That Gormandizer Man

A burger in San Francisco

Second up in the Food and Drink section. A burger in San Francisco over Christmas last year.

This was taken in the superb Mo's Burgers in North Beach.

One of the things I love about the USA is the design of diners and bars. You can happily sit at the counter, chat to the people working behind the counters and learn a lot about the place and the people.

That's what I did at Mo's. I also chatted to an elderly couple at the counter for a while. They were telling me of all the places they'd lived in San Francisco and how the districts differ. Very interesting. Something that stuck in my mind was that I introduced myself with a Christian name only, yet they introduced themselves with their full names. Pretty normal in the US but it just reminded me of the fact.

The food you see is a cheeseburger (with swiss cheese) and fries. What you can't see is the huuuuge milkshake and root beers I also had. I know - that's a lot of food and drink - but I wanted to try a bit of everything.

It was probably the best burger I've eaten. I had a long walk after searching for Dirty Harry locations to walk it off.

Food and Drink

When I go to places - alone and with friends - I like to try and grab a little taste of what it was like. A little memento if you like. I don't really want to introduce it any more than that. Each time I'm going to post a pic and a paragraph, more than not just so I can remember the situations.

First up - my recent short trip to Krakow.

This was the last night of my trip. I thought I'd splash out on some 'expensive' food (contextually) so I opted for the 'Old Polish style roast stag with the sound of the trumpet' and was rewarded in spectacular style. The waiter delivered the food whilst blowing a trumpet, and delivered the food on a plate that sits on a slice of tree-trunk. A stag skull was embedded into this, and on that was resting some breaded vegetables on a skewer. That's what I'm talking about. And all for 59zl... about £11.