Stalker has noticed a slew of food faddishness afflicting the chattering classes in this first phase of 2003.
The latest silliness is emanating from the US in the guise of the Kobe burger. Made with Japanese Kobe beef - ( Kobe cows are massaged daily apparently causing the fat to mingle with the meat, and hence resulting in a burger of unsurpassed tenderness!)
One restaurant, the Old Homestead in Manhattan, sells up to 200 a day at $41 each. The burger, a 20-ounce monster almost double the size of most restaurant steaks, arrives with herb butter in the middle of each patty and is served on a regular roll with mushrooms.
Then along comes the DB Burger Royale from another Manhattan burger joint. The DB Burger Royale is heart stopping, in both the literal and figurative sense of the word: a fresh-baked, toasted Parmesan-and-poppy-seed bun encasing three inches of beef and short ribs braised in red wine, with a nugget of foie gras embedded within. Either side, along with the tomato confit, chicory and fresh horseradish, is a sliver of black Périgord truffle - which, at $350 per pound, accounts for much of the price.
Stalker reckons the offering from the Togo sandwich chain in the US may be the best bet. Togo announced the addition of a new "seared sirloin steak & mushroom sandwich" creation to its seasonal menu line.
The new sandwich combines bite-sized, tender choice cuts of beef, sautéed mushrooms and a choice of Togo's signature toppings. As the pre-publicity plug puts it –"The new Sirloin Steak & Mushroom Sandwich will be available for $4.99 for a regular, and $5.99 for a large."
