OK, ok, so I was going to share my cooking escapades, recipes, and how to cheat cooking just a little to make a great meal. However, I'm traveling for work and so you get this instead. On the plane I paid the obligatory $6 and watched the new Cooking Channel the entire time. The one thing that stood out? The Black Label Burger at Minetta Tavern.
Is a twenty-six dollar burger really worth the money? HELL YES. OMG, this had to be hands down the best burger I've ever eaten. The famed Black Label Burger at the Minetta Tavern in NYC is made from 4 different cuts of prime beef - dry aged rib eye, NY strip, skirt steak and brisket. Beef lovers - you cannot even imagine how good this is. I couldn't, neither could the multitude of bloggers I found on Google, each one with the same conclusion.
Monday night, 8-ish, I take a cab from Mid-Town to MacDougal Street in the Village. There is nothing like MacDougal street in Seattle. This is back-to-back restaurants, one after the other, a true plethora to tempt the tastebuds. I got out of the taxi, was a bit dizzied by the neon signs and shingles to read from and found the one for the Minetta. I managed a seat at the bar after about 10 minutes.
I ordered my burger medium rare, more to the rare side the bartender warned me (I told him it could come raw and I'd be fine) served plain with nothing but caramelized onions. Sounds great - just give me the beef.
Words cannot describe this burger. Hands down the best burger I've ever had. The burger came on a small bun, what resembled a pretzel but in reality was probably brioche. Dark brown shiny top with large specs of sea salt on them. The burger itself had a nice crust on it - something only a flattop grill can produce. I cut the burger in half. It was red and it oozed. The first bite, the juices and the fatty goodness of a warm but not thoroughly cooked burger coated my tongue. "Great mouthfeel" for the fancy eaters out there. Every bite was juicy, with true beef flavor and texture. No flimsy patties here, no sir-eee. Every bite delicious beefiness. So good I didn't even eat the frites (amazing I know).
Did I mention this was the best burger I've ever eaten? Worth every single one of those two thousand sixhundred pennies. Put it on your "must eat in NYC" list.
Sorry, no pictures you'll have to use your imagination or find the Cooking Channel's "Unique Eats" episode. People in NYC are simply not on their phones at every given moment like Seattlites and I surely would have been laughed out of the place.
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