I had heard the praises of Shake Shack from a chef I used to work with at Recipease. I trusted her opinion, so was excited to see how it measured up. The queue on a Sunday is ridiculous, and then so it the search for a table. But, they seem to have the ordering procedure down and it doesn’t take as long as you think it will.
I opt for the cheeseburger with bacon, as per usual, so I can compare it fairly to other burgers, I should have ordered the double as the single is quite small. Before I bite into it, I know it’s good already as it’s ugly. For those who are new to my blog, one of my prerequisites for an awesome burger is that it needs to be ugly. It needs to look beaten up and neglected. I am not interested in pristine looking perky burgers. They always disappoint, trust me.
I bite into her. Yes. She is greasy and full of flavour. This is a lipsmackingly good burger, but it will be over too soon. I SHOULD HAVE ORDERED THE DOUBLE. Oh misery.
The other burger-eater ordered the special limited edition burger, in collaboration with chef Massimo Bottura, which comes with an Angus patty ground with cotechino sausage and parmigiano reggiano, topped with salsa verde and balsamic mayonnaise. He enjoys it very much, but for me, it’s too fancy. When I want a burger I don’t want no gourmet stuff, just gimme the good ol’ basic stuff.
The chips are crinkly and crunchy and delicious and the shakes, oh boy! Apparently the vanilla shake takes the title of best shake ever… My chocolate is pretty damn good too. They are thick and cold and super satisfying full of their fresh made frozen custard base. Mmmmmm.
Shake Shack is definitely one to put on my list of regular haunts, although midweek to avoid the plague, I mean crowd, would be a wise decision.
