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Asian Pork Burgers with Kimchi

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Asian Pork Burgers with Kimchi


I was lunching with my friend, restaurant critic Brian Ries of Creative Loafing, and he asked me what I thought of area burger joints.  The truth is, the only burger that I ever order out is McDonald’s - mainly because my boys must. have. that. stupid. toy.  Never mind that sometimes the inattentive cashier stuffs pinktutugirly toys in their Happy Meal, …as if she struggled determining the sex of 2 little crew-cut tots wearing highlighter green shirts with massive dump trucks emblazoned  with the words “HAUL IT.”

Clearly, she must have passed out from utter boredom during McD’s Happy Meal toy selection training.

But can you imagine the sheer delight of my boys when they discovered that instead of  blue stupiduselessplasticjunk, they got the PINK stupiduselessplasticjunk!?!?

Of course, what do my boys first?

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