I respect the opinion. You and Lewis both said I was a little harsh but I had to be, I had great expectations for this burger and while I wasn’t disappointed, I wasn’t floored. Cooked perfectly and tasty are requirements for any burger place, I would expect no less at Telepan, a place that prides themselves on being a “real” restaurant (not some Burger Joint). That being said, I didn’t find Telepan’s burger to be as extraordinary as the first courses were. A burger is a burger, we can’t change that, but we’re the eaters, not the chefs, I can’t figure out how to make it better. Less salt, less char. That would be my remedy.

Thanks for the feedback. Next time I’ll definitely ask.

You said it and you caught me on the one thing I should have mentioned for intrigue’s sake: the foie gras donuts.

Ed does love this burger, as he writes here:
http://edlevineeats.seriouseats.com/2007/07/another_answer_to_the_brunch_question.html

I initially was going to use his classification of this burger as “fancy pants” for my lead in but then decided to go with what intially motivated me to write about it, the TONY articel. My two friends who I ate with both disagree with me however and think I was a bit harsh but while I agree I was punctilious in my review, isn’t it up to us a food bloggers to reveal everything?