The “French Burgers” Are Here – In Paris At Least!
When my wife Alex and I were in Paris at the end of July, she worked during the day, leaving me to wander the streets and discover new things to eat – like a blue burger!
The French hamburger chain Quick had a special menu for the Olympics, with three colorful new burgers to try!
On the left is the “French Burger” with bleu cheese sauce – while the middle was the “French Burger” with dijon mustard sauce – and the right was of course a “French Burger” with Espelette Pepper sauce! Let;s hit the famous Champs Elyse to find our “French” food!
Once inside, you are greeted by ordering towers, where you pick your burger, side dish and drink…
I chose the bleu cheese burger with large cheddar fires and extra mayonnaise…as you can see the prices was just over 12 euros, so about $13 – and by the way, this is the last time I was able to film inside as I was told by a security guard that it wasn’t allowed!
Well, once they delivered my order, I surreptitiously took photos in order to review my food – which as you can see came nicely wrapped with the extra mayo packets as well.
So there it sat, wrapped and ready for me…before I open it, let’s take a look at the ad for the burgers again:
As you can see for the bleu cheese burger, hints of sauce sneak out a bright blue bun with meat, slices of cheese, tomato and lettuce stacked nicely in toasty symmetry. That’s the ad. Here is the reality of what I unwrapped:
The title of this post was “captivating ad vs. culinary reality” and this is why: this has a fleeting resemblance to the burger promoted in the ad. First of all, the “bright blue” bun was a bit dreary and closing in on grey:
The lettuce wasn’t piled high, there was no cheese or sauce on the bottom, and no tomato either!
Here’s what it looked like when I lifted the bun:
As you saw, it didn’t come very close to the ad – on the other hand, the cheesy fries looked great!
These were delicious: crispy on the outside, nice and hot and creamy inside, with a zesty cheese sauce – because of course it’s France so they make cheese with flavor!
And as for the burger itself, I set my phone up against my drink and shot a quick taste test before anyone caught me – yes, YouTube captured a really horrible shot of me eating but don’t worry, it doesn’t last long:
In the video you can see that there actually WAS a slice of tomato on the burger, but it has been covered by the sticky cheesy sauce!
And as you heard, I actually enjoyed the flavor of the burger a lot – and the inside of the bun had much better “blueness”, so while the reality of what I was served didn’t measure up to the advertisement – it was pretty good – a solid “B” grade!
I ate a lot of great French food when I was in Paris, like this pig’s trotter at the classic restaurant Au Pied de Cochon – see how it tasted here:
Of course, my favorite dish of all is this potato pie:
Or maybe a potato cake – either way, it’s from a classic Paris bistro – but click here for the recipe for making it at home – it’s incredible!
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This is fun, John. Cheese on chips would be a bit much for me.
A US thing to be sure Robbie, but apparently a French one as well now!
Another fun and quirky burger, John…for me cheese and chips are a no no I just like salt and vinegar the English way…
Carol, here in the US, they load up fries with everything! Almost to the point you can’t taste them which is probably a good thing as so many of them over here are lifeless and devoid of flavor
I don’t mind toppings sometimes but in moderation although as you say it hides the taste 🙂
That looked like a very odd burger. But glad it tasted better than it looked. The cheesy fries looked nice
Very odd indeed! Thanks for the comment!
I wouldn’t have had the blue burger, as I am not fond of blue cheese and the blue bun looks ‘wrong’. I would have chosen the dijon mustard burger, and probably plain fries. (Though cheesy fries are popular in the UK) Thanks, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks for the note Pete! Yes, while the bun didn’t really have any distinctive flavor, the color was certainly not what was promised in the ad, and I agree the dijon burger ouwld have been nice! Their fries were good as well! Cheers!~
I’m surprised the French would do something like that! And by the way, I’m taking my daughter and grand daughter to Paris. Any recommendations on nice hotels in a wonderful area? I don’t like the crazy “modern” boutique hotels with plastic chairs…
It was their Quik burger chain and it was done to celebrate the Olympics. a red burger, a white burger and a bleu burger…it tasted fine but was a bit f a hot mess! Thanks for the comment always great to hear from you!