Hello bloggers, bloggies and bloggettes. Guest blogger Marconin filling in for this culinary romp. Here’s a tiny bit about myself. I like food, lots of different kinds of food, too. I also travel most of the year for work, which is probably why I was asked to contribute to the Truck Stop Food Blog. I like to find the out-of-the-way and Mom & Pop places to eat. Anyway, on to the review!
Dyer’s Burgers is located on Beale Street in Memphis, a strip of pavement famous for its place in blues music history. Dyer’s itself has been in business since 1912 and is most famous for frying their burgers on a pan with grease… 101 YEAR OLD GREASE! Seriously, the grease has not been changed since 1912!! When they've changed locations, the grease is moved with a police escort. They strain and process the grease to keep it usable, but (in theory) at least a couple molecules from the grease from the VERY FIRST fried hamburger fried at Dyer’s is in your hamburger. WEIRD!
Dyer’s itself is your classic diner, and was pretty clean when we went on a Thursday for lunch. There were maybe 10 other customers and it was fairly quiet. Our waitress was prompt in getting our order and was very polite. We ordered a Double (two fried beef patties and two slices of American cheese with onion and mustard), some onion rings and a fried Twinkie for dessert.
Here’s the (in)famous Burger and… fries? The waitress forgot the onion rings, but we get to review a bonus item! The fries weren’t good at all. Soggy with grease and not even that warm, it was the low point for the meal.
The burger? Oh the burger… It came wrapped in wax paper and was nearly transparent from the greasy goodness. Surprisingly, the burger itself wasn’t as greasy as I’d expected. It was a little greasy to be sure, but was quite good. It’s not the best burger I’ve had, and honestly it tasted just like a Supersonic Cheeseburger from Sonic (fast food chain for those not in the know).
Our waitress brought the onion rings out and they were really good. The batter was crunchy and the onions themselves were thick and very tasty. Much, much better than the fries.
And then came the fried Twinkie and ice cream……ooooooooooooooh. It was deep fried and topped with strawberry syrup and powdered sugar, and came with vanilla ice cream. It. Was. Delicious. The batter was magnificent, and the warm Twinkie paired with the cold, creamy ice cream was amazing. This was definitely the high point of the meal!
So, in conclusion:
The burger is really good but was more of a “You’re eating century old grease” novelty for me.
Fries weren’t good at all, please avoid them. Onion rings a definite plus.
Fried Twinkie was SO GOOD PLEASE TRY IT.
Their new logo should be “Dyer’s Burgers: Come for the burger, stay for the Twinkie.”
No comments:
Post a Comment