L.A. throwdowns?

Foundry's chef challenges Father's Office to L.A. burger throwdown.

LA Weekly has a story on one chef challenging another to a burger battle. I think this will be the start of a local trend -- in food, and maybe to other areas as well. One local straight-up challenges another for supremacy, much like Iron Chef.

“Because he’s got the best burger, and if you want to be the best, you’ve got to challenge the best,” says Greenspan, who contends that his hamburger is as good if not better than Yoon’s celebrated burger and is willing to put it to the test — for local glory and a charity to be named.

The Father’s Office burger is a near-legendary construction, built from a burger (dry-aged beef), arugula, bacon, a combination of Gruyère and bleu cheeses, onion jam, and a French roll.

Greenspan’s take? A burger (80/20 beef, not aged), Cheddar cheese, oven-dried tomatoes, arugula, homemade mayo, tamarind-caramelized onions, bacon-pineapple relish and a King’s Hawaiian bread bun. The secret ingredient in Greenspan’s burger? Lard. “For extra juiciness; it seemed like the right thing to do.”