Brioche For Burgers?
Adam's great piece on burger definitions got me thinking. I really don't like brioche buns for hamburgers. Brioche is too sweet and usually too fragile for the large burgers it usually is used with. I like brioche a lot, just not there. We have a brewpub in town that uses English muffins for their burgers, which I can tolerate, but spare me the brioche.
Whaddya think?
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11 Comments:
I'm at the opposite-- I love brioche for burgers. I love how the sweet of the bun plays off a smoky chili-rubbed grilled burger.
MarvinDog at 10:38AM on 09/18/09
I actually love Newstead Tower's lamb burger on a challah bun (I guess less fat than brioche? but soft and sweet). I agree it gets fragile with juices, but that's why I devour it very quickly :-)
hmw0029 at 11:02AM on 09/18/09
I see what @marvin is saying that brioche flavor works well, but I'm with @lemons that they are too fragile. They soak up the juices and fall apart. I always end up eating it with a fork halfway though.
I think sometimes a chef will try something and it works for them (for example, maybe the first person to try this had a brioche with more substance, etc) But then the idea catches and so-called trendy restaurants take the idea as de rigueur, without putting much thought into whether it works. Just something I've noticed. It's like bars that sell frozen crab cakes with spicy mayo from a squeeze bottle and call it chipotle aoili....
yayfood at 11:10AM on 09/18/09
English muffins are great with burgers! I do it all the time! They aren't a lot of bread but they are sturdy so they can hold up to the juices of the burger and the toppings. I love Thomas English muffins because they are a good size for the burger and the nooks and crannies soak everything up! Delicious :)
kmgagne at 12:35PM on 09/18/09
I hate brioche buns for burgers. I don't like the flavor or the texture. It just makes no sense to me. And really, I'm not all that picky. I like regular hamburger rolls, kaiser rolls, English muffins, even just plain bread sometimes. But the brioche? No way.
chisai at 10:26AM on 09/19/09
Count me in as a no for brioche for burgers - I don't like the sweetness or the texture. I am pretty much textbook, old school squishy hamburger buns. English muffins are good every now and then too.
radley24 at 11:09AM on 09/19/09
It really depends on the rest of the ingredients. The flaky sweetness could be used to cut the sharpness of aged cheeses as well as blue cheeses. The bun is a part of whole and has to play well in well written taste bud symphony.
Q80 BurgerBelly at 6:37PM on 09/20/09
I don't like brioche either. Hopefully this trend ends soon. As soon as I hear a place uses brioche, I cross it off my list.
liberty at 12:23PM on 09/21/09
potato bun.
end of discussion.
Goner at 1:04PM on 09/21/09
I won't order a burger if it comes on brioche, no matter how good the meat is. Brioche is just about the worst burger bun I can imagine, quickly followed by a baguette.
Food Monstar at 10:53AM on 09/22/09
I think that brioche is IDEAL for a burger! English muffins are the worst of cop-outs.
jbzepol at 12:16PM on 09/22/09