I am a total fan of combining meats. Despite my rather disastrous ’14 meats stew’ I tried to make a decade ago, I persevere with trying different combos to see what fleshes of what animals will complement each other on the palette.
Given this carnivorous mindset, I was therefore very happy in my wanderings to come across the E-I-E-I-O Burger.
That’s right – deep-fried chicken, double beef patties, double bacon and triple cheese! These people don’t muck about! Old McDonald’s farm must be looking pretty sparse after they made a few of these babies! The ingredients were all done to perfection: the deep-fried chicken was not oily like it had just come out of a KFC or something, the patties were big and juicy and definitely home made in the good way, the bacon was plentiful, the onions was grilled excellently, the lettuce was thankfully negligible and the tomato was, due to special request, non-existent.
I was very pleased that they remembered to leave the tomato off as so many places either refuse, or otherwise forget, to make any alterations one asks for (I’m looking at you BAB Burger makers). I’m not sure what the special sauce was except that it certainly shat all over whatever it is they use for a Big Mac. It had a slightly smoky flavour with just the right amount of bite and it was that plentiful that I found myself having to use a napkin on both my hands and mouth after each bite. Some may see that as a negative – I see it as a sign of a chef who isn’t stingy!
What can I say – to quote Mr Jackson This was a damn tasty burger! I mean it was REALLY friggin good! Unfortunately I didn’t have time to savor it properly as we were running late for Transformers 5 so had to gobble it. Given its size (much bigger than it appears in the above photo) this still took me 5 minutes of solid mastication. At $18 and considering it does not come with any sides whatsoever its not the cheapest burger but it’s that good I would happily lay out the cash again. If you find yourself in Greensborough Plaza in Melbourne then stop by Flame 400 near the cinema and gorge your tastebuds on a burger that has cow, chook and pig all under the same bun – you deserve it!
Eaten this burger before or have another one you think worthy of mention? Would love to hear about it in the comments section below!
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