By Kaitlin Steinberg, Houston Press
This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She’ll compile a list of the 100 dishes she thinks are the most awesome, most creative and, of course, most delicious in town. It’s a list of her personal favorites, things she thinks any visitor or Houstonian ought to try at least once and dishes that seem particularly indicative of the ever-changing Houston foodscape. It’s a list to drool over.
“Look at all those veggies! They make this totally healthy!”
The Greek Burger
This is what I tell myself as I dig into my Hubcap Grill Greek Burger with reckless abandon during a hurried lunch at my desk.
“It’s OK to eat the whole thing. It’s pretty much just a Greek salad,” I think. “That’s right. Just a Greek salad smothered in ‘special mayo sauce’ atop a big, beefy burger. Totally low-cal.”
OK, so I’m delusional, but the preponderance of calories and greasy goodness in my burger (and the fact that the patty is so big it’s pretty much hiding all the green stuff) doesn’t diminish my enjoyment of it at all. I knew I couldn’t handle any of the multi-decker burgers on Hubcap’s menu, so I went with one that seemed less … less … heart attack-inducing. The Greek Burger might not be the most show-stopping number on the menu, but it’s packed with flavor and, yes, even a few veggies. If you’re into that.
The Greek Burger comes with Hubcap’s stellar freshly ground beef patty, feta cheese, kalamata olives, onions, green bell peppers, lettuce, tomatoes and that extra special mayo, which, shockingly, the Internet has not yet dissected. From what I can tell, no one seems to know what exactly is in this special mayo.
Read the full article by Kaitlin Steinberg from the Houston Press.
