Mouthing Off | I just want a plain old burger. Is that too much to ask? No one requested double patties, smash burgers or eggs sunny side up
- In general, a messy burger with juices and sauces spilling out is a good thing – but Andrew Sun was unprepared to get one with a sunny-side-up egg in it
- Let people do what they like with a burger in private – they can top it with whatever takes their fancy – but where have all the plain, simple hamburgers gone?
Sometimes you just want a plain, simple hamburger. However, the arms race that chefs and restaurant marketing teams conjure often goes quite over the top.
At a diner recently, what I didn’t expect was to order a burger and have it arrive topped with a sunny-side up-egg. It was a funky little spot, geared to students and locals and with little food buzz, so my lunch expectations were quite tempered.
Clearly, I also didn’t read the menu very thoroughly.
In general, a messy burger with juices and sauces spilling out is a good thing. Most of the time, you want that. I just wasn’t prepared for sloppy yolk all over my face and hands.
Eventually, I resorted to a knife and fork because I was licking my paws more than the Labrador retriever in the corner.
