August 23, 2005
corner bistro | mister hamburger
Corner Bistro, 331 W 4th st. (kinda near 8th ave), 212 242 9502
BURGER NAME: Bistro Burger, $6.00
FIRST IMPRESSION: 
Big colorful looking burger with the lid off. Looked damn good. Simple too, on a paper plate thrown down in front of you by some old fart who has probably been there way too long.
APPEARANCE: 
The proportions were all excellent to the eye, and the lettuce and tomato were f-f-fresh. There was a lot of bacon, and mister hamburger likes to think he can never have too much bacon.
MEAT: In Mister Hamburgers life, which has involved many many burgers, he has only had two hamburgers previously cooked properly. Medium Rare was really medium rare. Mister Hamburger orders his meat this way because should the meat be of good stock, like those cows in Brooklyn for example, then the meat tastes fucking awesome this way. Overcooked meat is the sign of bad beef. This beef was good beef. Very highly recommended.
BUN: 
A little thin for the size of the patty, but all round - pun intended, it was good. Fresh bread and lightly toasted.
PACKAGE: Simple and sexy.
TASTE: The meat was very very well prepared, but the taste of it was overbearing. The raw onion, which is a good secret as mister hamburgers friend pointed out, should have been more dominant through the burger, same goes for the lettuce and tomato and bacon and cheese.
DRIPPYNESS: 
Looking up over Mister Hamburgers $2 lunch beer, Mister Hamburger saw his friend taking his first bite as a flood of juices dripped into his paper plate. That is not good. Too much drippyness for Mister Hamburger, and afterwards a trip to the bathroom was necessary.
MEAT TEXTURE : Great. Really great, in the middle where the meat was rare, it was just warm enough to eat and not cool enough to be tartar.
MEAT COLOR: Beautiful. Bleeding in the middle and Charred on the edges.
SIZE: Very good size, though the patty was a little to big.
VALUE: Damn good. Especially washed down with $2 beers.
COOKED TO SPECS: 
One of three chefs who can cook medium rare. Mister Hamburger would marry him if he were a sexy lady and Mister Hamburger was not already engaged to a sexy lady.
AMOUNT OF LOVE FROM CHEF: Happy, underpaid chef. Need more of them in the city.
FROM DELIVERY PERSON/WAITER: Bartender and the old weirdo who took the money were both very nice and fast.
ONE HOUR LATER: A tiny bit drowsy because of beers and the afternoon sun.
BELLS AND WHISTLES: No idea about the fries. I heard the pickles are good. The $2 beers were the best.
FINAL IMPRESSION: Would have been a solid four if Mister Hamburger did not have so much grease on his hands afterwards he could have delivered a baby lamb without any astroglide.
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