Nov 17
Apache Burgers
As a life time Johnny's Hamburgers customer I had often heard whispers about a burger joint in the west-end called Apache.
The title of King of Toronto's greasy, late-night, booze consumption remedy, burger joints has been an ongoing argument:
http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2007/02/comparison_shopper_suburban_hamburger_battle/
I finally had a chance to visit Apache Burgers and I must say the burger was very tasty, but very similar to Johnny's. Appreciated that they offered hot peppers which you can't get at Johnny's but Johnny's style grilled onions were not available.
I wimped out and got a water instead of manning up and getting a chocolate shake so I can't compare their version to Johnny's.
The standout was the Onion Rings
As a tribute to the wonders of grease they are a triumph. But it is a stretch to call them "onion" rings. There was only a small strand of onion in each. The rest was a glorious, thick fried batter, reminiscent of the batter you get on fried shrimp at "Canadian-style" Chinese restaurants. As a sensible consumer, I do feel like a bit of a sucker. These guys are making a pretty high profit on these considering what they are charging and how much I would guess it costs to serve a bunch of fried batter.
If I go again I'm gonna slip one of those big onion rings in to my burger which should take it to a whole other level.
Mar 16
How can they throw this out?
Can't believe the library is weeding this.
How will the future chefs of the world learn about Goulash and Schnitzel?
Who knew they named a type of Goulash after Moses Znaimer?
