Bristol Lounge Brooke Vosika's winning burger

Check out my slideshow for Boston Grubstreet on last night’s Burger Bash!

I’m not sure if I’m able to offer any actual input on how the burgers tasted. This was really a work night – I spent two hours scrambling to get decent photos, then realized I should go take notes on ingredients, so I looped back around through the masses of people. By the time I got around to eating the burgers, I would only have a bite, and by then they were cold. The winning burger, however, was indeed extremely tasty (and photogenic, thank god) – I stole an extra fried potato ring on my second go-round.

Me and Blue Ginger's Ming Tsai

The night was probably more notable for my run-in with Blue Ginger’s Ming Tsai. We spoke in some accented Mandarin, then he handed me a cranberry cocktail and made fun of my Asian glow. He, apparently, has the special enzyme that digest alcohol. I asked for some recommendations: he usually goes to China Pearl for dim sum (ok, but nothing special, he admitted) and he’s a fan and friend of Ken Oringer (who was manning the facing table).

Kenji Alt, of GoodEater and SeriousEats, was on hand for judging. He seemed to be a fan of the more purist, traditionalist approach, and was enthusiastic about Andy Husbands‘ grass fed burger with special sauce (plus the classic accoutrements of pickle, onion, tomato, lettuce).

And I thought the table of PBRs was a nice touch.

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