The Quest!

This is My Quest:

To find the Most Exceptionally Satisfying BURGER out there!

The irony is not lost on me.
Where I was born cows are considered sacred. Where I was raised cows are considered to be part of the weekly diet.

Namaste!

Why Namaste?

This is my link from the East to the West.
When it’s spoken to another person, simultaneously a slight bow is made with the hands pressed together, the palms touching and fingers pointed upwards, in front of the chest.

In my upbringing, I went from this motion to opening my hands and filling them full of goodness. Typically, that goodness was in the form of a burger!

From time to time as I would consume my burgers, I would go from an all out state of euphoria from having a tremendously satisfying burger – to the other extreme, where I would feel my stomach-turning from disappointment and would take it as a sign that I should not be eating beef!

But, I have continued and have come to accept the following facts:

• Millions of people, including me, will continue to eat beef.
• Not all burgers are created equal.
• Burgers will be inconsistent, not only from restaurant to restaurant but from shift to shift.

I’m someone who is a creature of habit. I don’t like to try new things often. When I go to a new restaurant, the first thing I usually try is the burger. If they can’t make a decent burger why would I trust them to make me something else? After all, making a burger isn’t rocket science.

Or, is it?

So this quest of ours is to find out all about burgers, to taste them, to observe them in their natural habitat, document them and comment on them, and perhaps along the way - make a few recommendations to lead you to the best burgers around!

I’m hoping this blog will uncover some places for you to try your next burger at, and sadly, help you avoid others. In some small way, this can provide opportunities for the sub-par burger places to raise their standards. I’m hoping they will, because you really should be able to get a great burger anytime, anywhere!

I’m a straight shooter. I’ll tell it like it is. I will put aside my biases and look at all burgers that I report on with a fresh set of taste buds. Through the words I type and pictures I take – I’m hoping you will feel like you are at the table there with me! Along the way as an added bonus, you'll probably learn a few things about me!

Some of the items I'll be blogging on will be:

• The name of the restaurant
• The date and time attended
• Setting
• The menu description
• The cost
• The exact order I placed
• The order as it arrived
• The service
• Honorable mentions if necessary
• The overall recommendation

If I find a place to be exceptional, I will present them with an award and as a reward to my readers; I will try my best to arrange a deal for you. My target is to try at least 1 new burger a week. As I go through this journey, I will surely learn many new things and will be eager to share them with you.

You may even have a few suggestions as to where to go to try my next burger! Remember, your comments are always welcome, but I do reserve the right to remove/refuse comments that I feel are inappropriate to our overall goal,

of finding the Most Exceptionally Satisfying BURGER out there!