I’m with her. That might be delicious sauce and a great burger, but pouring it over is just awful. It’ll be a godawful mess to eat, the cheese will cool and congeal in a minute or two, and it will coat your tongue so it’s all you taste.
Put sliced cheese on the burger, and melt it. Cook the fries golden and crispy. Serve the cheese is a warm ramekin, so I can dip/pour to my heat’s content.
While I agree that the quality of every part of this burger fry combo looks pretty bad, I think the concept is fine.
If someone made a delicious queso smothered burger, I'm not going to whine about having to use a fork and knife to eat it.
There's some real burger snobbery goin on here. Saying the only way to eat a burger is with your hands and its construction therefore MUST be hand friendly is as limited as saying you must use a fork and knife. This some peak "undies in the sock drawer" shit
I mean my problem is that one of the major appeals of a sandwich is that you can pick it up and eat it with your hands. That burger places that make burgers you CAN'T eat with your hands are making hamburger steaks with bread, because they are totally missing the major appeal of a sandwich.
It's fine if you can't pick it up, just don't call it a fucking sandwich.
Fried chicken is eaten with your hands. If someone smothers it in queso, it will still be chicken that is fried.
A burger is a beef patty between two buns. No amount of queso changes it's existence as a burger. The burger does not cease to burger from being coated in liquid.
If your burger fell into a pool you would shout "Oh no, my burger!" not "Oh no, my buns, beef patty, sauce and variety of fresh toppings!"
But we literally have a term for this food. It's called a hamburger steak. Also if my burger fell into the pool it would be a ruined sandwich, not a different meal.
Fuck you and fuck everyone you care about, if I buy a sandwich and you give me something that doesn't have the basic function of a sandwich you're a dipshit.
I’ll never understand this. I grew up eating hamburgers and sandwiches with my hands, and still do, regardless of how supposedly high class a restaurant is pretending to be. This just looks like slop and is probably overbearing in the taste.
honestly. they are not making a better burger by being a dick about it. I got dragged to a pretentious place in Buenos Aires that demanded you eat theirs with a fork and knife. The truth is I've had a better meal from a food truck.
the worst part is the "upscaling" of the concept. instead of a bun, we will have this weird sour dough bread cut in half. instead of ketchup we will make a over flavored truffle smear. It somehow cost 3x more and 1/3rd as good as the burger shop down the steet the youth frequent.
To be fair, some of these burgers are getting out of control height wise. I've taken a fork and knife to a burger before because I couldn't unhinge my jaw wide enough to get a bite with everything.
Can confirm, I have many aquaintances who use utensils for their burgers, and for pizza, too. Also it seems to me that lot of people are rather unfortunately under the impression that sushi and sashimi have to be eaten with chopsticks. But if anyone were to judge, it couldn't be me - I eat my döner kebabs with chopsticks...
Oh and in their defence it should be noted that a lot of places don't know how to build a fucking burger. Gotta unhinge your jaw for some of the contraptions I've seen.
I absolutely hate when people put their kids on the internet before they're even old enough to consent (or even understand what consent is). This shit should be illegal.
Well she did order "burger drenched in slop sauce" and mom said are you sure? Its gonna be a big sloppy mess and you wont be able to pick it up with your hands. "I'm sure!"
At this point I just order soup and eat the mistake orders and he ends up with tenders. Seems chaotic but it’s very scripted and it gets him to see and try various things while having the ability to revert back to tenders… now when he hits 8-9ish that’ll come to an end but for now it’s a working system
I'm a "eatie" and not a "foodie." I'll enjoy an aged or smoked cheese. But I'll also smother my Checkers fries in cheez wiz and canned chili. Will my gut punish me? Absolutely. But there's no shame in enjoying the nostalgia that comes with a food product produced as a joint venture between scientists and devil worshippers.
"American cheese is the best cheese for a cheeseburger because it melts without splitting." -Chef Slowik
"Pasteurized process cheese" like nacho cheese is mostly made of oil and some cheese or cheese byproducts, and that's why it tastes so fucking good. The oil brings out the flavor.
I always look for that label when buying cheese, cause I know it's going to be delicious as fuck.
Nacho cheese is fucking delicious, it just shouldn't be poured all over a burger like that. I'd anything, it should be inside the burger at manageable amounts where it doesn't spill everywhere and ruin your eating experience.
I can understand some people not liking it, but I think it's delicious as well. They sure ruined the shit out of this burger though, like that's just gonna turn into a soggy pile of slop
I actually go out and seek that "pasteurized process cheese" label when I buy cheese, cause I know that shit is mostly oil and such is going to be delicious as fuck.
