I have never written a review on here, but I had to put this up. Went to Let's on a Sunday night and ordered a danish cheese and cranberry sauce burger while my partner ordered the 3 mini burgers. We also got the cheese and gravy fries, reminescing about poutine back home. First off the fries were disapointing. I don't know how people rave about oversized, tastless gobs of potato; I've always prefered slim and crisp. The gravy was so so, and the cheese was barely there. Poutine dreams over. Next my burger came, and it was OK. Nothing to write home about. The proportions are a bit off for a good burger (too much meat) and the cranberry sauce tasted like cheap canned stuff (I know this is Beijing but if you call yourself a gourmet burger place...). The cheese was pretty lousy as well. In it's defence the beef was of good quality, and the bun was awesome. Veggies pretty good too.
The worst was to come. We didn't linger around, and 10 minutes after leaving, I felt sharp pains in my stomach. 20 minutes later I was in the bathroom; dinner no longer in my stomach. I haven't got such a quick, strong reaction in a long time, and I have a pretty tough stomach. We still had 2 mini burgers that we had packed, but tossed them out in the garbage.
Best burger in Beijing so far for me is at All Stars (the Steakhouse). The beef is great, perfect proportions, and all the sauces and toppings and bread are in perfect harmony. Their Blue Cheese burger is wonderful as well. The Blue Frog burgers are OK, but also a bit overrated. Expats living in Beijing, stop rating chain restaurants like Element Fresh and Blue Frog as top winners here; they are nowhere close to it.
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Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
"too much meat" in a burger? is there such a thing?
in addition, you got sick 10 minutes after eating at Let's Burger ... you do realize that almost no common food-borne illnesses have such a quick incubation time -- in fact, excluding allergic reactions and a type of poisioning restricted to shellfish, most of the common foodborne illnesses have incubation periods of more than 2 hours ... so there's a very good chance your illness came from a previous meal.
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm071342.htm
just something to keep in mind.
Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
I suppose there can be too much meat in a burger. I mean, if you can't fit it in your mouth, is it really a burger?
That said, I like the burgers at Let's Burger, and I don't think they have too much meat. I grew up on burgers. My favorites come from In-N-Out.
Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
Admin, I completed Servsafe 8 years ago back in the States. I know all about food poisoning, the various strains and the effects. Admittedly I have forgotten the details now, but there are quite a few out there that will have immediate effects on your gastrointestinal system. 10 minutes after leaving translates to about 25-30 minutes after the last bite. Yes, this is very real.
Too much meat in a burger is very possible. When you have proportions of 85% meat to bread, cheese and veggies, it's too much meat. When you can barely get your mouth around the thing, using most of your senses to get the damn thing in there, it is too much meat or too thick. I couldn't finish this burger even if I wanted to.
I agree with the In-N-Out burger being an awesome burger. Meat flavour and proportions are bang on.
Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
true on the burgers, now that i think more about it ... i those ones that are so tall you can't enjoy all the fixings in one bite and you basically need to deconstruct them to get them into your mouth:
Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
on the food poisoning, we get a lot of comments on "i got violently ill eating at x" ... my point is not to deny that it does happen in Beijing, but rather that it's often quite difficult to pinpoint the origin of it's cause ... not many people realize that a prior meal is just as likely to be the culprit as the last one before getting sick
Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
Very true, and I'll admit it is nearly impossible to pinpoint the exact meal as it could have been ingested a few days earlier even. However, that being said I'd be willing to bet my last jiao on this incident being directly correlated to the burger.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/food-poisoning-000064.htm
This article mentions the onset of symptoms in 30 mins.
Re: Overated + Food Poisoning
beijing's newest burger ...
http://www.beijingboyce.com/2010/08/24/name-that-burger-and-win-six-pounds-of-beefy-fun-at-butcher-steakhouse/
Re: the admin is Overated + Food Poisoning
the taxi's are a fun dodge ball sport.
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