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After a long day of filming, MotomanTV, Jeff Fu of Wreckless Eating, and I ended up at Red Robin getting drunk off bottomless root beer floats. We had just shot an episode of Motoman’s show on the Audi Q7. When he asked where I wanted to eat, he offered to buy me a steak at Outback or take me to the Counter. I said Red Robin.
He couldn’t figure it out. Walking in, he made me tell him the truth: was it the fries? No. It was the bottomless root beer floats. That’s when he practically fell in love with me, because Motoman collects Monopoly boards and always has a root beer float in his hand. So we made a plan. Soon we’re going to sit at a Red Robin for six hours playing Monopoly and drinking bottomless root beer floats. He says six hours is a short game.
On this week’s episode of The Burger Crawl, I tried the Big Ghost Burger with Red Robin’s bottomless fries. With “Ghost” in the name, I went in expecting ghost chilis and the abuse I’m used to from them. It turned out to be jalapeños. Baby heat. You could hand this burger to a two-year-old and they’d be fine.
The jalapeños run the whole show, and they were fresh, which surprised me. I expected them sautéed or cooked. Motoman expected something processed, since we were sitting at a Red Robin in a mall in the South Bay. The trade-off is that I couldn’t really taste the meat or the bread underneath.
The other surprise was the size. I figured the Big Ghost would be big. It’s about a McDonald’s-sized burger, and I was four bites in when Motoman asked if I was going to finish it. He also said he’s seen lions take smaller bites than me. Fair. It’s a good Red Robin burger, small and flavorful with a nice little kick, but the name promises a lot more heat than it delivers.
This episode was more about good friends and a good time than the burger. Who would have thought root beer floats would be the thing that ties the three of us together?
Visit Motoman’s and Jeff Fu’s channels:
https://www.youtube.com/motomantv – Motoman’s Channel
https://www.youtube.com/wrecklesseating – Jeff Fu’s Channel
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