Saturday, November 17, 2007

In Praise of the Glorious Double-Double!

Seriously, is there a better burger on the planet?

So enamored am I with this flawless fast-food masterpiece that I would consider 'not having an In-N-Out franchise' as the biggest disappointment about living in Seattle. When visiting my sister's family in Mountain View, the drive-thru off of El Camino Real is the first stop I make after landing in San Jose. In fact, one of my nephew's first words was "dah-bo dah-bo"...the lil' french-fry moocher cracked his uncle up!

I very rarely patronize fast-food restaurants...I could count on one hand how many times I've dined at said establishments this year. But when in Cali, forget about it...if visiting for a week, I'll hit up the In-N-Out at least 4 or 5 times, then stop to pick up a few more burgers to bring back home!
The only thing that kind of bugs me about the franchise is the biblical references printed on the cups and wrappers. But that's all forgotten after the first bite. Instead of John 3:16, perhaps In-N-Out should use the more appropriate proverb from Ecclesiastes 8:15, "A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry."

All this talk's making me ravenous...better start something for dinner!

Ciao4Now.

2 comments:

Michelle said...

Mmm, double double with extra grilled onions. I want one! Wouldn't it be cool if they had them pre-packaged like white castle burgers? Actually the frozen burgers are nothing compared to the real thing so maybe not.

Boyhowdy said...

Indeed...grilled onions a must!

Believe it or not, I've never tried a White Castle burger, but watching the 'Harold & Kumar' flick brought on some serious munchies!

Up here, my fave joint is Dick's Drive-In ( http://www.ddir.com/ ), but nothing compares to the ol' In-N-Out (no pun intended).