Serious question, what do you think nacho cheese sauce is? If you read the ingredients, it's basically just a cheddar based fondue dip with turmeric for color.
I want to be clear, you don't have to like American cheese, or cheese sauces, but my flavor of autism really wants you to understand that it is (more often than not) real cheese. What I described earlier is the cheapest sauce on the market. I've read its ingredients from the barrel at food wholesalers. Restaurants (at least any place charging 50+ bucks for these monstrosities) typically make their sauces in house. The process is to add sodium citrate, which softens cheeses 1/2
without separating the components. Contrast a roux based cheese sauce that more people would call authentic if they watched it made, but will reliably be more oily as ingredients tend to separate from these sauces.
Underseasoned? Since when do fries need anything but a little salt? Not everything, (especially not for children) need to be overspiced, just to make you drink more.
I'm the culinary world, "seasoned" usually just means salt and maybe pepper. Do I agree? Not really, I'm from the south west. But the term does originate from England..
As someone in the UK, if I ordered "seasoned fries" and got salt and peppered fries, I'd not be coming back. Seasoned fries over here typically are either cajun, chilli powder, rosemary, garlic or something else vaguely similar to the aforementioned seasonings (plus salt).
Maybe that's why they are in a little fryer basket? I've never seen such a thing. If they were fried that table would be greasy as fuck with that basket with no parchment.
I upvote this unpopular opinion because it DOES actually look delicious. +you could dip those under-seasoned chips in the cheese sauce until it's a bit more manageable. But then you have to eat the burger with knife n fork. + nobody sane does that. Specially not that poor kid
The person you replied to is saying the same thing. They compared it to American "cheese", which is what Velveeta is flavored as, and then asked for real cheddar.
American cheese was originally a mix of colby and cheddar. Now, it's mostly reprocessed, flavored byproducts of processing other cheeses. This is why it's illegal to call it 'cheese,' and all such products are 'singles' or 'slices,' and are 'cheese product' when it would be weirdly awkward not to say 'cheese.'
It's really nothing to write home about. I've never met a cheese I didn't like on its own - except American. Which kind of makes sense when you realize it's mostly not cheese.
You're right and wrong at the same time. American cheese always was just a blend of colby and cheddar. What makes it technically not a cheese is the fact emulsifiers get added to make it creamy and melt better. The "singles" or "slices" are when you're buying the cheap processed crap that's more akin to plastic. Nearly everyone will say Kraft Singles are disgusting. But things like Land O Lakes American from the deli? Amazing.
ScottBugVillain
That’s not what cheeseburger means…
KAPTKipper
More style then substance
PauliePlaysPoorly
Now put a candle on it and all the staff sing 'Happy Birthday' to make it a day she'll never forget.
rkingesd365
I'm from Wisconsin and that's too much cheese.
hadan8088
Me as the parent: "OK, I'll eat this one, bring her a regular burger."
skittlebog
This is an offense against food.
DeakVanNyke
the melted cheese (?) could be in a wide bowl next to the burger for dipping while eating.
Akieboy
You would have to pay me good money to go to a pretentious, overpriced restaurant like that
BishlamekGurpgork
What's the point of a bun on a burger you can't hold?
MaybeIllDisappear
I thought they were going to dump nacho cheese on her fries too.
marsilies
That would've been way better than what they did.
shawnemack
Why would you do that? And what’s wrong with those fries?
jappie348
If i have to eat a burger with cutlery just give me the burger
SecondSince
If i have to eat a burger with cutlery i'm leaving and never coming back.
UnoriginalPieceOfRepeatingShit
None of that food looks appealing
Dawgsarethebestpeople
Go to a shit place and get shit food I guess. That right there is reaching for some bottom prize though
chefsoda
I’m with her. That might be delicious sauce and a great burger, but pouring it over is just awful. It’ll be a godawful mess to eat, the cheese will cool and congeal in a minute or two, and it will coat your tongue so it’s all you taste.
Put sliced cheese on the burger, and melt it. Cook the fries golden and crispy. Serve the cheese is a warm ramekin, so I can dip/pour to my heat’s content.
Respectfully, a chef and burger lover
BullittGT
KumquatKoppa
While I agree that the quality of every part of this burger fry combo looks pretty bad, I think the concept is fine.
If someone made a delicious queso smothered burger, I'm not going to whine about having to use a fork and knife to eat it.
