Berlin Burger Tour, Stop 1: Berlin Burger International
by James Glazebrook
“The best burger in Berlin? Really?”
That question popped into our, and our fellow Berlin bloggers’, heads every time we read a post about yet another great burger joint here in our (adopted) hometown. So we decided to find out for ourselves, once and for all: where can you get the best burger in Berlin?
Organised by Digital Cosmonaut and Travels of Adam, a bunch of us set out on a tour of Berlin’s hamburger hotspots, to find out which is best. This here data nerd couldn’t help but get scientific, and draw up a survey that would give us a fair system of evaluating each place on its own meaty merits. Essentially, we scored according to flavour only – of the burger, the Pommes (fries/wedges) and the sauce and seasonings. I decided to record some other “data” that might help inform the final outcome: variety (the number of different burgers on offer), the availability of bio (organic) and vegetarian alternatives, and price (of a basic hamburger and fries).
Stop 1: Berlin Burger International
A relative newcomer to the Berlin burger scene, BBI opened less than 18 months ago in Neukölln. A hole-in-the-wall at-counter-service place, it makes up for the lack of space inside with generous seating outside – which is not much use when you’ve brought along 20 bloggers and buddies, who are all trying to find shelter from the torrential rain. Despite the horrible weather, expectations were high, with some of the Americans in our group declaring this their favourite burger place in Berlin. So, without further ado, here are those all-important scores, and some comments from the “judging panel”:
“Expensive!”
“Slightly charred, not particularly juicy. Better fixings than burger.”
“Burger too thin – would have preferred smaller diameter, thicker patty. Meat was a little dry.”
“Overpowering sauce meant I couldn’t taste the flavour of the meat.”
“Too much salad on the burger and the lettuce was a little bitter. The burger was a bit charred which would’ve been okay if it was thicker and more rare and juicy inside. There was supposed to be cheese on it but I am not sure if that is what that thin film was because I couldn’t taste it. But, was pretty good.”
Next stop: WHITE TRASH FAST FOOD!
Berlin Burger Crawl is an open group. To find out what’s going on, follow the hashtag #berlinburgertour on Twitter. If you want to get involved, tweet at @uberlinblog, leave us a comment below, or drop us an email. We’re going to have to book tables at some of the more popular/restauranty places, so do let us know if you plan to come!
The wedges were excellent the burger tasted like a salt lick. HOLY YUCK. i drank 3 bottles of water after i left the place. if we could somehow get the fixins from Burger international on the meat from the bird, we might be on to something
haha HOLY YUCK!
I think once the tour’s over, we should design a hybrid megaburger – meat from XXX bun from XXX etc.
Are you coming down tomorrow? We can bring your bed along…
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Hej, missed the call for tonight’s Berlin Burger Tour — I will make sure to follow the hashtag from now on
Bugger. I guess there’s nothing to stop you coming down – we’ve booked room for 20odd people and there’s every chance not all of those people will turn up
Seriously? What time is it at?
8pm. More deets here http://twtvite.com/berblinburger2
In the unlikely event that our table(s) full I guess you could eat alone and join for drinks alone. Is that too sadsack?
Hmm, it looks like there’s already close to 20 people planning on coming, if Tweetup stats are reliable enough to go by… I think I’ll just make sure to anmelde myself for the next one. But thanks!!
OK, nächste zeit!
Nice idea, love the graphics.
Try Hamburger Heaven, I really like it.
Tweet me / email me when you next go.
Will do Suzy – will be good to have a foodie on the panel!
Good job guys! And those wedges look pretty, pretty, pretty good! Hate not being able to come Tuesday, but next time I’ll make sure not to miss it! Representing veggies out there
I really LOVE burgers. And I’m looking forward to see where the best burgers in Berlin are served.
What’s not to love? You should come down sometime, bring some of that enthusiasm to the judging panel! Oh, and thanks for the tweet auch.