tomato, cheese and burger all the same thickness, about 3/16th of an inch. Note the strata from natural ingredients to artificial.

Suggestion: Place the cheese on top of the burger, preventing the grease from running off and drying out the patties

The amount of grease cannot be understated here. There was a pool of grease in the bag, the butchers paper was translucent in parts, and the bottom of the onion ring container had a layer of grease on the bottom.

June 13, 2006: Chinatown is a little take away just past Lamont on Mt. Pleasant St. The menu must have 50 items, easily divided into two categories, “Chinese” and “Fried.” The burgers are offered as subs, and come in full or half. I opted for the half sub with everything and an order of onion rings. The order took about 8 mins, cost $4.75, and came with a fortune cookie.

About 8 inches long the cheeseburger sub comes with lettuce, tomato, mayo, cheese, and three burger patties on an untoasted subroll. Latter pickles were discovered, although could not be detected by taste.

The onion rings were a good color and appeared to be made in house. The breading was even and not too thick, with a hint of egg roll, probably the result of being done in the same fryer.

In Chinatown I was hoping to find a good hangover burger, I was disappointed. When dealing with establishments like this standards have to be adjusted.  On first bit, I was reminded of a Wendy’s style burger, but only because the patty was a little salty. The taste and texture of the meat itself was more like a school lunch burger. Like the difference between a Chicken McNugget and a chicken tender, there patty was too even to be natural. The taste had hints of soy and there was no doubt a heavy dependance on fillers. On the positive side the lettuce, tomato, cheese, and bun were all passable, but everyone knows it is the meat that makes the meal.

Suggestions:

I could not finish the Chinatown cheeseburger sub. I found myself asking, “who could eat a whole one of these?”  Too dry, too salty, poor meat quality... this is one of the worst burgers I have ever had. Worse then the frozen Bubba Burgers made with beef hearts from the store.

The onion rings however where pretty decent. Over all score: 2 out of 10.