One Failed Burger Attempt in Hawaii

On my recent trip to Hawaii, one of the most important things that I wanted to achieve was to eat at the Hukilau Cafe, a now world-famous Burger Joint thanks to the even more popular Man V. Food TV show. In addition, I thought I would get the Man V. Food Foursquare badge as I had read that checking in at a place featured in the show was the only condition to get the badge!

Well, after driving two hours to the north of Oahu island to reach the rather deserted city of Laie, I ended up in front of the Hukilau Cafe, only to realize that it was closed on Mondays. Gone my hopes to try their amazing burgers and to get this badge! On top of it, I ended up going to the two other places featured in the show: Helena's Hawaiian Food & MAC 24-7 at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio but I never got the badge!

What can I say? Foursquare & Man V. Food let me down on this one! But I will be back!

Hasta La Vista Baby!

Cheating On Adam Richman With Fast Food Sushi

Many thanks to @Sebastien_Lopez for forwarding this great video to me. I must say my allegiance to the Great Adam Richman & Man Vs Food is now in jeopardy. The concept of mixing fast food with sushi seems, to me, like the greatest idea mankind has ever come up with (way ahead of Quantum Physics, Psychoanalysis & General Relativity). I can't way to get home and try this as it might bring balance to the force of the Sunday Burger Challenge.

ONE WORD: YUMMY!

We Want You To Have A Rossini Beef Fillet

Adam Richman: if you're reading this, just come to Strasbourg, book a table at "Aux Trois Chevaliers" and have this!

Raising Venture Capital For Dummies

I don't wake up everyday with a world-changing idea. It actually only happens every other day. Luckily, today is the day and as I'm in a particularly good mood, I have decided to share with you the secrets behind raising Venture Capital. Don't be scared if you have no idea what I'm talking about, rest assured that I am exactly in the same position than you. It, however, seems very important in this day and age to write and talk about it if you want to look smart (don't we all want that?). As you should know, I have absolutely no knowledge in business, finance or anything of the kind. It just struck me this morning the second I woke up: I KNOW HOW TO BECOME RICH AND I WILL SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.

Behind my strategy is one basic idea: people love postcards. Forget the fact the postcard sales have plummeted with the advent of the Internet and follow my reasoning: I'm going raise to venture capital for a startup I'm about to create (feel free to do the same, I won't sue you). To cut down costs, we will only make one postcard: a picture of a Double Whopper With Cheese. This will make our business model very easy to follow: one product, no creativity, artists etc... We just need to heavily invest in printing and distributing. When we're done, we will ship our postcards all over the world for what better way to relate to your friends than to send them a postcard of a Double Whopper With Cheese from a far-away land?

I intent, with this business plan, to convince dumb Venture Capital investors to raise US$ 100 million in my company. I haven't decided exactly at how much I will price the postcards but they will be around US$ 100 each (pleasing friends never comes cheap). If I have a billion customers (that is only 16.6666% of the world population, a rather conservative estimate) and each one of them buys at least one postcard per year, that will amount to US$ 100 billion in yearly sales which should be enough to make me a rich man!

Now you might be wondering why I posted the Burger King ad above? Well, I'll leave it to your dirty mind to understand: seven incher, blow away, girl with open mouth, meat...

The Quest For The Perfect Hamburger

My wife and I have recently embarked on a bold journey: the quest for the perfect hamburger.
I feel like a modern times knight wearing a melted-cheese armor, armed with a frying pan riding along a carriage full of hamburger patties. The amount of possible hamburger combinations is just astonishing to me, maybe even more so than the amount of galaxies in the universe or neural connections in the brain. Just try to envision the different types of cheese, temperatures, hamburger patty recipes, types of bun, special sauces, lettuce, tomatoes, onion etc...
The number of combinations is just infinite!
In a way, the quest for the perfect hamburger is akin to the quest for the perfect Dry Martini. I will therefore try and document my advances and discoveries on my blog!

Today's pictures are just the outcome of our attempt at replicating a Juicy Lucy (a Minneapolis specialty)! The beauty of this variation is to actually stuff cheese between 2 hamburger patties, merge them into one prior to frying it.
It was delicious !
Here is our source of inspiration: The Amazing TV Show: Man Vs. Food with Adam Richman.