$14:40 for the East Sider with fries at http://www.jacksonholeburgers.com in Astoria, NY. So far the best burger that I have tasted.

Well figure an average burger in a decent restaurant runs $10 to $16 a platter... thats about what I've been spending in the past.

I've been dying to try this place tho:

http://www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com/


not particularly exotic, or uses unique ingredients but definitely something to experience. I doubt I would ever attempt to finish it but would most certainly take pictures to brag to everyone that I've tried it! I would spend up to $100 on one of those Kodak moments. You must call an hour before arrival so they could kill a cow to make it.

--Russ

After 2.5 weeks in the hot sun, consuming only a diet of fish and veggies, my husband and I shelled out $90 U.S. (with tip) for a cheeseburger, a beer, a vodka tonic and a coffee at the Labriz Resort on Silhouette Island, Seychelles. I think the burger was 25 Euros but I'm not certain. It wasn't the best burger I've ever had but it sure hit the spot!

I miss the greasy burgers from a mom&pop stand where the soft white buns are toasted n the same flattop grill as the burger.real mayo,ketchup and yellow mustard,sweet pickle chips and Iceburg lettuce.And then wraped in paper.
They were less than a buck,but this was 30 plus years ago.
A really good burger for $10 seem ok by me-anything more I will pass.

It's not just the dollar being weak - prices in London have become outrageous.

Look what you get in Tokyo at a 'gourmet' burger chain for $12 (it's the Super-size meal and the meat is of good quality)

http://palstage.blog.ocn.ne.jp/palog..._caf_c745.html

And yes, it IS huge!

Here's a $100 burger

http://www.luxist.com/2006/06/21/flo...ts-100-burger/

We have one in Jakarta too...

I think the In'n'out #1 combo is $4.99. Works for me.

This place serves one of the best burgers I've ever had and at $17 not too outrageous:

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Proper...rrace/Menu.htm

The roll is excellent, the cheese and veggies are generous, and the fries come piping hot.

The Intercont in HK just launched a US$160 burger! It is supposed to be made from Wagyu and toro. Never tried it myself and would never spend that much on a burger. And even if I want to spend that much, why would anyone mix Wagyu and toro? You may as well put in some random fish since I doubt one can taste the toro after it has been grilled together with beef!

And that includes cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup and mustard, fries,and a drink with ice.The burger itself is $2.05. And a mighty fine burger it is.

Have to say that at my first visit to Tsukiji market I was given a bowl of soup. I found myself eating a piece of cooked chicken - I asked about it and discovered it wasn't chicken after all, but cooked toro (tuna belly - the fattiest part of the fish).

I was also surprisd by this combination, but if the toro is cooked it might not taste much like fish. I was certainly surprised by its chicken quality, nothing like any other fish I've tasted.

In spite of the fact that it tasted like chicken, was it delicious?

I wonder if the toro is stuffed inside of the Wagyu patty, instead of being incorporated into the red meat. If the former, then if ordered rare, the majority of the fish should still be uncooked, and thus I guess one would be able to distinguish the texture and flavors off the fish from the beef.

Is it served here?

http://hongkong-ic.dining.interconti...onic/di03.html

That I eat fish at all is a severe compromise to my personal set of moral beliefs. Right or not, it's where I draw the line. This means I haven't eaten any other kind of meat (including chicken) for 15 years, even though I loved it so much.

Once established that what I was eating was toro, yes, I really enjoyed it. (But that's like asking an alcoholic who's abstained for 15 years if they liked a drink that tasted exactly like an acceptable wine). I can't compare it to the taste of, say, a Bresse chicken fresh from a rotisserie.

In this case I'm not sure I can use the word delicious. The most satisfying and wonderful meals (especially home cooked ones) often veer off into a special and extremely treasured place close to, or even beyond, 'delicious' but where this word somehoe doesn't apply.


Nevertheless, I suspect in this case, the toro would work best cooked rather than raw. I'm sure the fat in the tuna would have some affect on the Kagoshima beef, and the fat in the beef.

Never tried the burger but my understanding is that the toro is mixed with the beef and then grilled! Tasting like chicken or not, it certainly is a waste of a good piece of toro!