French Fry Diary 351: In-N-Out Burger

One of the places I get the most recommendations to do reviews of their fries for here at French Fry Diary is In-N-Out Burger. The problem is that while In-N-Out is a strictly west coast place, I am strictly an east coast guy. Sigh.

There is good news however. On The Bride’s recent west coast excursion she had the chance to visit an actual In-N-Out Burger, and she got all sorts of stuff for me (no food, just giveaway items), and kinda reviewed them by proxy. Isn’t she just a sweetheart?

The Bride was hungry and stopped in on her way to Los Angeles from Anaheim after midnight. She was surprised to find them both open and very busy. Almost sounds like White Castle a little.

Not knowing about In-N-Out’s secret menu, The Bride just got the standard burger, fries and a drink. She saw others getting melted cheese and other stuff on their fries but didn’t see it on the regular menu. She knows why now. Among the fries available from the secret menu include several variations of soft to crispy to extra crispy (almost like meat – light, light well, well, extra well), cheese fries, and the notorious animal fries.

In-N-Out Burger peels (sometimes) and fresh cuts their fries from Kennebec potatoes in house for hot and tasty regular cut French fries. The Bride said her fries were a bit underdone, so I wonder if maybe she said the word ‘light’ at some point while ordering.

Either way they looked good, and the burger tasted good. Hunger appeased after midnight by the west coast’s famous In-N-Out Burger. Maybe I’ll get there in person one day.

French Fry Diary 343: Burger.Org

For various reasons, four games in, and The Bride has yet to make it to a Philadelphia Wings home game. She also hasn’t gotten to see our friends Judy and Marc who are also season ticket holders. Actually Judy is an old friend, went to high school with The Bride, and some college with me. Her husband Marc and I have become quick new friends. Although I think he was puzzled the first time he saw me taking photos of fries.

The Bride’s first attend-able game was a day game so Judy and Marc planned a lunch get together beforehand. Knowing of my peculiar food fetish and catastrophic pickiness, they chose a burger place in Philly that also had, you guessed it, the favorite fried food. And that’s how we got to Burger.Org.

Burger.Org has a healthy edge, serving all organic meats and offering a heavily vegan and gluten free menu. The meat had no artificial ingredients, antibiotics, or preservatives. 100% organic they claim, and that even includes stuff like the shakes and the fries. So basically everything you, ahem, I could possibly want, only healthier.

So what do you think I ordered? I got the burger, a Coke (yeah, I know, I was surprised too) and fries what else? The Bride was a bit disappointed that she couldn’t get a cheeseburger, and we both were as they didn’t offer shakes until summer. Notably the fries are considered Basary, which basically means meat. In other words, it’s like the McDonald’s beef tallow oil secret – fries cooked in the same oil as the meat.

I got the plain fries but they also had spicy, which I wish I’d gotten, and sweet potato. Marc got the sweet, and let me try one or two. Well, one, he didn’t actually see me take the others. They were spiced with cinnamon, which was to die for. We have a new sweet potato fry champion.

The regular fries are fresh cut natural cuts and quite tasty but needed a little something something – a dipping sauce, some spices. And get them while they’re hot, do much tastier hot, and excellent with malt vinegar.

The burger was awesome, one of the best I’ve had in a while. And the bun was homemade and terrific. The Bride enjoyed her sausages, and Judy and Marc enjoyed their wings. Really, there’s not much that wasn’t recommended, and the portions were huge. Cheese and shakes aside, this place rocked.

And the Wings? Yeah, they finally won. I guess The Bride is a good luck charm, and she’d better stop missing games…

Whoops

It happens sometimes. Whoops.

Apologies for yesterday’s entry. Sometimes a video on YouTube will be available for a while, and then, mysteriously become unavailable. That’s what happened yesterday. I also learned a lesson to double check myself here. I guess I’ll just commiserate with some fries.

By the way, the link to Los Angeles’ Fresh Fries is still good, check it out here. They are still one of my number one stops if I get out to the left coast. And their dessert fries are still a thing to behold, and be eating…

French Fries for Dessert

We’ve seen dessert fries before here at French Fry Diary, but these sweet potato fries are just a little bit different. Hmmm… Elvis might like these…

This segment comes from “United Tastes of America,” which airs on Food Network and Cooking Channel. Here host and food fanatic Jeffrey Saad checks out Peanut Buttercup Fries from the Fresh Fries food truck of Los Angeles.

Mmmm… enjoy!