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Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:27 pm
by kay
Pistonsbeneath wrote:kay wrote:Oo I suspect I know where I'm going for dinner tomorrow!
I bet you can't finish even the burger!
let me know if you can...i'm a greedy bastard for food like that hence i try and stay healthy but when i went there a few months ago i struggled big time!
Not the best pics in the world, but, before:
After:
It was a reasonably sized burger. Almost Texan in proportion. Plate needed to be twice as long, amount of chips doubled and a massive salad bowl on the side. The burger itself was decent, but I've had better (I brought a burger connoiseur with me and one who's been to Texas many times). Like in my local pub (which admittedly does awesome food).
Oh I also had a massive bowl of soup before that. Spent the rest of the night burping burping at the Outlook Reunion party lol.
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:28 pm
by djelements
I've had larger burgers.
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:55 pm
by kay
djelements wrote:So you vomited up an entire burger? AND fries/chips?
Hah! Fixed it as you quoted!
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:07 pm
by dcrock
all i know is americans have the salted peanut game on lockdown
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:16 pm
by BaronVon
kay wrote:Pistonsbeneath wrote:kay wrote:Oo I suspect I know where I'm going for dinner tomorrow!
I bet you can't finish even the burger!
let me know if you can...i'm a greedy bastard for food like that hence i try and stay healthy but when i went there a few months ago i struggled big time!
Not the best pics in the world, but, before:
After:
It was a reasonably sized burger. Almost Texan in proportion. Plate needed to be twice as long, amount of chips doubled and a massive salad bowl on the side. The burger itself was decent, but I've had better (I brought a burger connoiseur with me and one who's been to Texas many times). Like in my local pub (which admittedly does awesome food).
Oh I also had a massive bowl of soup before that. Spent the rest of the night burping burping at the Outlook Reunion party lol.
That's a measly portion of fries. I'm pretty certain that i could put away two of those burgers. What weight in beef are they serving?
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:00 pm
by djelements
kay wrote:djelements wrote:So you vomited up an entire burger? AND fries/chips?
Hah! Fixed it as you quoted!
What are you talking about?
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:03 pm
by Pistonsbeneath
hmm when i went there it was bigger...maybe theyve made em smaller...
the fries werent huge before but thats not what i went there for....was it a good quality burger..did it taste good and was it rare?
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:18 pm
by kay
baron_von_carlton wrote:That's a measly portion of fries. I'm pretty certain that i could put away two of those burgers. What weight in beef are they serving?
Can't remember, but it was a pretty solid piece of burger meat. There were definitely too few fries, which may have been a good thing as they weren't American-level quality, more UK McDonalds.
pistonsbeneath wrote:the fries werent huge before but thats not what i went there for....was it a good quality burger..did it taste good and was it rare?
It was ok, but definitely not even medium, didn't get asked how I wanted it cooked, didn't think I'd need to specify. There were no pinkish bits but it was reasonably juicy for a brownish grey piece of meat. The burger was slightly tasteless, the bacon and cheese were more tasty. Might've been one of the last diners in though so they might've been tired, etc.
The chipotle BBQ sauce was very good I was told. Had a nice smoky taste to it.
I'll stick to the burgers at my local though!
Try
Cattle Grid. They had nice burgers (although I had the steak). The website doesn't seem to list the Soho branch that I went to last year.
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:21 pm
by Pistonsbeneath
cheers...bookmarked it
next time im spunking all my wages in fopp i'll get a tube there and stuff myself
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:10 pm
by Shae
I'm pretty envious that the US has refill machines in nearly all of the fastfood places, powerade and cherry coke in mcdonalds...
Do they have a Nandos in the states?
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:11 pm
by collige
Shae wrote:I'm pretty envious that the US has refill machines in nearly all of the fastfood places, powerade and cherry coke in mcdonalds...
Do they have a Nandos in the states?
Apparently, but I've never seen one. Can't be better than Chipotle though.
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:30 pm
by kay
Oh! Just remembered - there was *1* thing American-like about the Texas Embassy - free refills!
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:13 am
by fooishbar
seckle wrote:The error the uk made is allowing corporate ownership of your sports. Here in america, the football league forbids corporate ownership. You can only be a shareholder, or brand licensee. We don't give up sports brands like you do in the uk.
no, they just move to other cities every week. even if you stay in the same city, the stadium's been renamed to some sponsor or another yet again.
Re: Proof of American superiority over the UK
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:13 am
by fooishbar
diablo wrote:elibomyekip wrote:America has bigger fast food portions. Being a thin bloke, this pleases me. I'd kill to have a 2000 calorie burger, but can't find anything similar here
No Carls Jr????
They serve up those seriously high calorie burgers.
Just had one!
Carl's Jr. (Double Six Dollar Burger) & Too Many Others
Are you ready for this one? The Double Six Dollar Burger from Carl's Jr. contains an insane 1520 calories. That's not a typo. One sandwich contains more calories than some smaller females need... PER DAY. The 111 grams of fat isn't a typo either. That's more fat in one sandwich than most average sized men need per day. Carl's Jr. unfortunately does not provide the trans fat content of their foods, as I for one would have loved to have seen that number as well. Too bad. I wanted to make a second "worst" pick, but there was just too many to choose from. Obviously anything with any trans fat could make it, as well as the items with a ton of saturated fat. And calories... ha! For starters, how about anything with over 700 calories? Or 800? Or maybe 900? How about the nearly 20 items with over 1000 calories? Yikes.
double $6 smashes it!!