Splitz Grill - Whistler BC

SPLITZ! WOOT! Splitz Grill has apparently been voted Whistler's best burger since 1998. K, I'll say right off the bat that it is a good burger but There aren't too many burger joints in Whistler. The great thing about Splitz was the atmosphere and the ordering process was so fun! As soon as you walk in you are faced with choices and delima's! What to eat, what to top it with?!?!
They get so busy that they actually have a board with step by step instructions of how to order your burger. The board was actually helpful and made the ordering process run smoothly. There are so many choices and the cooks need to know specifically what you want in a specific order.

The cooks assembling the burgers were great. Since the meat takes awhile to cook they chat it up and joke around with you as you tell them what you want. The choices were GREAT! It was basically a BYOB (build your own burger). There were a handful of cheeses to choose from, a bounty of sauces like tzatziki and then all the other regular stuff like ketchup, mustard, pickles and relish. Of course I opted for the tzatziki! Are you kidding me?!?! What was also great was that the lettuce was shredded. I don't know why but it just looked cool and made the burger better in my opinion.


I also got an assortment of cheddar and mozzarella cheese, extra pickles and ketchup, lettuce, tomato, onions, and hot mother effing peppers! MmmmMMmmm... ohhhh and seasame seeds on the bun!

K so here's the thing, I sat near an open door and there was a wicked breeze flowing in and it made my burger mad cold in like 2 minutes! I love hot fresh food so I'm going to try and ignore that factor. First of all everyone's burger is going to be different depending on what toppings and sauces they add, so what works for me might not work for you. I think that by making it BYOB you really create a great atmosphere by letting the customer create their own burger the way they see fit. The bun on this burger was good, fit the package nicely and the meat was also really good. It really felt homade and had a great texture. The flavour was good but not amazing as the toppings really take over, so keep that in mind before you load your burger up with all sorts off action like I did. Overall I think this burger was pretty good, which is better than good, almost great but not even close to off the fucking hook. The fries were great though, nice a fresh cut and I got a side of Spiltz sauce to dip them in and it was fabulous, I regretted not getting it on my burger and suggest trying it on your burger if you ever visit Splitz.


Spiltz Grill does make a pretty good burger and I would definitely reccomend trying it if you are ever in Whistler. Apparently they stay open late so it makes for a great after the bar chow down! Splitz has a great atmoshpere and is a fun and exciting place that you would really enjoy.

The Bellwood Bar & Grill - Toronto ON

Ahhh The good old Bellwood Bar & Grill. Again, not a place I would take a lady but they have a very interesting atmosphere. The first time I ever went there was to get something to eat after the bar at 2am. I had a grilled cheese and fries, it was delicious and the cook swore at me... It was fuckin' beautiful! The 2 guys that run the place (father & son) are awesome and totally worth the experience alone. The old guy swears at the customers more than the son but I was still going at it with the son. It's not like angry swearing, more like "Hey fuck face.. pass the ketchup!". It was a lot of fun.


This time it was all about the burger. They boast a 16oz burger with fries and a drink for $5.99!! But it always goes back to the fact that you usually get what you pay for and it was kind of true in this case. I'll start from the outside and work my way to the middle. The bun was actually pretty good, nice and soft and not to bready. It was basically a kaiser roll, sans sesame seeds. I was a little disappointed with no sesame seeds but to be honest it didn't really matter. The toppings were basic but really good none the less, they were fresh and abundant. Now the beef! The beef was just ok. It tasted good, but it was super rich and the texture felt synthetic. Like the meat didn't really fall apart in your mouth, you had to chew through it. So obviously this burger wasn't homemade and had that, frozen out of the box sort of feel. I personally had to add a lot of extra ketchup to cut the overly rich, synthetic meat taste.

The fries it came with were pretty good too. Also not fresh cut potatoes but they were nice and chunky and complimented the burger nicely.


Overall, The 16oz Bellwood Burger was good, not great but again for $5.99 it's not bad at all. I sort of had a headache when I was finish due to the overly rich meat taste, like you know when you eat a huge piece of dark chocolate cake and it just overwhelms you?! Sort of like that. This wouldn't be my first burger choice, nor what I tell you to rush out and get it, but I will say that for the price it was pretty good and they guys that run the place are really awesome. The people are so friendly and you can joke around with them and have a good time. They really add to the atmosphere to the restaurant. If all you have is a tenner, go for it, you won't be disappointed.

Dangerous Dan's Diner - Toronto ON

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to the CORONARY BURGER!!!

2x8oz beef patties, 4 slices of bacon, 2 slices of cheddar cheese and top it all off with a fried egg! Why not!?!? I got mine with the works. It is a little difficult to see the fried egg from this angle, but let me assure you, it was present!

