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To kick off Pasadena Cheeseburger Week 2015, the dinner rolls (bun) at Dog Haus excite me with their shocking presence.
Lionel Sternberger is credited with adding cheese to the hamburger sandwich in 1926 at The Rite Spot. Since then Pasadena has held its rightful place in the hearts and minds of burger lovers and burger historians. Cheeseburger Week is a week-long celebration of the cheeseburger, and a remembering of the great history it has brung to burger culture, and to local Pasadena, CA.
My first stop on the week-long burger crawl is at Dog Haus Biergarten. You are allowed to select any burger from their reasonably priced menu, and indulge.
The Holy Aioli has bacon, cheddar and caramelized onions with garlic aioli, and it comes on dinner rolls instead of a bun. That was the most shocking thing about it. I came in expecting a hamburger bun. I got tots on the side.
The first bite was bacon, crispy and sharp, and then the meat came in and backed it up. The aioli eats more like mayonnaise, and I didn’t get much garlic. The rolls surprised me. They’re light, they add a little sweetness, and they stay out of the way of the meat, the same idea as Louis’ Lunch serving burgers on toast so you taste the beef. The onions are soft and stringy, so you don’t get a fresh onion bite. It’s messy, with aioli dripping everywhere.
I always knew Dog Haus for hot dogs and sausages. I didn’t know they did burgers, and they do them well. Forty restaurants were in on Cheeseburger Week, and my plan was one burger a day and a favorite on Friday.
Where will you go for Cheeseburger Week, maybe we can meet there?!
For more information on Pasadena Cheeseburger Week 2015, and the restaurants participating, please click here: http://www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com/blog/enjoy-a-cheeseburger-crawl-during-cheeseburger-week-in-pasadena/
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