Jun 11, 2013
Man! It's been a little while longer than expected! I've been struggling with some funky real life mixups and trying to bring you guys the best stuff possible while dealing with everything! I decided to do a fast this week just to get my body where it needs to be for some upcoming projects and without time to eat, there is now time to blog! Haha! So what should we talk about? Hmm, I know! Food!
Around this time last year , I had the opportunity to hit one of the most fun events in Sacramento for any foodie: The Sacramento Burger Battle.The event is a burger showdown to the death between top burger trucks and restaurants in Sac to find out who has the best burger.For those of you not in the know, Sacramento is a food town, we have artisan chefs from across the country working at "The Farm To Fork Capitol" to bring out some of their best and brightest staff for one purpose : MAKING AN AWESOME BURGER.So how bout I tell you about it?
The way the event works is you park in Raley baseball field,check in, you are given, a plate, a cup,and a casino coin with markings on it.Your job then is to mosy to the bottom of the field,and GET TO WORK. You have to try each burger,one by one, and there is a slot for your coin to be collected, once you decide what you think the best burger should be.If you can't decide, the only thing you can do is what any person would have to do in that instance : go back and eat another burger (^_^)!
The event is put on by my buddy Rodney , (who I normally call "Burger Don" because he is the KING of EVERYTHING burger, IN THE UNIVERSEEEEEE....seriously),and all of the proceeds from the event go to for Crohn's and Colitis, so it's win-win for everybody involved!
Along the way,there is live music, other food and drink including beers,ciders,desserts,AWESOME freshly made potato chips/fries,and lots of cool burger lovers to mingle with!(Sacramento is pretty small, so you will probably see people there you know stuffing their face and have to say hello for a second or two...haha!It's all good though,because it gives you time to digest all those burgers!)After you decide what your best burger is, the winner is then crowned the King of Burgers for the year.Pretty awesome right? And what even more awesome is there is another one in September this year.So we going together or what? Let me know. -h_h-
When you walk in, it's kind of tense.Something about people with food and you having an empty plate will just make a part of your mind go crazy.That's when the Burger Warrior kicks in and fills your plate up with awesomeness like.....
This is called a Cheese Skirt, it's from a local Burger place called the Squeeze Inn, the description is in the name.It's a burger with melted cheese that is slightly charred to give it a bite and texture close to that of a browned grilled cheese, it's fun to eat and normally it's cut into pieces,but the thing about knowing people in Sacramento is they will give you a whole burger if you smile enough...and that I did.Next time, maybe a half smile only!
This was my original outfit.I sweat so much in the barber chair talking about burgers (no really), that I had to change.I think the Vice Handwritten is one of the cleanest tees we've brought out FYI.Wish I had one still,but that's how it is sometimes (CJ!!!!)
Lahn cut me up last minute before the event.Him and Clyde at Skin Tight were super nice and I appreciate them accomodating me last minute for a cut(I'm not a regular and they were way past closing).So much love to them.
I'm a sucker for neon .So I made these cool guys pose.They wanted to do feet only.Probably because they were eating burgers during the photo.We all were super burger-wasted before the night ended! Keep your eye on the neon though (hint)!
It should be sinking in by now that this is burger city,I kept eating these guys burgers because they would literally put one on my plate and just hang out which I thought was just an awesome bonus to an already great burger.Plus their buns look like Krabby Patties!
Shoestring fries aren't my thing, but Golden Bear makes the BEST ones! That lemonade top right was like melon,mint,and something else, really good.I made a few trips here.
This was my favorite burger.It was a bacon burger from the Eatery in West Sacramento, they used sweet pickles in their garnish which made the burger has a certain lightness and fun to it that a lot of burgers didn't have.Really good, I ate like 4.
This is Rodney aka "Burger Don" aka @burgerjunkies aka Bizzarro Larry.We're both into t-shirts,burgers, and peanut butter like no other.The only thing that seperates us is I **HATE** American Cheese, and it's his favorite...hence the Bizzarro name.He is super down to Earth and the thing about running events or businesses is that a ton of people want to talk to you and network.I get the feeling Rodney is like me and just wants to sit down and have a burger with the rest of us...maybe a beer too. We kept taking invisible burger photos and his burger was lame, so I had to show him how to do it.The thing about the event is there is alcohol as well and I had NO IDEA that cider had alcohol in it, so here I am cidered up telling this man with a burger medallion how to make a burger.Let that be a lesson to you,real friends will let you look crazy and take a picture with you.Thanks Rodney!
I took like 9 photos of this because I didn't believe it was real...that was the cider kicking in!It's blurry, but I still can't believe that's a cake! 
Literally took this pic because I thought the chef looked like a badass.He was making awesome burgers and busting tail all night while everything was going in.That's hard.Respect dude.
Took this on the way out.Something told me they were going to win.They had the best sauce that night by far and their burgers kind of remind me of these burgers we used to have in texas with nacho cheese sauce on them.I forget what they were called..anyways ..really good and they have a restaurant here now too! If you ever come to Sac,check it out!
All in all, it was a great event.If you're curious... check out sacburgerbattle.com ..better yet...take my word for it and register now and when you're going to be there.We can meet there and hang out...but no cider this time! haha...stay hungry! I know I will :(... -h_h-