There's some real burger snobbery goin on here. Saying the only way to eat a burger is with your hands and its construction therefore MUST be hand friendly is as limited as saying you must use a fork and knife. This some peak "undies in the sock drawer" shit
FiveShiftOne
I mean my problem is that one of the major appeals of a sandwich is that you can pick it up and eat it with your hands. That burger places that make burgers you CAN'T eat with your hands are making hamburger steaks with bread, because they are totally missing the major appeal of a sandwich.
It's fine if you can't pick it up, just don't call it a fucking sandwich.
KumquatKoppa
Fried chicken is eaten with your hands. If someone smothers it in queso, it will still be chicken that is fried.
A burger is a beef patty between two buns. No amount of queso changes it's existence as a burger. The burger does not cease to burger from being coated in liquid.
If your burger fell into a pool you would shout "Oh no, my burger!" not "Oh no, my buns, beef patty, sauce and variety of fresh toppings!"
FiveShiftOne
But we literally have a term for this food. It's called a hamburger steak. Also if my burger fell into the pool it would be a ruined sandwich, not a different meal.
Fuck you and fuck everyone you care about, if I buy a sandwich and you give me something that doesn't have the basic function of a sandwich you're a dipshit.
KumquatKoppa
Yea, we have a different term for a different food, which is a slab of fucking ground beef a la carte, dipshit.
Adding the queso does not remove the buns and therefore it's still a burger. It's just "ruined" in your opinion, by your very own rules.
This is why the world is crumbling. People can't even keep their stories straight.
keys79
cbale2000
Oh damn, that's a burger under all that?? What a mess.
aShogunNamedMarcus
This is also probably a place where the master bartender farts into a bell jar and places it over your Old Fashioned for 60 seconds
b00guy
Some people will pay a lot of money for that sorta thing.
glittalogik
Also $60
extraDimensionalAnxiety
Your problem is you're going to bars that have "master" bartenders. /s
Rapbot20
She just wants a damn burger
Turkleturts
"That'll be $35"
Dadbodbot
I’ll never understand this. I grew up eating hamburgers and sandwiches with my hands, and still do, regardless of how supposedly high class a restaurant is pretending to be. This just looks like slop and is probably overbearing in the taste.
SarcasticComment
honestly. they are not making a better burger by being a dick about it. I got dragged to a pretentious place in Buenos Aires that demanded you eat theirs with a fork and knife. The truth is I've had a better meal from a food truck.
Dadbodbot
True
SarcasticComment
the worst part is the "upscaling" of the concept. instead of a bun, we will have this weird sour dough bread cut in half. instead of ketchup we will make a over flavored truffle smear. It somehow cost 3x more and 1/3rd as good as the burger shop down the steet the youth frequent.
thotterpop
Do high class restaurants expect a burger to be eaten with a knife and fork or something?
anobviousthrowawayaccountduh
Batman eats them that way.
Dadbodbot
I’ve seen a lot of people using forks and knives for hamburgers in normal restaurants (European)
JemIsTrulyOutrageous
To be fair, some of these burgers are getting out of control height wise. I've taken a fork and knife to a burger before because I couldn't unhinge my jaw wide enough to get a bite with everything.
Affray
I've got a pretty big face and there have been burgers that were impossible for me to bite. Why make food more difficult to eat.
lappelduvideonfullblast
Can confirm, I have many aquaintances who use utensils for their burgers, and for pizza, too. Also it seems to me that lot of people are rather unfortunately under the impression that sushi and sashimi have to be eaten with chopsticks. But if anyone were to judge, it couldn't be me - I eat my döner kebabs with chopsticks...
Dadbodbot
😜
lappelduvideonfullblast
Oh and in their defence it should be noted that a lot of places don't know how to build a fucking burger. Gotta unhinge your jaw for some of the contraptions I've seen.
BARP
That all looks like crap
lindabelchersfirstcousin
I had the same expression watching this, lil homegirl 🤮
elgalileo
No children on social media. Especially one of a young girl clearly uncomfortable.
anonymous
I absolutely hate when people put their kids on the internet before they're even old enough to consent (or even understand what consent is). This shit should be illegal.
MightyIink
Girl just wants to eat a burger with her hands, why ruin it for her...
JoeT85
"Just try it you'll like it". This is why parents get stuck in bad nursing homes
SecondSince
FOR THE CONTENT!! But for real, i'd send that back. Inedible garbage.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Yeah that shit looks like movie theater nacho cheese.
KaptainObveeus
Well she did order "burger drenched in slop sauce" and mom said are you sure? Its gonna be a big sloppy mess and you wont be able to pick it up with your hands. "I'm sure!"
