Wrap it up…

The other day, I blogged about a pack of Ramly beef burger patties that I managed to grab hold of at one of the neighbourhood shops in the next lane from my house.

I went back there again the other day and I went to the freezer section to have a look. There were two price tags on the pack that I bought and I wanted to see which the correct one was. Much to my surprise, they were ALL sold out, not a single pack left. There were a few left, all chicken and they had some newly-arrived stock, a different brand. Of course, I did not buy any as I still had a few of the patties in my freezer.

When I cooked mine the other day, I added one fried egg, the egg yolk nice and runny so of course, it was quite messy to eat. My regular follower and commenter, Irene, in Kuching had this to say about it: I will beat the egg and spread them in the non-stick pan and then put in the grilled patties and wrap it up like how the people selling burgers do theirs. Oh?

That would be like the so-called Pattaya style, never mind if it is nasi goreng or mi goreng (fried rice or fried noodles) or at one place here, chicken rice…

I know that in one place in Kuching, they spread the omelette in a bowl and wrap the Kuching laksa in it and serve. I guess that is just a gimmick – some people may be impressed by it and would come back for more.

My blogger-friend, kyspeaks, dropped by too that day and this was his somewhat brief comment: Egg’s supposed to wrap around the meat! All right, since you all said so, I thought I would give it a try with my leftover patties in the freezer.

I fried the patties in a non-stick pan until all the fat had melted and put them aside while I fried the omelette. I put a patty in each of them, cover it with a slice of cheese, followed by some very thin slices of cucumber (we did not have tomato in the fridge) and a bit of mayonnaise and tomato ketchup before I wrapped it all up and put it in a bun that I had cut into two and toasted in the oven…

Yes, it sure was not messy when I ate it…

…no runny yolk running down my fingers and dripping all over the plate.

Truth be told, I do prefer all that mess. I would lick the yolk off my fingers (Finger-lickin’ good!!!) and break off bits from the bun to wipe the yolk that had dripped onto the plate to eat and enjoy every morsel! I actually missed all that, eating it prepared that way…

…and I would add that the taste is somewhat different too, not quite the same and don’t bother asking which one I prefer. The answer is pretty obvious, isn’t it?

I went and googled for photos of burgers with egg in them and no, I did not see any with the patty wrapped in an omelette like this. Yes, a lot of them had egg on top like the one I had previously. I guess theirs would be well-cooked till the yolk is well done, not runny anymore and I for one, will not like my fried egg like that. Worse still, some will fry the egg in a ring…

…no golden crispy edges…

…and overdone too, no runny yolk…

I would give those my double thumbs down. At the end of the day, I shall just stick to the way I like it – with the yolk all runny and making a mess while I enjoy the burger to the max. That’s the way…aha…aha…I like it!!!