Bachi Burger

7:00am Friday, December 20th. I woke up hungrier than usual. I had frosted wheat for breakfast, not exactly what I had in mind. I fueled up on coffee and was feeling jolly enough to even pick up my co-workers orders. I knew we had food coming in for lunch at work so I wasn't too concerned with that. My main concern was dinner. What to eat for dinner?

Bachi Burger.

For those of you who are unaware of what this is don't worry; I’m about to drop some knowledge on you like you’ve never heard before. Actually, it’s pretty simple. It Asian fusion brought to the all American favorites. It's as if a cheeseburger has relations with a geisha and they had a child. It’s an amazing combo that I need more of in my life.

I text my buddy Dave and it was on. Dave and I have a love for food that can only be examined on a neurological level. When I text him, he was already preparing the same text o be sent to me. It's like we have ESPN or something, a 5th sense if you will (that's a Mean Girls reference, I'm well aware ESP is considered the "6th sense"). We made plans to meet at 8 and as I backed into my spot I discovered I had even parked directly next to him without even knowing. It's a food friendship made in heaven.

Anyways, we made our way in and did everything in our power to make it non-look like a Grinder meet up (that’s the gay Tinder). In his words, it was a "gentlemen’s gathering over fine foods." Right off the bat he knew what he was getting as he had spent time on Yelp prior to the meet up. It took me a little more time.

When the waiter arrived, we ordered like two kids recently kicked out of fat camp. I ordered the Ronin Burger with a side of Parmesan Truffle Fries. He ordered the Banh Mi Burger with a pickle plate on the side.

Now, the Ronin burger was the tits. In fact, it probably will be one of those burger I look back and tell my grand kids about. Dave's First bite of the Banh Mi was also love at first bite. After the first bite he concluded it was the best he's ad n his time in Las Vegas. The Ronin was made with Angus Beef (miso glazed), Asian slaw, caramelized onion, miso goma dressing, Katsu BBQ sauce, a fried egg and a Yuzo Citrus Aioli. Fuck me right? And Fuck me it did, right in the mouth. It was amazeballs right down to the bun it was served on. The best part, it stayed in tact the whole time. This is one of the most over looked concepts of a good cheeseburger. If it falls apart, it could be the best burger in the world but it would get points taken off because it was over topped. The Banh Mi was something only a mad genius could dream up. It also had the Miso glazed Angus but came with Pork-Shrimp Lemon grass Pate, curry aioli, pickled veggies and nuoc nam sauce. It was similar to the scene in Step Brother where Rob Riggle can't stop saying "POW! Right in the Kisser!"

The truffle fries were on point. I had the pleasure of having these once before and the second time was no let down at all. Shoestring fried with white truffle oil, porcini cream, Parmesan reggiano and a side of sundried tomato aioli. The pickle plate was also right up my alley. Pickled, beets, cauliflower, garlic, daikon and shallots. The beets took the cake. Dave's a bit of a connoisseur of the pickled arts so I took his word for it and gave my thanks.

All in all, it was an awesome meal as per usual. Definitely a good place too eat at a slightly above blue collar pricing. In the words on Nike, if someone asks you to go, "Just Do It."

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