Alton Brown creates Umami’s Breakfast Burger | The Burger Crawl – Ep. 52

119 Alton Brown is the food mad scientist. He does things with food in such a way that it simply blows your mind when you eat it. As he joins the ranks of other chefs, musicians, and actors, like José Andrés, Mindy Kaling, and The Black Eyed Peas, who have created their own limited-time burgers for Umami Burger's Art Series, The Alton Burger is no exception. The Alton Burger is a southern honoring to breakfast on a bun. It is available at all Umami Burger locations, nationwide, through 24 April 2016.

I was at Umami Burger at The Grove. The Alton Burger is built on breakfast, Alton Brown’s favorite food: a beef and bacon lardon patty, cheddar, miso maple bacon, smashed cheese tots, a fried egg, fried sage and coffee ketchup. It’s paired with Samuel Adams Nitro Coffee Stout, which has a strong coffee flavor. The last time I’d been to Umami was the Pumpkin Spice Latte Burger.

The runny egg, the bacon and the hash brown together are heavenly. The sweetness comes from the miso maple bacon, and the yolk sends it over the top into a waffle, egg and French toast breakfast. The cheesy tots on the side are ridiculously large with cheese fried into the center. The beer rinses your palate but leaves a funky coffee taste.

It starts at $14, and a dollar from each one goes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. It’s a small burger, but it filled me up. I haven’t been that full from a burger in a while. Alton Brown is one of my favorite food people, period, and I didn’t expect anything less.