From the Front Lines of the Copenhagen Gourmet Burger Wars

Burger: Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen.

Why is it necessary to have multiple, competing $25 as well as up burger joints in the single tiny Scandinavian capital?Yes, its the single of the most costly cities upon the planet, yet do the gourmet toppings clear the price? Is there something special about the Danish version of the American staple? Is the foe extreme for the reason, or is it just hype?

Everyone says theyre we do it American style, so as the resident American expat, we set out to call their bluff. Here have been the top 3 in competition, as rated upon price, sides, as well as vegetarian options.

Burger & Bun

Burger as well as Bun photo by author.

How do we rate the $32 burger? At what point have been we means to dont think about what we paid for the meal in front of you?

This is the single hamburger which Ill never be means to eat yet obsessing over the cost. Big points for the milkshakes, though, which have been difficult to find in Copenhagen as well as mostly undrinkable.

While Burger & Bun might surveillance their real American burgers, they apparently missed the memo which even the spectacular burger in the U.S. doesnt come with the $30 cost tag (or bleu cheese). Believe it or not, we dont essentially caring which the ketchup is homemade or which we serve an affordable beer called L.A. Lager, namely because its from the Copenhagen microbrewery.

Im homesick, yet this hipster hot-spot does nothing to ease my feelings of displacement. In fact, walking by this frou-frou diner in the former red light district as well as catching glimpses of internal celebrities the Play Doh-faced stand up comic who has his own Danish wire specials, the well-known businessmen who live down the block in adjoining flats ! yet say their public heterosexuality by dating women half their age makes me remember what the small, bizarre locale Ive chosen, as well as makes me yearn for the $4 state satisfactory burgers from home.

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Cocks as well as Cows

Springing up as Burger as well as Buns primary competition, the obnoxiously declared Cocks as well as Cows doesnt lift each punch just most of them. Thumbing their nose during their opponent as well as claiming the little things have been improved left unaltered (serving Heinz instead of making our own ketchup), C&C has cheaper transport with the same pseudo-American flare.

Another Copenhagen burger during $22:
Effervescing Elephant.

Take, for instance, the burger known as the Governator. With dual giant burgers as well as onion rings stacked between dual buns, its as unfit to ready as the California actor-cum-politicians budget plans.

In what might compensate loyalty to the same state (though indubitably more offensive), the Illegal is topped with jalapeos as well as guacamole. Too bad which its disorderly as well as disrespects the foreign, progressively disposed clientele yet being the most appropriate Tex-Mex burger in town.

If we skip classics similar to pulled pig though, this is the mark to squeeze the Danish equivalent, complete with the very wet store of coleslaw upon the burger. Their onion rings have been the reason enough to mass departure over, yet the sour-tinged fries with vinegar powder leave something to be desired. And hey, it wouldnt be the proper Nordic burger joint yet the whole (baked) potato upon the menu.

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Halifax

With several locations in Nrrebro, Frederiksberg, as well as City Centre, Halifax stays upon top of the fray with well-developed service, their own Pilsner upon tap, as well as the most appropriate aioli in town. I! f we goa l to gloss off your side sequence of chips or fries, move the massive appetite or hope for to separate the burger as well as sequence the single additional side dish. The surprisingly friendly staff wont con you, even if we have special requests.

On daub during Halifax photo by add1sun.

Available in Danish as well as English, the menu is simple: pick your burger sort as well as commanding multiple [named for locations (Zurich, Liverpool, Lone Star)], side, as well as dipping sauce. Not known for being the veg-friendly city, this internal the one preferred nevertheless has dual count em two! veggie burgers upon the menu, the single done of chickpeas as well as the other from celery root.

Dont think youll come to the land of base vegetables yet trying the bottom half of your the one preferred flowing green vegetable. While perhaps unappetizing in the grocery store, the celery base patty (with potato for additional solidifying starch) makes the mean sandwich when paired with Zihuatanejo toppings: guacamole, sharp salsa, as well as jalapenos along with the standard lettuce, tomato, as well as cheese.

It is, yet the doubt, the messiest $32 item we have ever eaten. And its value each kroner.

Frederiksborggade 35, Falkoner Plads 1, Larsbjrnsstrde 9

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