In-n-Out pop up down under

All in all, incredibly unfair.

“With access to excellent British beef, cheeses and bread, somebody with an entrepreneurial streak here in London should be rocking my ex pat socks off with awesome burgers at cheap prices. Alas no one has yet. Or, at least, I ain’t come across ‘em yet. And I surely have been looking.”

— A compelling read from Chris blogging for Food Network UK.

Steak 'n Shake in NYC

“Value for dollar, this is easily the best burger in the city, and makes a strong case for best burger at any price. It’s not big, it’s not fancy, but it’s the quintessential American burger.”

All over this for our trip in March.

All. Over. It.

“The cheeseburger couldn’t have existed until nearly a century ago as, indeed, it did not.”

—

On the impracticality of a cheeseburger.

This is great.

[LINK] Have we had our fill of Fine Dining?

The final nail in fine dining’s coffin is that it’s simply not cool anymore. The food world is a newly hip place to be, full of facial-haired young gunslingers, whether behind the stoves, creating the artisan cheeses and saucissons or scanning the menus. They’re setting themselves up in funky mobile kitchens like food mavericks the Eat St collective in King’s Cross, or opening speakeasy-style dives such as Meat Liquor with its perfect burger obsession, or leaving city life like James Swift, creator of Trealy Farm’s silky British charcuterie. They’re chefs like Stevie Parle or Young Turks Isaac McHale and James Lowe, working every hour God sends in the pursuit of good food.

Wonderful stuff from Marina.

“Obviously, given this über-foodie approach, Elliot’s has been clasped to the weekend market goers’ collective bosom and is predictably mobbed.”

— Another positive Elliot’s review from the Metro

“1. Set the water bath temperature to 132°F.”

A truly phenomenal post on improving the Heston burger over at Salty Seattle.

And guess who’s going to Seattle soon?

[LINK] The Hamburger Cleanse

I wish I’d known about this for my wedding diet.

[LINK] In-n-Out Hangover Remedy

And I still haven’t tried the chopped chillies yet, dammit.

• Simon.

Ain't No Picnic Burgers visits Honest Burgers in Brixton

Looks like it’s not worth the trip down south.

We've got some experimenting to do...

Cheese and science, people. Cheese and science.