tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379456528357977263.post5551919513452554533..comments2024-03-06T12:10:28.137-08:00Comments on Honest and Accurate Burger Reviews by TheBurgerBusters: Blue Dog Beer Tavern -- Sherman Oaks, CAFat Bruce Lee!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10859840083287002904noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379456528357977263.post-61745899824593823482012-07-10T19:23:24.064-07:002012-07-10T19:23:24.064-07:00You, sir, are a hoot.
You're interpretation ...You, sir, are a hoot. <br /><br />You're interpretation is spot on. 4 Bites means better than average. The burger was certainly not spectacular, but it was on the upper in terms of quality of ingredients. I found the beef sort of surprising. <br /><br />The carmelized bun....I sort of assumed that this was courtesy of the bread vendor. <br /><br />Tight--a precise match.<br /><br />As for finding myself in the valley--yea, I was there for a movie at The Arclight. <br /><br />The Blue Dog is a nice and pleasant place to go. I don't suppose that I would go back, but it wasn't bad.Pete Neumannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222437611444410110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379456528357977263.post-34352980004449938412012-07-10T18:49:33.862-07:002012-07-10T18:49:33.862-07:00I ate at the Blue Dog recently. I liked the ambian...I ate at the Blue Dog recently. I liked the ambiance and the service was remarkably friendly. <br /><br />The burger was as you described. That is, if one knows how to read you. Prior to going to Blue Dog, I misremembered your review as being more favorable than it actually was. <br /><br />Also, I forgot to mentally reduce your review by one star, which I've found is a necessary counterbalance to your inherent and irremediable burger-nicety.<br /><br />To me the patty was literally tasteless. Then I re-read your review and noted the following modifiers in your description of the burger: 'customary'...'Cysco'...'didn't expect much'...'solid'...'pleasantly'<br />...'pleasant'...'fine'...'bananarama'...'mildly'<br />...'faint'...'sufficiently'...'not spectacular'. <br /><br />In other words, there was some thoroughly mediocre noshing going on in Sherman Oaks one Saturday afternoon. <br /><br />By the way, you allege that you "found yourself" in the valley. But how do we know you didn't go to Sherman Oaks intentionally? Or that you know people from Sherman Oaks? For all we know you even like the place. <br /><br />I don't usually like burger buns, but this was my favorite bun in memory. It was moist, sweet, and well toasted & buttered. I could have eaten it by itself and been happy. The burger actually got in the way. <br /><br />I thought it was the perfect meat-to-bun ratio. Which you described humorously as "tight". Not sure if that's hip-hop speak for "awesome". Or you think the bun was a little small. <br /><br />I don't understand what they/you mean by the bun being caramelized. I understand the concept of caramelized, but how is that done with a bun?<br /><br />Fully agree about the cheese, as you say, it was "barely noticeable". <br /><br />I think that Blue Dog gives of such good vibes that one feels compelled to overlook its very real failings. Like a lovable uncle with a slimy past. For me it had all the personality of a pencil eraser. Which is, come to think of it, probably what you meant by "solid". I should have listened more closely :)Peter Norwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069798917287281332noreply@blogger.com