Bad Burger

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By MAJOR TOM | February 24, 2008

In these days and age of drive-thru’s and ultra-fast meal, I was able to coin, even just in my mind, this apt term I refer to as “bad burger”.

I was about to attend my MPA class yesterday when I felt so suddenly that I had some hunger to contend to. Uncle Pabs, Aunt Yolly and cousin Nigel arrived from the states on Thursday that I’ve been driving them around the city for nearly three days now and that maybe, I get to feel the need for food and water more often than what is usual for me. Driving could be such a brawny exertion that too much energy is consumed in the process and thereon the body burns so much calories that the body demands more of it as a result.

So I hied off towards the nearest cafeteria as soon as I arrived at the university ground and bought one of the fastest meal that there could be had around at that time, and that was the tuna sandwich that I gobbled in as quickly as lightning. After I drank a soda, I felt that I can take another bite at a sandwich but I had observed that the tuna sandwich preparation was not as “fast” as I wanted it to be and I was a little later for class. So I decided that I would hop to another food stand nearby and ordered a hamburger, one food preparation that wasn’t as lengthy to prepare since most students in the university seem to order it all the time and that the vendor always had a burger nice-and-ready, ready to be served.

But to my regret, the burger that I had bought didn’t really fit to my liking. I shouldn’t have ordered it in the first place. First, it was a bit raw and secondly, I didn’t taste any beefy flavor in it. It was kinda strange, you know. I should have known better.

I was thinking that in this age of globalization and high-competition in trade, every vendor, whether of food or other commodity, should always try to find the best manner of selling and preparing their products. It’s a time where one could not afford to commit one mistake, or one would wither and lose business.

So I regretted so well my fifteen bucks spent on the badly prepared “bad burger”. I swear from now on that I wouldn’t have any of it---if I can help it. I’d rather wait for some steamy tuna sandwich than go for a very quick but unsavory burger. Perhaps, I would have to hie-off to Jollibee or McDonald if I want one---that’s where the real burgers are found.

Like that famous “Gone With The Wind” dialogue, I swear that from now on, I’ll never have to eat any “bad burger” again.

17 Comments »

1. verns says; February 25, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

   hmmm I wonder where you got that bad burger so I can avoid it too hehehe

2. Major Tom says; February 25, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

   To verns: I mentioned it verns---at the university cafeteria. Geez, I couldn't even imagine it. It was so bad. Raw and not even a hint of beefy taste in it.

3. bw says; February 26, 2008 @ 1:22 am

   That's perhaps the reason why people want to go to McDo, Burger King or Wendy's if they want a burger - because they know what to expect hehe

   Here private burger joints have to be better than the fast food versions because there is no reason for people to even considering them if they are inferior to the common and easily available McDo's !

   I think honestly the burger franchies are "much safer" to eat because you know they are being managed to adhere to a standard

4. bambit says; February 26, 2008 @ 7:49 am

   there's quite a few burger stands at the nearby talipapa, some of them even offer buy one take one. If you're not expecting much they can actually be very good

5. Abaniko says; February 26, 2008 @ 10:01 pm

   Kasi naman, P15 lang ang burger na yan eh. Hehe. I don't like burgers. They are oily and so cholesterol-laden. Healthy living kuno.

6. the bystander says; February 26, 2008 @ 11:42 pm

   for sure, it's not the "burjer" in wack-wack golf and country club that abalos was talking about. hehe..

7. barrycade says; February 29, 2008 @ 12:47 pm

   i was never a fun of burgers, though yesterday i just gobbled on a chicken burger in Burger King and i wasn't happy after. hehe. and oh, that burjer in wack-wack golf is 'badder' because it had too much fat. haha.

8. trench says; March 1, 2008 @ 5:21 pm

   Thats probably a days worth of calories all in one sitting! Haven't had a fast food burger in years!

9. tutubi philippines travel says; March 2, 2008 @ 8:51 pm

   not much of a a burger fan but i prefer burgers of hungry hippo here than popular fastfood...meatier with personal touch from attendants

10. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:11 am

    To BW: So very right bro. There was a time that I take as puny these fastfood items, sarcastic about them even. But burgers from McDo or Jollibee has improved so much that the beefy taste is truly satisfying when one is really hungry.

11. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:13 am

    To Bambit: That's a good idea; only if we have it here. Once I dined in this new resto called Mang Inasal--the Filipino-inspired burger there were good, very good even.

12. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:15 am

    To Abaniko: Yun nga pre. But I think they should do better. They could up up to their price if it need be.

13. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:17 am

    To Bystander: Most probably it wasn't. With his kind of greed, he won't care about some puny burger.

14. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:19 am

    To barrycade: Oh, chicken burger...the one the KFC is offering is quite tasty too.

15. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:21 am

    To trench: Maybe one day they'd invent a calorie-free burger. I wonder if that'll ever be possible. But with advance genetic technology nowadays, that'll be just possible.

16. Major Tom says; March 3, 2008 @ 7:22 am

    To tutubi: I never heard of it. But I am sure it's good as you say.

17. curacha says; March 7, 2008 @ 2:45 am

    hi! it's been so long.... im back to blogging.... have missed you guys!!

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