Yesterday, I had the most AWESOME burger I’ve ever had in my life! Maybe I was just REALLY REALLY hungry! But I dont think so! The burger was just GREAT!

Soooo….I had a major craving for a burger yesterday. Which is kind of interesting for me, because I’m not overly fond of ground beef (or any ground meat for that matter). Not because I dont like the taste, but because the gristle scares me! If I get a piece of gristle in my mouth I kinda freak out! Often times I can be eating the best tasting burger or patty ever, but as soon as I get a piece of gristle or something hard in my mouth, I instantly lose my appetite and throw it away. Oddly, with the gristle phobia, I still crave burgers sometimes.

I’ve gone to plenty of burger joints with subpar burgers, like “Better Burger” who Ironically doesnt live up to the name. They should change their name to WORST BURGER! Especially their turkey burger! Its the most horrible burger i have ever had. Granted, I’ve never had a turkey burger tgat I liked (that I didnt cook myself), but I’ve at least had ones I could tolerate. Better Burger’s turkey burger is intolerable. And I let them know that on their “how are we doing” survey. But Im not here to talk about horrible burgers today, Im here to talk about an AWESOME ONE!

Flight 151 is a bar…not a restaurant. I was taking a leisurly stroll during lunch, and I saw a bunch of dudes happily and aggressively chowing down on this big, delicious looking burgers. So of course I had to get in on the action! I inquired with the waitress about which burger on the menu she liked…the veggie, the turkey or the good ole beef burger. She had no info on any of the burgers and oddly, started recommending OTHER restaurants. UMMM…..where they do DAT at? Apparently at Flight 151 lol

She starts telling me how she’s never had the burgers there, and how she’s partial to some awesome turkey burger she always eats at a restaurant called “Cafeteria” a few blocks down. Um….hunny? As much as you like Cafeteria, when you’re at work, you really should recommend your own food. Even if you’ve never had it, you can say that other people seem to love it, or something! I had a good mind to leave and go to Cafeteria! She had me scared! WTF was wrong with her food that she couldnt bring herself to recommend any of it?

Of course I didn’t want to be mean. She was a very nice waitress and I didnt want to get her in trouble so I stayed and boy am I glad I did! I went with the beef burger and curly fries! This was by far THEE best hamburger I have ever had in my life! The burger, in their “own marinate” was divine! It tasted kind of like A-1 sauce, so I think maybe they marinated it in a concoction of A-1 sauce amongst other seasonings! It was AWESOME! The burger was kind of flat and wide, which made it easy to bite into! the bun was so good that I even ate parts of the bun that had no burger on it! I dropped a morsel of my burger on the floor and wanted to cry. (Im such a fatty!) The curly fries were crisp and it was an all around enjoyable lunch (which seems hard for me to come by these days).

On top of that, the lunch was CHEAP! Well, cheap for New York City standards of course. This hefty sized burger and generous amount of curly fries (though I could have eaten more, but Im gready) only cost $7.95 (tax included) on the lunch menu! I will definitely be going back! I wish I had gone back today, but I was trying to be good and not have a burger 2 days in a row. I ended up having a horrible lunch from this Asian Fusion spot called Nooch! But thats another post!

If you’re ever in the Chelsea area of NYC and you have a mean craving for a burger, I HIGHLY recommend you try Flight 151! I liked it even better than 5 Guys!!!!

At the end of my meal, I told the waitress that the burger was great, and she proceeded to tell me that everyone tells her that they love that burger. Um…why didnt she tell me that when I asked for her recommendation? People are crazy as hell!

541 Laguardia Place
New York
(212) 477-5700

This is just a quick post to let you know to check out Rhong Tiam if youre looking for a cute, cozy bar/lounge type of place to get a few drinks and chow down on some appetizers! The place is really adorable inside! The funny thing is, the place is so cute, I used a photo of the interior for my twitter background before I even knew what this place was.

The other night I went to meet up with my friends, walked in and said HEY THIS PLACE LOOKS FAMILIAR! HAHA! What a coincidence!

Rhong Tiam is actually a Thai Restaurant. I havent tried their food yet because I just went in there to meet up with friends and have a few drinks. We had some appetizers, fried cauliflower (delicious) and some calamari! I was told the calamari was great. I dont eat calamari so I will take their word for it. Other appetizers were ordered but they took so long to come that I left before they got there.

The place is really cute, but dont go there if youre in a hurry because they take all day to bring EVERYTHING! And dont let the waitress recommend things to you because she doesnt know wtf shes talking about! Stick to your gut! If you see something on the menu that you want, GET THAT! Dont let the waitress recommend something that she likes better because obviously her taste buds are on vacation.

I was gonna order the banana sticky rice but she recommended the Mango Flan and told me how delicious it was! So instead of sticking to my guns I listened to her! Note to self: Never order FLAN from a Thai restaurant! FLAN IS A LATIN DISH! Sticky rice is a Thai dish. They need to stick to what they know! That flan tasted like breakfast! All I needed was some bacon and hashbrowns. They tried to doll it up and make it look cute with fancy sculpted sugar on top and fancy sauce, but that wasnt nuttn but a damn egg! It tasted like pure egg and had the nerve to be 6 dollars. Did I just pay 6 dollars for a damn egg? The sticky rice was 4 dollars. She must not know what Flan is supposed to taste like, if she did, she wouldnt have said that mess was good. If you didnt know what it was supposed to taste like, I guess u could say it was good. But it wasnt good flan.

Other than that I think the place is cute. And it seems like a chill place to hang out and sip at cocktails and munch on appetizers. I would definitely go back! I would just be sure not to get any latin dishes! lol FYI I went to the one on 2nd ave.