Continuing my quest for the best burger I ended up at Umami Burger on La Brea and 9th. The burger is really coming on strong in LA. It’s cool to eat burgers I guess. I just like them because of the taste.

A big part of the gourmet burger is the condiments that come with. I am really against this. I don’t care for gourmet ketchup. Call me old school but I prefer Heinz. I can’t begin to explain how frustrating it is when there is no mayonnaise either. It really grinds my gears!!!

At Umami they have gourmet ketchup and some mayonnaise substitute. Not a good start to the meal. I went with The Manly Burger; beer-cheddar cheese, smoke salt onion strings, bacon lardons.

This burger was very tasty. All the flavors from the beer-chedar cheese, bacon and onion rings combined for a beautiful medley of flavors. The cheese is made on location with different beers from various micro breweries.

That is a good piece of bacon.

The fries were no good to start and the gourmet ketchup did not help the situation in the least bit. I am telling you people store shelf ketchup is the move. At least have it as an option. I know there is the uber hip ketchup crowd that demands this bullshit. But trust me. There are way more Heinz lovers out there.

Check out these wine glasses cups from Go Vino. Where Wine Meets Design

You will be seeing these in my kitchen soon.
I will go back to Umami because the burger is very good. If they fixed the fries it would be a hit. I know now to bring my own condiments. –