Michael Goldman
BP 157
Velingara, Senegal, West Africa

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

I Ate a Hamburger

So I ate a hamburger.

This was not like a hamburger in the states.  no this was much much different.

The other day I past by a restaurant looking place and asked the man inside about what he has.  on the wall there is a menu, so because this is senegal, I didnt believe everything on the menu.  I asked him "do you have pizza?" "no" chwarama? no. ice cream? no, hamburgers? yes.  so hamburgers it was!  after waiting an hour, with the lovely miss honnick we got our hamburgers.  the bun was delicious and sweet about 8 inches in diameter. (thats a pretty big bun) it was at least 3 inches thick maybe 4.  the top bun was hollowed out and ketchup and mayonaise was smeared inside.  then frenchfries were added to fill the gap in the hollowed out bun.  onions and tomatos were then added as well as more ketchup and mayonaise.  the meat of the hamburger needed some serious work.  it was about a centimeter thick and 3 inches around.  but it was fried with 2 eggs.  It was a delicious sandwich.  and for only 1000 cfa (2 dollars US) American burgers aint got nothin on it.  the only down side to the restaurant is the lack of beer, and air conditioning.  I give it 4/5 stars.

I plan on going to this restaurant more in the future and help the man with his hamburgers.  although it was delicious, it woul dbe nice to eat a real hamburger.  for Velingara style hamburgers, it is probably the best in the city (and maybe the only one in the city

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