|
|
|
Because nothing says playoff baseball like venison and foie: The WFC Burger at P.Y.T.
The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.
Because nothing says playoff baseball like venison and foie: The WFC Burger at P.Y.T.
 |
| Photo | Drew Lazor |
Meal Ticket dropped by the kitchen at P.Y.T. yesterday for a peek at what Tommy Up last week dubbed his World Fucking Champion (WFC) Burger. Chef Kevin Maskol walked us through the construction of the $25 beast (named, of course, after Chutley's timeless parade-day quotable), which'll be available as a special starting today at 5 p.m. and ending whenever the Phillies get around to shaming the Yankees into perpetual submission.
The Piazza burger joint just started sourcing game from Texas' Broken Arrow Ranch � Maskol starts by forming an 8-ounce patty (P.Y.T.'s signature burger is 5 ounces) of the purveyor's free-range venison meat, which is blended with 20 percent beef fat to bump up juiciness. It's cooked medium-rare or medium (max), then topped with an ounce lobe of pan-seared foie gras, a shallot/cranberry relish and rutabaga straws. They melt a few generous slices of Memoire black truffle gouda on the top half of a brioche bun (not on the patty) before completing the plate with hand-cut spicy butternut squash chips. We got an opportunity to sample a couple bites of the burger, and it's balanced, if decadent � you can most definitely taste the foie in each bite, and that truffled cheese is an umami-tastic buddy for the venison, lean and subtle by its very nature.
Since this is a Tommy Up production, there's a sprinkle of extra flash involved, beyond the built-in notoriety of being the most expensive burger in Philly right now (it edges out Jose Garces' Whiskey King alphaburger by $1 in the price column). Every WFC will be finished off with a sparkler bearing a Phillies pendant (not pictured). "Yes, a little over the top," Up admits. "But we're the World Fucking Champions, and this is the burger to go with it."
PYT fucking blows.
[...] available again�tonight at 5PM and is made with Venison and Foie Gras. Check out story at Meal Ticket�/�For the Game: �Pickleback shots, one shot of whiskey & one shot of pickel juice for $3 [...]
this place is tragic- the hype machine will wear down soon- the only thing worse then the mediocre food is the waitstaff who is apparently too cool for school dealing with their art installations in fishtown to actually do their job.
$25? A venison burger with foie gras and black truffle gouda with hand-cut spicy squash chips!?!? That is a bargain, way to go PYT!!!!
[...] Champion Burger) debutes tonight at 5PM and is made with Venison and Foie Gras. Check out story at Meal Ticket�/�For the Game: �Pickleback shots, one shot of whiskey & one shot of pickel juice for $3 [...]
$25????? how much longer till this place closes?
How were the chips? Sound really good, but look a bit odd...
Danya: I didn't try the squash chips personally so I have no insight, but I can say that their sweet potato chips are very tasty.
Can't wait to try it.
THAT is a $25 burger? Do I get a happy ending to go with it?
Now that is a burger! Definitely making my way to PYT during the World Series to get one of those.
- barstool scientist
- Booze
- Brew Revue
- Chef Salad
- Closings
- Coffee
- Contests
- Dealage
- Dirty Dishes
- Don't Front
- Eat This Immediately
- Field Trip
- Food and Art
- Food and Holidays
- Food and Movies
- Food and Music
- Food and Politics
- Food and Sports
- Food and Web
- Food Blogs
- Food Books
- Food Events
- Food News
- Food TV
- Gifted
- Happy Hour Hopper
- How-To
- In Print
- Interview
- Meal Ticket
- Menu Time
- Not So Quickfire
- Notes from the Weekend
- On Wheels
- Openings
- Patio Drinking
- Philly Beer Week 2010
- Photos
- Private Chef POV
- Product Placement
- Recipes
- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
- Top Chef
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
- Ill-Advised Ranting
- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
- Real Big
- Where'd I Eat Last Night?
- Top Chef Masters
- The Good Word
- Next Iron Chef
- Arterial Terrorism
- Food and Radio
