De la rue aux etoiles – The Eva Blue photographs

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My friend Eva Blue takes much better pictures than I could ever hope to do. This is her batch from Wednesday night’s burger challenge.

Kitchenette‘s Chicken Fried Chili Cheeseburger with roasted peppers.

Le Boucan‘s jalapeño smoked burger. A Stuffed smoked jalapeño wrapped in bacon and served in a bun with homemade condiments.

Le Jolifou‘s smoked apple wood salmon with sweet cherry bomb pepper crystals and an aioli chipotle sauce.

Chez l’Épicier‘s double burger of seasoned duck and foie gras with figs.

Pintxo‘s foie gras burger.

Le St-Urbain‘s osso bucco burger. A braised veal shank burger on a smoked duck fat and pecorino bun.

Le Grain de Sel‘s mini boudin burger with banana chutney, aioli, chocolate and ancho chiles.

Barroco‘s pork and truffle burger. Braised pork served on a homemade bun, topped with peppercorn pecorino cheese and a truffle and cauliflower remoulade.

Bice‘s Angus beef and mozzarella burger.

Café Ferreira‘s spicy three meat burger with Serra cheese on a Portuguese bun.

Me looking pregnant with the other judges and MC after eating all ten “burgers.” From left-to-right; Jean-Philippe Tastet, Ryk “E Coli” Edelstein, yours truly with the eight month-old belly, Lesley Chesterman (looking lovely as usual) and Anne-Marie Withenshaw.

Discussing the finer points of cooked ground beef…

And there are tons more here.

De La Rue aux Etoiles – The Burgers

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Last night I participated in the Dans La Rue fundraiser, De La Rue aux Etoiles as a judge because they were serving burgers. Or so I was told. In fact it was a phenomenal event, basically a cocktail dinatoire (doesn’t it sound much better in French?) where they served a bunch of appetizers (or as is the current style, tapas) that just so happened to be on a bun.

Thankfully, no one called them sliders. After 10 of them, I was just a tad stuffed.

We (Ryk ‘E Coli’ Edelstein, Jean-Philippe Tastet, Lesley Chesterman and Peter Iliopoulos) were served our burgers without knowing which restaurant made them. Although in certain cases it was fairly easy to identify a certain chef’s handiwork, however in other cases we were completely and utterly wrong.

From Le Boucan: A Jalapeño smoked burger. Stuffed smoked jalapeño wrapped in bacon and served in a bun with homemade condiments

From Le Boucan: A Jalapeño smoked burger. Stuffed smoked jalapeño wrapped in bacon and served in a bun with homemade condiments

From Barroco; a pork and truffle burger. Braised pork served on a homemade bun, topped with peppercorn pecorino cheese and a truffle and cauliflower remoulade

From Barroco; a pork and truffle burger. Braised pork served on a homemade bun, topped with peppercorn pecorino cheese and a truffle and cauliflower remoulade

From Le St-Urbain: An Osso bucco burger. Braised veal shank burger on a smoked duck fat and pecorino bun

From Le St-Urbain: An Osso bucco burger. Braised veal shank burger on a smoked duck fat and pecorino bun

From Le grain de sel: A boudin mini-hamburger with banana chutney, aioli, chocolate and ancho chiles

From Le grain de sel: A boudin mini-hamburger with banana chutney, aioli, chocolate and ancho chiles

From Pintxo: Foie gras burger

From Pintxo: Foie gras burger

From Bice. Angus beef and mozzarella burger

From Bice. Angus beef and mozzarella burger

This was the first ‘real’ burger…

From Chez l'Épicier: A double burger of seasoned duck and foie gras with figs

From Chez l'Épicier: A double burger of seasoned duck and foie gras with figs

From Kitchenette: Fried chicken chili cheeseburger

From Kitchenette: Fried chicken chili cheeseburger

The roasted peppers with cheese were delicious.

Fom Café Ferreira: A spicy three meat burger with Serra cheese on a Portuguese bun

Fom Café Ferreira: A spicy three meat burger with Serra cheese on a Portuguese bun

From Le Jolifou: Smoked apple wood salmon with sweet cherry bomb pepper crystals and an aioli chipotle sauce

From Le Jolifou: Smoked apple wood salmon with sweet cherry bomb pepper crystals and an aioli chipotle sauce

Ryk ‘E Coli’ Edelstein ended up in knots as his vote was the tie-breaker between Barroco and Ferreira. Le St-Urbain, Kitchenette and Barroco were the top vote getters by the public.