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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Yourway Burgers - September 3, 2010

Last week's burger adventure took us to Farmers Branch to visit Yourway Burgers whose promises that they make burgers the right way, your way. To differentiate themselves from other burger restaurants, Yourway features a five step process during the ordering process where you choose your meat, bun, cheese, infused toppings (jalapenos, tomatoes, crushed red pepper, onions, bell peppers and mushrooms) and premium toppings such as bacon, avocado, fried egg and chili. To help with the process, each diner is given a menu with check boxes to choose how they want their burger prepared. I chose a half pound beef burger on white sweet sourdough with cheddar cheese and bacon and infused with chopped jalapenos which cost $10.81 with fries and a drink. I paid for my order and was given a buzzer to wait for my order. The drink station is next to the condiment station which includes fresh onions, lettuce, tomatoes and a variety of sauces such as mayonnaise, mustard, honey mustard and bbq sauce. About ten minutes later, my buzzer went off and I picked up the following burger:





The burger was served open face which showed off the grill marks on the patty and the golden toasted bun. You could also see the small pieces of chopped jalapeno peppers infused throughout the patty. A slice of cheddar cheese was melted on top of the patty and two small slices of bacon were placed on top of the cheese. I put the top bun on the burger and took a bite and I tasted a smokey well seasoned patty cooked to a perfect medium rare contrasted by the sweetness of the bun. The jalapenos infused in the patty were not very spicy but were prevalent in every bite. The bacon had a decent flavor but could have used a little more time cooking. It was slightly chewy which works well with scrambled eggs but on a burger, I prefer a little more crunch and thickness. The sweet sourdough bun had a great flavor but was slightly too thick. At times it would overwhelm the flavors of the patty and cheese. I am not sure if the other bun choices were as thick but I really liked the flavor of the sweet sourdough and would order it again. Finally, the shoestring fries were thin long slices of potatoes fried perfectly and topped with garlic parmesan cheese. Other choices for the fries include cajun seasoning or lemon pepper. I liked the parmesan but will be trying the cajun in the future.


Overall I thought Yourway Burgers prepared a really good burger. The meat was fresh and grilled perfectly and I liked the idea of infusing the meat with different ingredients. The bun was very tasty but slightly too thick for the burger. I will definitely be back to try creating a variety of other burger combinations.


Ratings (1-25):


Bun - 18, great flavor, perfectly toasted, slightly too thick


Meat - 21, well seasoned beef, infused ingredients was a nice touch


Appearance - 21, golden toasted bun, fresh ingredients, great grill marks


Taste - 21, great flavors, sweetness of bun worked well with smokey meat


Overall - 81


Bonus Picture of Sweet Potato Fries:

Yourway Burgers & Wings on Urbanspoon

3 comments:

  1. This place looks amazing! I love that you have so many choices in how your burger is done! Sounds like the Genghis Grill of burger places.
    I agree on the bacon issue as well, needs crunch to contrast the burger, and apparently egg on burgers is the newest craze everybody is doing this, I do like a good breakfast burger, but most of the time skip the egg. Great blog once again!

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  2. That looks good. I had been curious about that palce as I have driven by it and it was completely empty. So dead in fact, that an employee was resting his on the door while looking out at the world.

    Can you update your Rankings soon?

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  3. Updated Ratings List - http://questforburgers.blogspot.com/2010/09/updated-ratings-through-september-22.html

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