The most unusual burgers of our time

According to Wikipedia, the world got its first burger in 1900 thanks to a man in America named Louis Lassen, a Danish immigrant, owner of Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. Since the time the burger rose to fame at the St Louis World’s Fair in 1904, there have a been a number of rival claims that date back to 1834. But to the burger aficionado of this time, it hardly matters who created the first burger — they’ve changed a lot since then, perhaps so much that even Lassen may not recognise them.

For one there’s a humongous variety of patties — beef, turkey, mutton, chicken, buffalo, bison meat and even ostrich and deer meat. Not to forget, vegetable patties too, made with tofu, wheat gluten, quorn, beans, grains or an assortment of vegetables, ground up and mashed into patties. The sauces, spice,condiments, buns, fillings, salads and cheese also vary.

But some variations are more unusual than the others. Take a look.

Ramen Burger
ID: An all-beef patty, sandwiched between two ramen noodle buns. It’s garnished with a secret Shoyu sauce, arugula and green onions. The flavour is a salty-sweet combination, but the texture of the buns is what makes this burger so enticing.

Where on one hand you had the world sit up and take notice of the long queues for a new treat called cronut, in Brooklyn, another line was forming to try another innovation. This one was for the Ramen Burger, the newest craze to take over the New York food scene.

Creator of the burger Keizo Shimamoto introduced it for the first time at the ongoing Brooklyn Flea Food Market Smorgasburg. Those flying to NY can probably stop by to try it, as Shimamoto plans to serve them every Saturday.

Cronut Burger
ID: A hamburger made with an all-beef patty, a doughnut made from croissant pastry, and a condiment called maple bacon jam.

A creation of the Epic burgers, the cronut burgers debuted at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada, last month, to mixed reviews. However, soon after the media hype came the frenzy, when at least 150 people reported to have become sick after eating the cronut burger. And after that, we haven’t heard of them much.

Pizza Burger
ID: It is made of 400g grilled beef burger patties with gherkin pickles, onions and a special cheese blend seasoned with meat sauce, ketchup and mustard.

An experimental dish, the pizza burger, Megaburgerpizza, was created by Japan’s Pizza Little Party and weighs in at 1.2kgs. It is being rolled out for a limited time only, available from September 1 until November 22

Cheeseburger in a can
ID: Marketed primarily to German campers on ebay and delivered only within Germany.

According to a taste test by AVclub.com, it’s a good thing that they don’t deliver to our country. Hope you figured what this means!

Cupcake Burgers
ID: Burgers in disguise!

Now this one appears to be a blogger’s creation, and you find a lot of DIY guides to create these online.

Crave Burger
ID: A hamburger or cheeseburger nestled between two glazed doughnuts.

According to legend, singer and record producer Luther Vandross invented this savoury-sweet gut buster, which you can find at various spots around the US, including the Crave Burger chain in Colorado and a Los Angeles food truck called Flatiron.