ThinkThisOut
*Orders an $80 steak*
“eh I’m not hungry, I just wanted to see it” kid
*pushes aside cup of soup*
“Huh… guess I’ll eat it then” me
“Can I have dessert?” Kid
“Yes you can!! Anything you want, this place calls dessert entrees” me
*wants chicken tenders* kid
“Can you bring out the tenders I ordered 10 minutes ago please?” Me to the waiter
n0n53n53
kid: "tries to order and $80 steak"
any sane parent : "no"
ThinkThisOut
At this point I just order soup and eat the mistake orders and he ends up with tenders. Seems chaotic but it’s very scripted and it gets him to see and try various things while having the ability to revert back to tenders… now when he hits 8-9ish that’ll come to an end but for now it’s a working system
ThinkThisOut
Also… who dv’d your comment?!. It’s a completely rational thing to make note of
HeAmbledVaguelyEastwards
She still can.
fierofool
Nacho "cheese" is disgusting .
KittyKlimt6
Ooooh THATS what it is.... or better supposed to be... literally guys who eats cheese like this this aint cheese
CheckFlop
I'm a "eatie" and not a "foodie." I'll enjoy an aged or smoked cheese. But I'll also smother my Checkers fries in cheez wiz and canned chili. Will my gut punish me? Absolutely. But there's no shame in enjoying the nostalgia that comes with a food product produced as a joint venture between scientists and devil worshippers.
"American cheese is the best cheese for a cheeseburger because it melts without splitting." -Chef Slowik
anonymous
"Pasteurized process cheese" like nacho cheese is mostly made of oil and some cheese or cheese byproducts, and that's why it tastes so fucking good. The oil brings out the flavor.
I always look for that label when buying cheese, cause I know it's going to be delicious as fuck.
literallymike
That amount of any melted cheese is disgusting. How is she supposed to eat that burger?!?
Mithi
Is that a rhetorical question? With a fork and a knife.
FishieStardust
I didn't realize that that was a burger
johnxbear
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cmR0NW0yaTZ3bG9tNDVhOWVwdzQ2Mzh1YTBuYXh6cXdjb2hmdHd4dyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/gMDz8AcNTSlfO0dF3T/200w.webp
literallymike
Then why MAKE IT A BURGER?! (I cut mine in half - so much easier to eat, and nothing falls out)
GussDeBlod
except if it's in a fondue.
SarcasticComment
fondue has a better delivery and is kept warm. this is just going to be a tragedy in a very very short time
GussDeBlod
now I want fondue. you know what , screw it, I'm buying cheese for fondue tomorrow. a moit'moit', vacherin fribourgeois and Gruyère AOC.
SarcasticComment
wheeeew. cheese for dinner!
LonelyVoid
Nacho cheese is fucking delicious, it just shouldn't be poured all over a burger like that. I'd anything, it should be inside the burger at manageable amounts where it doesn't spill everywhere and ruin your eating experience.
pvtsquirel
I can understand some people not liking it, but I think it's delicious as well. They sure ruined the shit out of this burger though, like that's just gonna turn into a soggy pile of slop
therandombagofmeat
What do you call cheese that’s not yours?
Nacho cheese
dbox
...yes officer, this comment right here.
DallasGuage
Great way to mess up a burger
WindowStreetJournal
I stopped going to mall cinemas because of the disgusting smelling nacho sauces.
BuckinCrazy
Nacho "cheese food product"
anonymous
I actually go out and seek that "pasteurized process cheese" label when I buy cheese, cause I know that shit is mostly oil and such is going to be delicious as fuck.
RufusPimperton
Serious question, what do you think nacho cheese sauce is? If you read the ingredients, it's basically just a cheddar based fondue dip with turmeric for color.
BuckinCrazy
SOMETIMES. Other times it's closer to Velveeta made with oil and all sorts of congealing and binding agents plus flavor
RufusPimperton
I want to be clear, you don't have to like American cheese, or cheese sauces, but my flavor of autism really wants you to understand that it is (more often than not) real cheese. What I described earlier is the cheapest sauce on the market. I've read its ingredients from the barrel at food wholesalers. Restaurants (at least any place charging 50+ bucks for these monstrosities) typically make their sauces in house. The process is to add sodium citrate, which softens cheeses 1/2
RufusPimperton
without separating the components. Contrast a roux based cheese sauce that more people would call authentic if they watched it made, but will reliably be more oily as ingredients tend to separate from these sauces.
