OK, this has nothing to do with Subaru's, but everything to do with something else that is near and dear to my heart.......food and, in particular, hamburgers.
Now, I know that opinions about hamburgers and who has the best and why are like that other thing in the nether regions that everyone has. I also recognize that there are different classes of hamburgers. Some, like White Castle, derive from humble beginnings, while others, such as from a higher end steak house, may have a leg up on the competition out of the gate.
Notwithstanding the above disclaimers, I ate at a place last night in Portland called Caiola's. Its on Pine street. It has kind of a fancy menu with quite a few things I couldn't pronounce and wasn't sure what the hell it was. They did, however, offer a hamburger, with cheese, bacon, and "home made tater tots." This offering hit home immediately, though at a place like this, I wasn't entirely confident of what I would get. Sometimes places like this try to go too far overboard and you end up with something that looks real nice but is a nightmare to try to eat and/or tastes like camel burger.
Boy was I pleasantly surprised. First, it comes on regular toasted bread with grill marks (not a harburger roll) just like mom used to make. Second, excellent bacon and cheese coverage, onions are on the side so you can choose your own onion coverage, and top quality beef. But the real kicker is the tater tots. Wholly sh!t are they good. They are little deep-fried balls of mashed potato goodness. Kind of like a large round potato fritter, deep-fried, and much better than the O-Rida frozen jobbies. You get three about the size of a squash ball, I wanted a basket.
Now, it does come with truffle ketchup and some other sauce of unknown identity (maybe thousand islands), and is a little on the pricey side at $12.95, but it might just be the best burger I have ever had--and I have had a lot over the years.
If the other half suggests you go to a "nice dinner," which generally means something other than Chili's, it is a great choice because while she (or he) is eating "Grilled Eggplant Puttenesca"--whatever the hell that is, you can enjoy a burger.
That is all.
Now, I know that opinions about hamburgers and who has the best and why are like that other thing in the nether regions that everyone has. I also recognize that there are different classes of hamburgers. Some, like White Castle, derive from humble beginnings, while others, such as from a higher end steak house, may have a leg up on the competition out of the gate.
Notwithstanding the above disclaimers, I ate at a place last night in Portland called Caiola's. Its on Pine street. It has kind of a fancy menu with quite a few things I couldn't pronounce and wasn't sure what the hell it was. They did, however, offer a hamburger, with cheese, bacon, and "home made tater tots." This offering hit home immediately, though at a place like this, I wasn't entirely confident of what I would get. Sometimes places like this try to go too far overboard and you end up with something that looks real nice but is a nightmare to try to eat and/or tastes like camel burger.
Boy was I pleasantly surprised. First, it comes on regular toasted bread with grill marks (not a harburger roll) just like mom used to make. Second, excellent bacon and cheese coverage, onions are on the side so you can choose your own onion coverage, and top quality beef. But the real kicker is the tater tots. Wholly sh!t are they good. They are little deep-fried balls of mashed potato goodness. Kind of like a large round potato fritter, deep-fried, and much better than the O-Rida frozen jobbies. You get three about the size of a squash ball, I wanted a basket.
Now, it does come with truffle ketchup and some other sauce of unknown identity (maybe thousand islands), and is a little on the pricey side at $12.95, but it might just be the best burger I have ever had--and I have had a lot over the years.
If the other half suggests you go to a "nice dinner," which generally means something other than Chili's, it is a great choice because while she (or he) is eating "Grilled Eggplant Puttenesca"--whatever the hell that is, you can enjoy a burger.
That is all.
