Best Mushroom Burger – Lark Creek Steak
My favorite mushroom burger of 2009 (to date) is Lark Creek Steak’s mushroom steakburger. Their beef preparation should be copied by others: they use an open, wood-fire grill to cook their burgers. Their top-quality ingredients are evident by taste, and they precisely cut the portions of lettuce, pickle, and onion so that they actually fit within the burger’s radius. Hearty, healthy, high-minded ingredients all make this steakburger a great one. The fat-cut fries are really good, too.
Why Lark Creek Steak’s burgers are so good:
MEAT
- meat is not ground chuck (typical, low-cost burger meat)
- meat is trimmed from regular Lark Creek Steak steaks (filet mignon, New York strips, sirloin, etc.)
- meat is double-ground, making it extremely soft and tender
- meat is ground fresh, sometimes 3 or 4 times daily (depending upon demand)
COOKING METHOD
- burgers are grilled over open wood fire for slightly smoked, healthier grill flavors (not over flat surface that accumulates grease and fat)
OTHER INGREDIENTS
- button mushrooms are roasted and semi-sweet, perfect in flavor
- quality Swiss cheese, well-melted over the burger & mushrooms
- terrific buns; toasted on the inside slightly (so condiments don’t make bun soft inside) and served warm
- burger accoutrements are perfectly proportioned and flavorful (butter lettuce has more flavor than typical iceberg lettuce; pickles are crisp and long-sliced to fit flat across burger; red onion is also well-sliced and grilled to mildly caramelize flavors)
The Grade: Awesome (highest grade)
The Damage: $14.95
The Skinny: Lark Creek Steak
Westfield® San Francisco Centre
845 Market Street, 4th Floor, Ste 402
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 593-4100
Reservations: http://www.larkcreek.com/larkcreek_steak/index.html
Lunch:
Mon.-Fri. 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Sat. & Sun. 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Dinner:
Mon.-Thurs. 5:30 pm – 9 pm
Fri. 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Sat. 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sun. 5:00 pm – 9 pm
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