First of all, let me just say that Dangerous Dan's wouldn't be my first choice to take a lady. It's grimy, old and located across the street from one of the nastiest strip clubs Toronto has to offer, Jilly's! Dangerous Dan's is a mans joint! The seats are all old smelly used car seats, the beer is warm, the mugs are dirty and theres funny meat quotes on the wall like: "If God hadn't intended us to eat cows... he wouldn't have made them so easy to catch!" Oh Dan.. you crazy son of a bitch!

Dan's is however a place for deep fried, colossal coronary clogging delicious eats! The most unnecessary menu item is the Quadruple C (colossal colon clogger combo). This burger is gluttony itself. It boasts a gargantuan 24 oz beef patty topped with an atrocious quarter pound of cheese, quarter pound of bacon and 2 fried eggs!!!! One day I will tackle that burger!

But on this day, it was all about the Coronary burger. I'm sure I will get better at this over time and come up with some sort of rating system. But first of all I should make it clear that everyone's burger preferences are different. Some people care only about the meat, some are about the toppings and some are even about the bun. For me, I like an all around burger. It's parts have to be equally good to make the burger experience great. Some toppings just go well together and can totally change the burger all together. So I'll try to keep that in mind as I give me opinion's on the burgers I eat.

This burger was intense and a lot of fun to eat. I ate light that day and was pretty hungry when it showed up. When it did show up and that cook slapped that bad boy down in front of me my eyes shot open immediately! This is what I called the SHOCK VALUE! This burger receives an 8.5 out of 10 for that alone. It was exciting and it looked really delicious. I couldn't wait to wrap my paws around it (or at least try).

The first bite was freggin dyno-mite!! The texture of the meat was the best thing about this burger. It was very soft and velvety and the meat literally fell apart in my mouth. That is exactly what makes a great home made burger superior! The bacon and cheese were wedged in between the patties and I enjoyed this aspect immensely. It was like a meat cake with bacon and cheese icing in the middle! Re-donk-u-lous! Honestly tho, I found that the intense meat and bacon flavour needed more ketchup, which I had to apply somehow while holding this monster together. I could've done without the egg myself as it gave a very weird texture to the burger and I found the yolk flavour a little rich. It was just too much... but I guess thats the point of this burger, so I guess that makes it good?!? I dunno.. Anyways, about mid way through I started getting the meat sweats! Not as terrible as I thought but they were coming on strong. Also I slowly started slipping into a food coma after the burger was done as the itis started kicking in firm! The food baby was growing slowly but surely inside my belly, I think I felt it kick a few times... I felt proud.

One negative thing I will say about this burger experience were the french fries. They were despicable! I can't believe they can boast a bad ass mother effing burger like that and put it beside the weakest plate of fries ever. They were like McCain frozen fries. Awful! I need a good plate of chips with my burger and these were lacking. I don't even want to tell you about the gravy, I can't even begin to guess what they put in it.

In the next picture you can really get a sense of the immenseness of the burger when stacked beside the pint glass.


Anyways, it was a pretty good burger, but I haven't been around Toronto MUCH. I'm waiting to give this burger an overall rating until I sink my pearly whites into a few more burwiches! I would definitely recommend trying it. Just don't order fries.

Burgerninja... OUT!

Introduction

Welcome Burger Lovers!!

Calling all you meat maniacs! This blog is dedicated to one of the best culinary inventions ever created... THE BURGER! Theres nothing like a good burgwich to satisfy your deepest meat desires.

First of all I think it's important to learn a little about the definition and have a small history lesson on the Burger or "Hamburger". According to Wikipedia "The Hamburger also refers to the cooked patty of ground meat by itself. The patty alone is also known as a beefburger, or burger. Adding cheese makes it a cheeseburger (no guff!?). Hamburger is actually a distinct product from ground round and other types of ground meat. However, ground beef of any form is often commonly referred to as "hamburger." A recipe calling for 'hamburger' (the non-countable noun) would require ground beef or beef substitute- not a whole sandwich. The word hamburger comes from Hamburg steak, which originated in the German city of Hamburg. Contrary to what folk etymology might lead one to believe, there is no actual 'ham' in a hamburger." As for the history of the Burger, that's where it gets a little hazy! There are more than a few claimers who say they created the Burger seem to be of American dissent, The earliest of which occurred in the 1880's. You can make your own call on this, but we aren't hear to read some crap about where it came from we just wanna see the delicious meaty goods, so I will move on.

I created this site to showcase some of the burgers from around the world that I have tried. By no means I am the be all end all of burger connoisseurs, BUT I do appreciate food.. A LOT! And I do love a good burger. PLUS I love to travel so my goal when I do travel is to search for a good burger. Maybe this will give you some ideas when you travel? I dunno, but I do hope you enjoy my analysis of some of the best burgers these cities have to offer. I'm looking forward to trying all the different shapes, sizes, tastes, textures and challenges of eating some of the best burgers around!