In the second book of the series, Gary and Andy tell Keiko about the Wednesday Hamburger Club which is exactly what the name implies. The goal is to meet each Wednesday for lunch and figure out where they can find the best hamburger in Kyoto.
You’d have to take a deep dive into the history of hamburgers in Showa Japan to understand why this is a challenge to relish. (I know…bad pun!) There are all sorts of ways to make, cook, and present a hamburger in Japan. It could be made with ground pork or ground beef. It could have all sorts of fillers, or none at all. It could come with french fries or cold catsup spaghetti. And it could come from a chain restaurant like McDonalds or Mos Burger, or be an entree at a fancy French Restaurant. Of course new restaurants that serve hamburgers keep popping up. There’s no chance that they will run out of opportunities anytime soon.
Grill Fog (I can not explain this name) is located to the southwest of Nijo Castle. Since it isn’t open for lunch on Wednesdays, they made a rare exception and visited on a Thursday. The hamburgers turned out to be delicious! Though pricey they agreed they’d like to visit again and try some of the other items on the menu.
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