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Being a picky eater is not fun. Nobody who is a picky eater enjoys it. We look at delicious food. We smell delicious food, but we cannot enjoy the taste of that delicious food and it makes us sad. Sometimes we can grow into foods. For example, I started to like burgers, just plain burgers, when I was 23, and eventually the other condiments in the years after. I still hate mustard, and mayonnaise is my arch nemesis. However, you cannot force me to like foods. I can’t even force me to like foods. So please trust me, and your picky friends, when we say we don’t like something, because chances are we’ve tried it at least twenty times. You aren’t the only person to tell us that we won’t know unless we’ve tried it.
Fortunately and unfortunately, BBQ cheeseburgers quickly became my favorite food. The unfortunate part is that I rarely stray away from that burger because I generally discovered that I hate most other flavors in a burger. So coming from a distraught picky eater, I went to the 2015 PittsBurgher event and rated each burger. Here’s how it went, starting with my least favorite.
The Godfather from Latitude 360
This burger was simply awful for me. I think it had relish or something in it. I was hesitant in trying it. In fact, I didn’t want to, but I brought myself to do it and I did not like the flavor of this one at all. I’m sure there are people out there that loves this kind of flavor, but it isn’t me.
Rating: 1
Big Kahuna Burger from Cain’s Saloon
I got really excited for this burger because it had grilled pineapple in it. I love pineapples. However, I did not like it one bit because simply put, it was way too spicy. I never got to taste the pineapple because the red chili pepper flakes they put in their coleslaw was too overbearing and felt like it burned my tongue.
Big Kahuna Rating: 1
Casino Royale with Cheese from BND’z Burgerz and Dogz
I’ve never been a fan of spicy foods. My mouth is just too sensitive and it sucks. It really limits what I can enjoy, and that includes this delicious looking burger which I just couldn’t.
Rating: 2
Black and Bleu BBQ Bacon Burger from Duke’s Rib House & Grille
I really had my hopes up for this one because it had some of my favorite ingredients in it. Sadly, my experience with bleu cheese was not a favorable one, and it had an overbearing flavor. It was quite tough because the burger itself was actually very flavorful, so to have a single flavor really overwhelm it was quite surprising.
Rating: 3
Doce’s Burger from Twelve on Carson
This one was just kind of sad. I didn’t get to taste this one too well because this sandwich was sloppy and overwhelmed with my nemesis, mayo. I could taste the other veggies after the initial mayo shock, and it was a yummy garden, but I could not take to tasting that mayonnaise again.
Rating: 4
Bacon Cheddar “Mini B” Sliders from Bill’s Bar & Burger
Not spicy (finally, I had too many spicy ones before this little guy), but it also didn’t seam to have a wow factor. Yeah, the pretzel bun was cool, but it was also pretty bland. My fiancé went on about how he could taste a special sauce, but I couldn’t. At least I ate the whole thing.
Rating: 6
Phenom from Jamison’s
This one was hardly fair because it was a kielbasa and not a burger. But despite my past experiences with kielbasa, mushrooms, and something else they said that sounded gross, it was actually pretty tasty. I still picked off the mushrooms as I saw them and ate the ones I didn’t.
Rating: 7
TMB (Tomato Mozzarella Basil) from Max & Erma’s
This one tasted really good. It was a powerful flavor, but the grilled tomato and mozzarella reminded me of my staple meal, John’s bolognese. Although the basil did seem a bit much. I wasn’t fond of its aftertaste, but I otherwise liked it. It was also really juicy or greasy, but I couldn’t tell the difference.
Rating: 7
Blind Pig Burger from The Union Hotel
Now this was delicious! I was skeptical (as I usually am with foods), but I loved the flavor and it didn’t seem like there was anything that detracted from it.
Rating: 8
Hangover Helper from Bigham Tavern
This was interesting. I had my hopes up because they were last year’s winners. It was also my first burger when I got here, and I was naive to think that all of them would not just be burgers but the restaurant’s choice of special burger. So when I saw that this had eggs on it, I didn’t think highly of this burger (remember, I’m picky?). Turns out eggs on your burger is pretty awesome. So was the sauce (Sriracha I think?). Regardless, it was my top favorite and I hope it wins the PittsBurgher again this year!
Rating: 8
Super disclaimer for the easily offended: just because I am a picky eater, it doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the deliciousness I could have, nay, should have experienced. I may not enjoy some of these burgers, but these are solely my opinions and in no way reflect upon the restaurant or their burgers because I am in no way qualified to actually do so. I’m just a woman with a blog.
