you do well! I picked up the Large size Fatburger (8 oz.) with bacon and cheese. Bacon, cheese and egg are extra costing $0.99 each.
These burgers are made to order, so don’t expect a tray with food seconds from your order. That burger’s gotta cook, so fill up your drink and have a seat.
One nice touch that I always liked…at their drink station they have a container of hard candies. Trust me, a couple of those come in handy after eating one of these burgers (and I say that in a good way).
After about 10 – 15 minutes this was delivered to my table…
That is a big burger. Bigger than I remembered. Let’s get her open and check out that bacon…
Now that is what I am talkin’ about!
Good color and check out that thickness. This is a real slice of bacon.
Cooked a little unevenly…I like that. It means this was cooked on site, a fact I confirmed with the cook. They fry up the bacon on the flat top. Music to my ears!
A lament of mine during these “Fast Food Fridays” is that the burgers I have been ordering (specific menu items that featured bacon) all seemed to have so much meat that the bacon was overwhelmed when eating the sandwich. I thought it was going to be the case here as this really is a surprisingly big burger and they throw a bunch of other good stuff on it. Surprise, surprise as I took each bite and could actually feel and in most cases TASTE the bacon on the burger.
The bacon itself was quite good. I could actually get some sweetness out of it, something missing in the mostly salty fast food fare that I’ve been used to. Good chew with a snap as you bit into it.
I walked out with a filled cup of coke, some hard candies in my pocket and a smile on my face. This was an enjoyable little meal. I’ll consider it an early Christmas present to me. Well done Fatburger.
Let’s go to the BRS:
=================================
Restaurant: Fatburger
Menu Item: Large Fatburger with Cheese & Bacon
Appearance: 1 2 3 4 5
Overall Coverage: 1 2 3 4 5
Bacon Per Bite: 1 2 3 4 5
The left end is “not enough” and the right end is “too much”, so a perfect score would be 5
Pork Flavor
not enough << 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 >> too much
Smoke
not enough << 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 >> too much
Salt
not enough << 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 >> too much
Sugar
not enough << 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 >> too much
Fat
not enough << 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 >> too much
Texture
too chewy << 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 >> too crisp
OVERALL SCORE: 3.78
=================================
Bravo Fatburger! You picked up my first 5 rating in any category.
Next week – Del Taco…that’s right Del Taco.
1 comment
[...] like someone over at Fatburger saw my “Fast Food Friday” [...]
Leave a Comment