Only A 7 Count

Wandering down Bloor St. near Spadina after work, I thought about having some ramen at Kenzo Ramen. But what's this? A burger joint right next door. I was at first excited to see the name K.O. Burger because my mind was think Kobe beef. That would be good. But that wasn't it. This joint was originally called Wing Shop 366 (specializing in 66 chicken wings flavour) until they realized the customers liked their burgers more than the wings.

It wasn't a Kobe burger but it was freshly made (or so the menu claims). I got the 8 oz Hugo burger ($5.99) with jerk sauce. It takes a while to get your meal because they don't start cooking until you order. I didn't detect any jerk but it was a large and tasty burger. More importantly, the beef was nicely seasoned unlike other burger joints that go upscale with the meat but don't do much else with it. I suppose they have to cook all the way through because of Toronto's uptight regulations, but the patty still retained a good chewiness.

On the other hand, the fries were a disaster. I couldn't believe it but they were actually under-salted. More egregiously, the dark-brown colour and taste told me that the oil doesn't get change very often. They were also composed of short pieces so it felt like eating leftover bits that should have been thrown out.

I was going to go around the corner to Walmer and get some Italian yogurt but then I remembered it was meals like this that added that 20 lbs when I first came to Toronto. So nothing to do but work some of that grease off by walking home from the Annex.