June 15, 2005
les halles | mister hamburger
Les Halles , Park Avenue btwn 28th &29th
BURGER NAME: HAMBURGER ROSSINI, "ground to order, char grilled, slice of home made foie gras terrine melting on top, dip of black truffle and red wine sauce, $21.00"
FIRST IMPRESSION: 
It had foie gras on top which generally means 5 burgers automatically in the Mister Hamburger rating system, but it was missing cheese.
APPEARANCE: 
Beautiful.
MEAT: Beautiful.
BUN: A tiny bit to thick on the top, but otherwise incredible.
PACKAGE: Beautiful.
TASTE: The foie gras was so fucking good on the meat and squashed all over it when i was eating. Brilliant. The red wine sauce was a phenomenal, strong sauce and the truffle flavor was not dominating as it so often is in foods. Would have gotten 5 burgers should they have put cheese on the bottom of the burger. not on the top because it would ruin the foie gras.
DRIPPYNESS: Perfect. Not to messy so it was disgusting or made the bun soggy, and enough drippyness for it to be a real burger.
MEAT TEXTURE : un-fucking-beleivable. They ground it just for me, special meat for Mister Hamburger, Mister Hamburger loves. I also tried some of the raw hamburger meat (steak tartar that Alex ordered) and it was crazy.
MEAT COLOR: Les Halles always has incredible meat, and the burger was no exception.
SIZE: 
HUGE. So big i was tired for 3 hours from digesting it. I should not have eaten all of it but i couldn't waste the foie gras. I couldn't finish the fries.
VALUE: Before I became an alien I balked at $20 for a hamburger, but Mister Hamburger learned fast and doesn't mind kicking down up to $75 for a hamburger if it is a special occasion. $20 hamburgers are for dinner, not lunch and definitely not hangover brunches.
COOKED TO SPECS: Perfect. They are geniuses at Les Halles. If I ever make Mister Hamburger awards, they are getting a gold hamburger hat.
AMOUNT OF LOVE FROM CHEF: Gold Hamburger hat.
FROM DELIVERY PERSON/WAITER: She was nice.
ONE HOUR LATER: Bloated. I should have just licked all the foie gras off the burger and not finished the rest.
BELLS AND WHISTLES: Some of the greatest fries on the planet and it looked like fresh salad.
FINAL IMPRESSION: Even though a man should never have best friends, Mister Hamburger wants to be best friends with Tony Bourdain.
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