Fatz’s

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På en innergård fem minuters promenad från Koenjis tågstation en bit utanför Shinjuku i Tokyo ligger Fatz’s, som är en liten restaurang med åtta sittplatser. Bakom disken står ägaren Jon Levin, född i Tokyo av amerikanska föräldrar och en passionerad burgarälskare. I sann amerikansk stil och med en bred östkustsdialekt förkunnar han att vi aldrig kommer hitta en bättre burgare i Japan.

Från menyn fick vi välja bröd, storlek på burgare och vad vi ville ha på den. Vi körde vanligt hamburgerbröd, en 120-gramsburgare, lök, ost, avokado och honungssenap.

Vi serverades en kärleksfullt tillagad burgare med mjukt, varmt bröd. Och vi fick äntligen köttet medium rare, något som hör till ovanligheten i Japan! Jon vet vad han gör. Fatz’s Burger serverar kanske inte Japans allra bästa burgare, men den håller helt klart väldigt hög klass. Betyget blir en stark fyra och en varm rekommendation.

In English

Fatz’s is a small burger joint with only 8 seats, located near the Koenji train station just outside Shinjuku in Tokyo. The owner, Jon Levin, was born in Tokyo by american parents and in true american manners he told us we would never get a better burger in Japan. Okay, so this was maybe not the best burger ever in Japan, but it was really good. And we finally got a medium rare patty. We highly recommend a visit when in Tokyo.

Adress

Koenjikita, 3 Chome−21−19, Tokyo Japan

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Uppdatering mars 2019:
Fatz’s har stängt och har i stället öppnat Fatz’s The San Franciscan. Du kan läsa recensionen här.

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The burger was sloppily assembled and covered in sauce when it arrived. The two smashed patties, made from Swedish chuck, had a lightly grilled flavour, but they’d been pressed too hard and had a compact, chewy texture. The beef was also oversalted and tasted really dull. In contrast, the burger sauce, onions and, strangely enough, even the pickles were very sweet, and none of the flavours worked particularly well together. The lettuce had been placed underneath the beef, where the heat had turned it translucent and limp. The sesame bun had been coloured yellow with turmeric and grilled hard on the outside in a sandwich press, while the inside was left almost completely untoasted. This made it soggy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. The result was a messy burger with poorly handled beef at an outrageously high price. The fries were at least okay and the portion was very filling, but that was the only positive part of the meal.

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