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Three guys are standing in a kitchen making a mess…oh wait that's not the beginning of a joke? It happened. Valentino Herrera, of the YouTube channel, Trippy Food (https://www.youtube.com/trippyfood); Nick Shipp, executive chef of The Upper West in Santa Monica, CA; and I stand around having a blast while grubbing Nick's monstrous creation, and The Upper West's secret menu item, The Barnyard Burger. Yes, it is everything in the barnyard including the hens.
Val's Blog – http://www.trippyfood.com
On this episode we simply have fun, enjoy each other's company, eat and act fools. It was fun to shoot. I hope it is as fun to watch.
Chef Nick fed us tacos before we even started, then brought this out. It starts with a beef patty and American cheese, then roasted turkey, linguiça, fried pork belly, merguez, fried chicken and two eggs. We cut it down the middle and let it spill. Valentino took his pictures first.
The patty was medium rare, and with everything on it, you can still taste the burger. That’s the thing about novelty burgers. A lot of places pile stuff on and you lose the meat. Here everything adds and nothing takes away. The pickled jalapeño gives it a little acidity, almost like a breakfast burrito. We don’t waste food, so I finished it.
It’s not on the menu at Upper West in Santa Monica. Ask Nick for the Barnyard Burger and tell him Cue the Critic sent you.
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