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Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
that photo is indeed disgusting, but lunchbox lab has some good burgers. as always, go the simple route -- all the options tempt you to experiment a lot but it's best to keep it simple stupid. :) still, the idea of going there 20 times in 30 days makes me ill.
seattleites: where's the best simple little burger in town? other than red mill, which is what everyone says for burgers.
Burger Review Round Up
I didn't even know del taco still existed. turns out there are a few in my state, but none in my area.
What Do Fiddleheads Taste Like?
definitely like dirt. or, let's say, "earthy".
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Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
that one looks less cookie-tossing but still more "this is why you're fat" than "a hamburger today"!
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
that photo is indeed disgusting, but lunchbox lab has some good burgers. as always, go the simple route -- all the options tempt you to experiment a lot but it's best to keep it simple stupid. :) still, the idea of going there 20 times in 30 days makes me ill.
seattleites: where's the best simple little burger in town? other than red mill, which is what everyone says for burgers.
Burger Review Round Up
I didn't even know del taco still existed. turns out there are a few in my state, but none in my area.
What Do Fiddleheads Taste Like?
definitely like dirt. or, let's say, "earthy".
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
so where's the review of the natural cheeto?
Serious Eats to Spin Off AHT
drat, having gone down my rss reader from most recent, I saw the big mac review first and didn't get the full joke until now. nicely done sir.
Dinner Tonight: Roast Chicken with Spicy Hoisin Glaze
I make more or less this recipe all the time. My advice is to brine the chicken rather than marinate it, and put some of the glaze under the skin. I usually do it with a couple of bone-in, skin-on breasts rather than the whole chicken. I also usually just grill them, simply leaving them on the grill, meat side up, until done, but the oven works fine too.
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
Try Tastees - they are like Cheetos. People in the UK are loving them!!
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Pointy, I believe you're being sarcastic, but just in case you aren't, I'll answer your question. Surely you can find something you might like here -- even if it's only from what you might dream up on the "build your own" board. Also, in my visits I've not once been stuck in traffic (other than maybe for a few minutes at the Ballard bridge waiting for a boat to go through.) Lastly, I just ask that they don't move to Belltown :)
Stushi, as is the case with almost all great establishments, they can get very busy. I try to go when I imagine not a lot of people are there. It also depends on if they've just been written up. (Like the recent Seattle Times piece, the article here, the Food Network praise, and what may be pending on epicurious.com) Basically LL survives on word of mouth. Even if that mouth is full and all the person can do is moan their approval :)
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Sounds good, and since I just live over in Greenwood, it's not a long trip to check it out. Can you actually get into the place, or is it crazy busy like Red Mill Burgers.
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Why would I or anyone bother to go all the way up to nosebleed suburban Ballard (aka Dullard) and fight with the horrid traffic on dismal and depressing 15th Ave? Not even for the most delicious burger, which is not this one from the look of things...waaay too sloppy!
LL please consider a move to Capital Hill, say....
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Here's one Leslie. It's about as minimalist as I have for the Dork, along with the previously mentioned Pizza Face :)
Scott has one this weekend with Muenster Cheese and a Cuban Pineapple Mayo called Fidel Castro's Fastball...
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Hey everybody! I love the comments here. I just wish I had a better pic of the burger I ate and wrote about, the unadorned Dork. That's what I like about this Lunchbox. You can go minimalist or way over the top.
As far as other great Seattle burgers, don't miss Palace Kitchen or Betty on top of Queen Anne, which just started a happy hour burger served with hand-cut frites, housemade pickles on a house-baked brioche baked by the talented pastry chef Brittany. Just $8.
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
I think that burger looks great! Whets my appetite for sure!
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
@everyone: In case you're just joining in, the "cookie tosser" photo in question has been replaced by one (hopefully more gastric juice-inducing) by suomynona.
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Optic, try Two Bells or Jak's Grill.
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
that photo -- a real cookie tosser.....
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
Lunchbox Lab, what a "nasty" looking burg. well chosen.
