I ♥ hamburgers!

Holidays and travel have postponed this month's I ♥ hamburgers a few days, but just think of it as a flight: great when it arrives on time, but never really expected to ;)

Kristin and her family have always told me about the hamburgers at Choy's restaurant. It used to be in Strathclair, but now resides in Shoal Lake, a town away. Kristin says it is one of her favourites. Janna used to hide her unfinished cheeseburgers under the table, but now she just splits them between three people so nothing goes to waste.

I was happy to end up at Choy's between Christmas and New Year's to visit a friend of Kristin before he heads off to Macedonia. We all got hamburgers. I was feeling particularly hungry, so I ordered the double cheeseburger with fries. It comes with relish and fried onions, oh and of course cheese. I took the onions off and got ready for the Choy's experience. Normally I would have added ketchup to a burger such as this, but I wanted the authentic taste... okay, I was too timid to ask the server when she came around, so had to do without. A Choy's burger is on the small end of the burger spectrum, easily grasped by one hand. The patties are very meat-y and finely ground. They have the chinese burger taste, which is so good, and probably so MSG. The bun is like a regular bun you could buy at the store except slightly greasy. Overall, it was quite good, but the burger was a bit dry. That is probably my fault for removing the onions, so next time I'll ask for ketchup and it will be excellent.

photo borrowed from Choy's menu (http://www.mts.net/~choy1/biz_menu_canad.htm)