Where’s the Beef?

the tablehopper | 12:13 pm | September 4, 2009 | Foodie 411, Mission

Mission Burger | photo credit Jared Zimmerman

You just can’t stop Anthony Myint and Mission Street Food. MSF has launched Mission Burger inside the Duc Loi supermarket, yes, in the Mission. What this means for you is a mighty delicious beef or vegan burger, plus fries, starting at noon daily (except Thursday, which is a Mission Street Food day) and possibly running until 2pm or 3pm or so.

According to their site, here’s more on your options: the beef burger is 1/3 lb. of aged Harris Ranch brisket, short rib, and chuck, granulated* and seared in beef fat (beeftastic!). It’s served with Monterey jack, caramelized onion, and caper aioli on a griddled Acme bun ($8). The vegan burger ($7) features a maitake, shiitake, roasted kale, edamame, scallion, sesame seed, and fava-chickpea patty, and is served with avocado and miso “mayo” (they are using seaweed instead of egg yolks) on a griddled Acme bun. Fries are $2. There isn’t a place to eat it, so be prepared to stand there or eat it on a milk crate.

• 2200 Mission St. at 18th St.

*About that granulation, here’s what MSF says on the site: “granulation is our term for the process popularized by Heston Blumenthal, a Michelin 3-star chef based in London. Blumenthal combines strands of ground meat to create a loosely grained “meat column” (not Blumenthal’s phrase), then slices the column into patties. The result is, well, a delicacy.”

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