Burger Day: Umami Burger
First off, forgot to snap a picture during the meal at Umami Burger. Or at all, yesterday. So just go ahead and picture a thick, shiny bun, a thick patty, a thin layer of cheese poking out, and a dash of something red.
That’s the burger I ate.
Now imagine the beef itself being light and insubstantial, the shitake mushrooms being overpowering, and the cheese being not nearly strong enough to matter.
And that red something? That’s ketchup. Sweet, but still ketchup.
Now try to imagine suddenly realizing you’ve finished your burger. You’re still a bit hungry, and you can’t say for sure what the actual burger part of the burger tasted like.
You know it was rare, super rare, you paid attention to that, since they didn’t bother to ask you how you’d like it cooked. So rare it falls apart on you.
If your ability to visualize is strong enough to put all that in your head, you now know what an Umami burger tastes like. You may also get an inkling as to how dissatisfied I was by it.
Grade: C+
