Holy Meatimony, the most expensive burger in Kuala Lumpur City

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By Debra Chong

THE other day, I was treated to lunch at The Daily Grind, a new gourmet burger diner. It had taken over from the charming little Vietnamese restaurant, Du Viet, on the lower ground floor of Bangsar Village I.

The menu looked promising. Much was proclaimed to be “homemade”, including the ketchup and chilli sauces. But I had eyes only for the much-touted Foie Gras Burger. The vision of a thick slab of goose liver, slightly charred on the outside, bursting with goopy creaminess inside, sizzled its way across my brain. I salivated.

The burger was a whopper. Two lightly-toasted burger buns, the top nicely encrusted with sesame seeds, barely held on to an obscenely fat, one inch thick round patty that juiced most satisfactorily as the knife slid into it.

But what's this?
It was a patty made from ground beef. Where was my engorged grilled goose liver? Shaved into slivers and hidden deep among the molecules of meat. A quick flip through the menu description soon corrected my myopic understanding. It was supposed to be diced liver, mixed with ground beef in a patty. Even so, the taste that day was barely discernible, and only if you picked the pieces out with a fork.

The sweet red relish and sauteed mushrooms certainly added colour and creaminess, but the meat patty itself contained more than a mouthful of gristle, pointing to a cheaper cut. It came with a side of fresh salad leaves, but that was about all. At RM55++ just for the burger, it was a lux treat that could be improved by a dollop more of generosity. Another friend who had it earlier had lavished great praise on this burger, but I guess they'd run out of supply by the time I ordered mine.

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