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Website: http://www.sendai-burger.com
Website: http://www.sendai-burger.com
Address: 仙台市泉区中央１丁目22-1. Located on Route 35, about a three-minute walk from Izumi Subway Station.
Map: Scroll down to the bottom.
Weekdays lunch: 11:30 am – 2:45 pm.
Weekdays dinner: 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm.
Sundays and Holidays: 11:30 am – 8:30 pm.
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
A great, big “THANKS!” to blog reader Crawford who recommended this hamburger joint to me (read Comments of the Freshness Burger post). You were spot on with this, Crawford!
Upon entering, I immediately got a kick out of the American-style décor and the 50’s rock n’ roll music livening up the place. It sounded like they had stolen my iPod!
Looking at the menu you see that Kame House offers a wide selection of burgers starting at 750 yen. Crawford suggested I try the Avocado Cheeseburger with Bacon, but instead I went with just a basic hamburger. I guess it’s the picky eater in me but I really don’t care for other “stuff” on my hamburger (Sorry, Crawford). I feel a good hamburger should stand on its own laurels and not need any other “stuff” in order to make it right. I love avocado and I love bacon! But I’ve never really cared for either of those on my burgers. My twisted taste buds feel that these great singular flavors taint the wholesomeness of the burger.
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| Sure it looks like a plain, but that's all I need |
My plain, basic hamburger was good … very good! Everything tasted fresh. I tried a piece of the meat patty by itself to see if it was appetizing enough to stand on its own. This piece of patty possessed pleasant and palatable flavors! The menu states that the Kame House chefs make their meat patties from a mixture of Australian and Wagyu beef, which must be the reasoning behind this great burger.
My wife went with a BLT (750 yen), and although I didn’t get to taste it, she stated that it was really delicious! All platters come with French fries, which I think is a good value, but we also ordered some onion rings for the side (but at five for 280 yen, maybe not such a great value).
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| BLT |
The fries were cut too thin for my textural liking, but there was nothing lacking in their taste: crisp and salted to perfection. The onion rings, at first glance, didn’t seem too appetizing either, but to my surprise they were great! I hold a similar sentiment between hamburgers, fries, and onion rings: they should be flavorful enough to be enjoyed exclusively, without any needed flavor enhancers. The onion rings, like the French fries, were delightful with or without ketchup. I did find it a bit strange that they served the onion rings with a spicy salsa that, my wife and I both agreed, didn't really didn’t go well.
And since I’m complaining, another thing I didn’t like was the pickled carrot slice that was on my plate. Again, I got caught judging a book by its cover, but this time it didn't go in my favor. I thought it was just a regular, raw slice of carrot. Imagine my surprise when I bit into it and realized that it was a pickled carrot!
Hamburgers + pickles = Good!
Hamburgers + pickled carrots = No, thank you!
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| Onion Rings with weird Salsa |
This restaurant offers a point card but upon close inspection it really isn’t worth much as you have to spend at least 4200 yen before you get a 100 yen discount.
Kame House is really easy to find on foot and has two parking spaces for those who drive. If I lived in Izumi this place would definitely make my Favorites list as I would be a regular diner at this diner. I highly recommend this eatery and am looking forward to my next trip to Izumi.
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5 comments:
Loved, loved, loved it! Better than American burgers!
Anonymous, I'm glad you liked it. They are very good burgers.
But I have to kindly disagree with you.
These have nothing on In-N-Out Burgers.
Thanks for reading!
I tried this place yesterday, loved it! Unlike you I loooove thinly sliced fries so these were perfection for me lol.
Well, I did say that the fries were tasty, just too thin for my liking. I'm glad you liked them, though.
And thank you for reading!
I thought it was great. The best burger in Sendai. Unfortunately Kame House has closed. The space is now occupied by something called Brothers Boat. A "Japanese-Italian" cafe.
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