Hamburger Hunt

The not so humble hamburger, the history of this marvellous and very much taken for granted sandwich is often disputed, however we do know some things for certain, the word hamburger has nothing to do with 'ham' being in it, it comes from Hamburg in Germany, where they have had meat in buns for quite some time, and within Germany, the residents of Hamburg are actually referred to as Hamburgers! That's about all we know for certain, whether the start of the Hamburger as we know it was in the United States or Germany or anywhere else people will be arguing for eternity.

Anyway we're not here to discuss that, no, we don't really care too much about where it came from or who invented it, because in our opinion, the Hamburger is consistently being re-invented, sometimes quite poorly and occasionally oustandingly. The purpose of this 'hunt' is to find the best burgers around town, the greatest town around, Sydney! We'll be trying everything, from the fast food offerings to the classic milk bar burgers. Now I should tell you, I am of the strong opinion that a burger is a bun, beef mince pattie, sauce (any kind is permissible), lettuce and tomato, optional condiments include; beetroot, cheese, onion, mustard, pickles. Once you start throwing on an egg, bacon, pineapples and what not I think it moves past the hamburger stage into something entirely different. I don't have objections to promotional or gourmet burgers that may contain mushrooms, relish or something else that won't dominate, and take over the flavour of the sandwich.

I do, however, believe I have found the best hamburger, its big but won't fall apart, it drips, but only as it should, its cooked to order, it's tall and big, it's not overly complicated and has a consistent taste time and time again, however in the interest of the hunt I am going to sample as many different types of hamburgers from as many different establishments until I can once and for all crown one, King.

More Burgers in the British Burger Bash, the Quick Czechout!, the Cairo Feeding Frenzy, the Mac Quest, the Cheeseburger Brawl, the Costa BurgeRica!, the Kuala Lumpur Feasting and the Singapore Scoff!

** Best so far - Too close to call (Shake Shack (DU) / myBurgerLab (KL) / Dirty Burger (LN) **

Posted 18.09.2007

Due to number of reviews I've split this into geographic sections

Australia - Mainly from Sydney, this section will have burgers from all over the land down under

Being home, this is where I started reviewing burgers and will continue to do so until I can no longer eat burgers. With the global burger revolution there's also lots of new places opening up here to be checked out and occasionally, I'll re-review a place I've written up earlier. Remember all reviews are honest and not sponsored in any way, the establishment has no idea I am going to take high resolution pics of their product and right up about it.

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United Arab Emirates - Mainly from Dubai, this section will have burgers from all over the wonderful UAE

Having lived in Dubai for a few years now, I've tried alot of burgers from here and the surrounding Emirates. It's also helped by the humble burger going through a revolution, not just here but seemingly everywhere there has been an explosion of speciality burger joints opening up, and that's only a good thing. As always the burgers reviewed here are done without any special arrangements, they are ordered and made exactly how they would be for anyone.

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Other Areas - From time to time I'll try a burger from a place I'm not at often, these reviews are here

Right so, here we have the leftovers, places I might be in transit, or a quick stopover where one or maybe two burgers are tried. If I do find myself going to one area more and more and reviews start building up I'll move them to another dedicated page. You also may find burgers listed here from a city or a country that I have a specific food blog adventure about, that'd be because the one listed here wasn't part of the trip for that specific blog.

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