DarkVoivod
What's the purpose of the dumb plastic thing, exactly?
PrincessWasabi
To ingest warm microplastics that can melt with the plastic cheese ?
LordBrandonTheBold
Your burger is evenly ruined
johnxbear
For the "reveal". https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Z2dveGt4bDF3em4yeGV2ZHViNXlkNXdlOWV2aGtkeWVqenpnZTFlayZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3ogwG5srthARcEKK64/200w.webp
mrthewhitee
To make sure the cheese completely covers the burger before it spills out onto the plate.
andexer
To waste cheese (look at all that sauce stuck to it!)
truemetalman
Wow those fries look undercooked and under seasoned
WindowStreetJournal
Underseasoned? Since when do fries need anything but a little salt? Not everything, (especially not for children) need to be overspiced, just to make you drink more.
thedill2000
I'm the culinary world, "seasoned" usually just means salt and maybe pepper. Do I agree? Not really, I'm from the south west. But the term does originate from England..
LoonyBoBdammitwhotookmyname
As someone in the UK, if I ordered "seasoned fries" and got salt and peppered fries, I'd not be coming back. Seasoned fries over here typically are either cajun, chilli powder, rosemary, garlic or something else vaguely similar to the aforementioned seasonings (plus salt).
stonetemplefox05
"uh, excuse me, yes hi there. I actually ordered all that cheese bullshit on the side. Thank you so much.
AllHailMegtaron
they don't look undercooked, they look raw!
vericon151
That way you can taste the potato!
E12IK
Maybe there is a frier at the table and you cook em yourself? Cuz those are fry cut potatoes, they haven’t been blessed by a fryer yet.
PanNonOpticon
You really, really, REALLY!!, don't want hot oil at the table where people have drinks!
ThatGuyInTheMountains
Maybe that's why they are in a little fryer basket? I've never seen such a thing. If they were fried that table would be greasy as fuck with that basket with no parchment.
Cornflakes91
those fries look like mine look fresh from the freezer
FacelessAce
It really seems like one of those places where 90% of the appeal is the showmanship.
WigglyBlondeNoodle
90% of the appeal is unappealing
tupacshomie
Definitely. I guarantee you they just doused that burger in disgusting high school football game nacho cheese.
KumquatKoppa
And the burger looked mid af, too.
Imademyselfsquirtle
No thanks. People who argue that it's about the experience are really stupid. You might as well just eat dog food then, that's an experience too.
AnonOmis1000
As long as a place looks nice, is clean, and has polite servers, thats all the "experience" I need. The rest is if the food tastes good
Imademyselfsquirtle
Agreed
wolfwilliams666
Call CPS. That shit looks nasty.
YouRadicalizedMe
Send it back!! Poor kid
eXoRainbow
It looks delicious.
Yoda42024
I upvote this unpopular opinion because it DOES actually look delicious. +you could dip those under-seasoned chips in the cheese sauce until it's a bit more manageable. But then you have to eat the burger with knife n fork. + nobody sane does that. Specially not that poor kid
BishlamekGurpgork
Honestly, it looks like velveeta. Which I get, American cheese is common on burgers, sure, but give me real cheddar any day.
Botticelliii
Velveeta is NOT cheese, my friend. They say it themselves.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
The person you replied to is saying the same thing. They compared it to American "cheese", which is what Velveeta is flavored as, and then asked for real cheddar.
BishlamekGurpgork
I believe it IS American cheese, just with a higher amount of emulsifier.
eXoRainbow
Well, I never had such an I'm in Europe. But I'm curious how it tastes and would like to try.
BishlamekGurpgork
American cheese was originally a mix of colby and cheddar. Now, it's mostly reprocessed, flavored byproducts of processing other cheeses. This is why it's illegal to call it 'cheese,' and all such products are 'singles' or 'slices,' and are 'cheese product' when it would be weirdly awkward not to say 'cheese.'
It's really nothing to write home about. I've never met a cheese I didn't like on its own - except American. Which kind of makes sense when you realize it's mostly not cheese.
eventide215
You're right and wrong at the same time. American cheese always was just a blend of colby and cheddar. What makes it technically not a cheese is the fact emulsifiers get added to make it creamy and melt better. The "singles" or "slices" are when you're buying the cheap processed crap that's more akin to plastic. Nearly everyone will say Kraft Singles are disgusting. But things like Land O Lakes American from the deli? Amazing.
BishlamekGurpgork
(For context, Velveeta, I believe, is American cheese with some extra chemical goodness to keep it runny.)