Burger Wellington 2012

Burger Wellington 2012 is almost upon us. Therefore, my first blog entries are going to be detailing this fine competition which pits some of Welly's top eateries against each other, in an awesome fight to the death, via meaty sandwiches. Many will involve cheese as well. If they want me to turn up at least they will... :)

http://www.wellingtononaplate.com/competitions/burger-wellington-2012/

Some of the entries last year sounded amazing, but we only got round to trying one of them. I feel however, that we chose very well. Check it out. The Duke Carvelle's honey-crumbed pork belly burger.

Lordy

This burger was described by Duke's as: "Honey-crumbed pork belly and smoked ham hock torchon, with red cabbage sauerkraut, gruyère and mustard mayonnaise on Pandoro Turkish bread"

It did not disappoint. Although I did have difficulty staying awake after consuming it. It's the sort of meal that's probably best eaten in bed, just in case you pass out immediately after finishing the last mouthful

The chips, were basically very large wedge type efforts, fried in some sort of premium quality oil. Possibly slightly bashed after being par boiled first, as they had a good amount of rough edges for nice cripsy bits to form on. No idea what potatos they were, but I'm pretty sure they were something special. All in all, yumtastic, and I very much look forward to seeing what Duke's comes up with this time around.

If it's this burger again, I will forgive them for the lack of creativity. Once you've reached perfection, what is one expected to do? Rinse and repeat? Why the fudge not... :)