Lil Woody's:Maria Hines's Golden Beetle Burger (Seattle Burger Month)
order: golden beetle burger with sumac fries and a lucille beer
It's burger month and lil woody's is celebrating it by offering one special burger a week made by a featured seattle chef. if you eat all four then you get a cool shirt after turning in your stamp card. kate and i finished our thursday run and we couldn't wait to get this competition started. unfortunately kate will miss the third week's burger since she'll be in china for work so i'm going to have to find a replacement.
the first week's burger was the "golden beetle burger" made by chef maria hines. here's how they describe it:
Chef Maria Hines' Golden Beetle Burger — Harissa aioli, Lettuce, Pickled Serranos & onion, Gruyere Swiss, Baharat seasoned 1/3 lb NW grass fed beef, Mayo. + Sumac dusted fries are also available!
a few things i remember of this burger:
it was very fresh looking -- the cool white and green colors of the lettuce, serranos, onions, and gruyere swiss hid the beefy brown color of the burger patty.
the burger became progressively spicier and by the end my eyes watering (just a little). i felt like this was intended to give off a delayed gratification.
the sumac fries reminded me of the fries served at aladdins, a gyro joint on the ave in the u-district.
i should have paid more attention to the baharat seasoning. i'm pretty sure the chefs are using this opportunity to experiment with different burger ingredients but i hope these burgers come back in regular rotation at each chef's respective restaurants.
i surprised myself by finishing the basket of fries. kate and i talked about white privilege and then walked home...i can't remember why this topic came up.
rating: 8/10
http://lilwoodys.com/seattleburgermonth/