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I made this recipe and found that the noodles tasted like peanut butter. Wasn't too thrilled with the results. If I make these again I'll definitely reduce the peanut butter and add sesame oil along with the water.

I agree that Ina's recipe rocks.

A few years back, I was on vacation in FL and was watching the Food Network. They were playing Tyler's Ultimate and he was making Sesame Noodles. Well, my husband saw that and said that I had to make it when I got home. I did and it was very good. So, I have to add that one to the list too.

The best Sesame Noodles I ever had were at a restaurant in NYC's Chinatown many years ago (in the 80's). 4 East Broadway, I think that was the address of the restaurant. My sister had found this place. It was a huge restaurant and it was always packed. Their noodles were the best - very sesame-ish, not as peanutty and had some heat to them. They garnished with cucumber, not carrot or sprouts. It rocked. Last time I was there, about 1989 it was bought out by someone else and wasn't as good. Since then I've been on the search for great noodles.

Now I live in NJ and in the middle of nowhere. I make them myself more often than buying them. No one around here makes good ones.

Also, the recipe in Taste by David Rosengarten is also a very good one. That was the recipe I used before I found Tyler's or Ina's. Give it a try. Very good.

I tried this recipe and it was good, however, I found the raw garlic harsh, and it stayed with me the rest of the day. Would recommend sauteing the garlic, ginger, and scallions in 2 TBLS peanut oil for about a minute or two to mellow out the garlic before adding to the rest of the sauce ingredients.

yum! i make them with whole wheat udon noodles. gotta be healthy & all that preggo jazz. actually, it's one of the few dishes that work with the texture of whole wheat pasta, i think.

Billions is right. The burger on the Australia's Finest Burger website is a pale imitation of the real thing.

Pineapple has no place on a burger! But I'd say (as an Australian) beetroot has as many fans as it has haters. Plus that restaurant you mentioned seems like one of those upscale burger joints that have been opening all over - touting their rather expensive burgers as a healthy option. Real heads know it's the local fish and chip shop that brings the goods.

Ruby's in NYC makes Aussie style burgers! I haven't been there in years, but I'd love to go back and see how it is.. :)

Has anyone tried it at Eight Mile Creek down in SoHo?

Also.. Surprisingly enough the Aussie McDonald's version did not include the egg.

Sheep Station in Park Slope has the Shearer's Burger, which is pretty rocking: beets, pineapple, fried egg, lettuce, tomato, onions.

I went to Colby College in Waterville, ME. A cheeseburger topped with a fried egg is on their campus restaurant menu as a "Colby Eight", named after the college's men's a cappella group.

I made one of these for my BF shortly after we got together. Now it's what he requests every year for his birthday!

I had dinner at wd-50 recently, we didn't have the tasting menu. As long as you order different items and taste each other's, you'll get a good selection of the food.

Lunetta in Brooklyn is also really good, or Saul.

Have fun with your mum!

blue hill in the west village is delicious and you can get entrees around $30...for something more casual, chimu in williamsburg has amazing peruvian food (but gets very crowded on weekend nights)