Competition for the best hamburger in Spain

[SabsP]

Some of the entries.

Malaga

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Aviles

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Almeria

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Santiago de Compostela with restaurant Singulario.

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

 

[J Willhaus]

Some of the entries.

Malaga

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Aviles

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Almeria

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Santiago de Compostela with restaurant Singulario.

La mejor hamburguesa de España

lamejorhamburguesa.com

Maybe they should have categories like small, medium, large or lightweight/heavyweight? Looks like a lot of large and maybe heavyweight?

 

[SabsP]

Maybe they should have categories like small, medium, large or lightweight/heavyweight? Looks like a lot of large and maybe heavyweight?

This example has 200 gr of meat which is too much for me.

 

[DwainS]

First burger and beer in Zubiri. Then the restaurant in Ages that had ten different burgers. There were 8 of us and we chowed down on a variety of these.

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Il était un square

www.iletaitunsquare.com

Oh " le bleu " for me please.

When I go to the beach I always take le bleu!

and el Ozzie Rojo

 

[lovelyshell]

Oh goodness I wanted a hamburger my first day on the Camino but didn’t get on until Pamplona and I was terrible but I savored every bite. I never ate a hamburger in Spain after that.

 

[RJM]

While I realize that Spain is not known for its great hamburgers and while these days I don't eat hamburgers at home very often and have over the years eaten a lot of burgers, some good, some bad and some great in many places and countries but sometimes while walking the Camino I'm really jonesing for a hamburger and a cold beer, especially after finishing 20-30 kms. I've eaten several there and while none were great they all did the job. Sort of like that old Jimmy Buffet song, Cheeseburger in Paradise.

 

[TravellingMan22]

While I realize that Spain is not known for its great hamburgers and while these days I don't eat hamburgers at home very often and have over the years eaten a lot of burgers, some good, some bad and some great in many places and countries but sometimes while walking the Camino I'm really jonesing for a hamburger and a cold beer, especially after finishing 20-30 kms. I've eaten several there and while none were great they all did the job. Sort of like that old Jimmy Buffet song, Cheeseburger in Paradise.

Well I have just woken up and with the regard to the old adage ‘you should try and learn three new things everyday’, I have already learnt there is a word known as ‘jonesing’ and even more interesting a song called ‘cheeseburger in paradise’! Two down, one to go!

 

[DTCamino]

A hamburger "is a standard item in many fast food chains, but is increasingly finding its way into traditional and even upmarket restaurants".

Mass produced fast food hamburgers of the McDonald's kind are not what the competition for the best hamburger in Spain is about.

It would not have occurred to me to eat in a McDonald's in Spain but the tiny hamburger tapas in La Quinta del Monje in Burgos were irresistible. At home I also order a hamburger / burger in a proper restaurant from time to time. The main meat ingredient - a ground beef patty - has been standard fare in kitchens in Europe for ages although I usually know it as a mixture of beef and pork.

I seldom eat red meat and agree that McDonald’s will not ever be considered for best hamburger, but I worked at McDonald’s as a kid and so I try McDonald’s in every country I visit. Having worked for an airline for 19 years I’ve been to a few. There’s that thought that McDonald’s is the same wherever you go however only once has it tasted the same as the United States.
Ironically it was years ago I was walking into Burgos. This was before the river route was as established as it is now and a local sent me the concrete jungle way into town. There’s a McDonalds at the edge of Burgos I stopped at that the burger tasted exactly the same as the US (For the first time ever). And it was absolutely delicious!!!
Just goes to show that familiarity and fatigue can play a part in how good something seems.

 

[Keith H]

I’m really happy/alarmed to say Catalonia’s 3rd best burger is just across the road from my apartment in Barcelona. It’s the first place I’ve been where they make the buns, pickles, mayo and mustard all in house. Incredibly delicious.

 

[David61]

A little bit of a diversion. I am currently staying with a friend in Wales while my house is seriously renovated. A pub in the village offers a massive hamburger - 4 4oz patties plus bacon and cheese on a bun. Not exactly haute cuisine but very satisfying after a day of lugging furniture in and out of a van!

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The creaking noise you can hear is my arteries hardening as I look at the pic

 

[Bradypus]

The creaking noise you can hear is my arteries hardening as I look at the pic

I can believe it. I had just spent a week packing up and transporting a house full of furniture and other junk into long term storage. Had built up quite an appetite. It wouldn't be my first choice every day but it worked well then!

 

[RJM]

I seldom eat red meat and agree that McDonald’s will not ever be considered for best hamburger, but I worked at McDonald’s as a kid and so I try McDonald’s in every country I visit. Having worked for an airline for 19 years I’ve been to a few. There’s that thought that McDonald’s is the same wherever you go however only once has it tasted the same as the United States.
Ironically it was years ago I was walking into Burgos. This was before the river route was as established as it is now and a local sent me the concrete jungle way into town. There’s a McDonalds at the edge of Burgos I stopped at that the burger tasted exactly the same as the US (For the first time ever). And it was absolutely delicious!!!
Just goes to show that familiarity and fatigue can play a part in how good something seems.

I stopped and ate at that one, too.
I was starving. All I had for breakfast that morning was the usual nutritionally flimsy coffee and toast and later a protein bar are the area of the military reservation up on the hill before you walk down into the city. I got the typical combo meal with fries and a coke. Scarfed it down and happily marched across Burgos with renewed energy from the grease and fat and sugar and stayed at the big municipal.
As the old saying goes, hunger is the best sauce.

 

[wisepilgrim]

Well the votes have been cast and counted, and if you want the best burger on the Camino you’ll have to get to walking the Camino da Geira. Make time to eat in A Estrada.

Ni en Santiago ni en Bertamiráns: la mejor hamburguesa de España está en A Estrada

Ha sido la única hamburguesa hecha en Galicia que se ha colado entre las quince finalistas del reconocido concurso gastronómico

www.elcorreogallego.es

 

[peregrina2000]

Well the votes have been cast and counted, and if you want the best burger on the Camino you’ll have to get to walking the Camino da Geira. Make time to eat in A Estrada.

Ni en Santiago ni en Bertamiráns: la mejor hamburguesa de España está en A Estrada

Ha sido la única hamburguesa hecha en Galicia que se ha colado entre las quince finalistas del reconocido concurso gastronómico

www.elcorreogallego.es

This is maybe not the most compelling reason to walk the Geira, but I would definitely try to get there if I walk again. But if past is prologue, the business at the winning places increases to the breaking point, so I imagine you will have to stand on line to enjoy this burger. There’s a very nice pedestrian street in A Estrada, with lots of tapas bars, but this place is not on it. But it is very close to the square where the ayuntamiento has a pilgrim statue, which was masked when I walked by.

I’ll bet the lines will be a lot shorter at the three places in Santiago that were in the competition — Singulario, Sume and Sabroso. Sume is right on Rua Franco, while the other two are closer to the Plaza Roja and the modern commercial area. Maybe forum members can weigh in on those options!