Lunchbox Laboratory's Dork Burger Is Drippin'-Down-Your-Chin Good
@dmarina: they've been on thisiswhyyourefat.com before. In fact, one of their burgers was just posted on there a few days ago.
Burger Review Round Up
thanks for the support. yours is the only site i read EVERY DAY!
What Do Fiddleheads Taste Like?
"They appeal to me much more for their appearance and texture than for their taste..."
@annatr
I'm totally with you. It's just like Ed's piece in which he talks about how being artisinal and handmade doesn't necessarily mean it good. Fiddleheads may have the cachet of a seasonal, ephemeral ingredient, but that don't mean that they tastes good!
To me, they are bland versions of asparagus (with a slightly "dirtier" taste) that just happen to look a little cooler. But I'll close my eyes and take asparagus over fiddleheads any day!
What Do Fiddleheads Taste Like?
I've only had them off season, pickled. Didn't finish the jar...
What Do Fiddleheads Taste Like?
Hairy soap. Dirty hairy soap.
I haven't found a vegetable that I didn't want to marry, until I came up against the fiddlehead. I think perhaps they need to be prepared by someone who knows what they're doing the first time you eat them. I nearly lost my mind trying to rinse the grit from them--anyone have any tricks?
What Do Fiddleheads Taste Like?
I have to say, I don't really think fiddleheads taste like asparagus that much at all, although there is a textural similarity, at least in the stem part of the fern. To me, they taste like grass, but not in a bad way; or maybe I should just say they taste like greenness. They appeal to me much more for their appearance and texture than for their taste...
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
So i purchased a bag of disappointment for $2.50. The bag was labeled
"Giant Cheetos".
After seeing the awesome and over the top television advertisements for giant cheetos, I was super excited to get my hands on a bag!
I went to my local market and was glad to see bags of them available after seeing the new commercial a day prior.
Since the bag of giant cheetos is opaque, I decided to squeeze the bag a little, to feel how big these "Giant" Cheetos actually were.
They didn't feel giant at all!
After i felt up the bag, proceeded to crush one of the giant cheetos between my thumb and forefinger.
It took quite a bit of effort to bust one of the cheetos, through the bag.
So I thought ," Damn! this stuff is hard as hell.", and then I left the store with out the bag of the Giant cheetos.
Curiosity got the best of me, and i was back in the snack isle the very next day to make the purchase.
So I open the bag of giant cheetos, and it smells nice.
I take a bite of one, and I was immediately put off buy the harsh texture, and lack of flavor.
I tried another one, this time i popped it in my mouth.
BAD IDEA!
Giant Cheetos are worst than Captain Crunch with out milk!
So i tried to pawn the giant cheetos to my dad aka: The human garbage disposer.
After he took a bite, he asked me when the expiration date was, because he flet they tasted and felt stale.
I just had purchased and opened them that day, and the bag said "NEW" !
So yeah..... the idea of a Giant Cheeto was nice, but i wish they were bigger and softer.
I feel Cheeted by the Cheeto Cheetah.
I'm going to write frito-lay explaining my disappointment with Giant Cheetos.
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
I guess this is the appropriate place (if anywhere) to put this link:
http://gizmodo.com/5224528/i-ate-the-worlds-largest-cheeto-while-using-the-worlds-most-expensive-keyboard
(urk)
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
1st thought: those tv ads for giant m&ms and the disasters when people tried to eat them.
2nd thought: can you slice them in half and make pulled pork/cheeto sliders?
[sorry, sliders on the brain: going to the store after I finish my 'net-ing to buy King's Hawaiian rolls and make sliders with pork tenderloin and slaw with honey mustard]
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
@Cassaendra: They DO make Flamin' Hot Puffs -- I've seen them around!
Giant Cheetos vs. Regular Cheetos
Ridiculous!! Give me crunchy Cheetos any day!
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that one looks less cookie-tossing but still more "this is why you're fat" than "a hamburger today"!