{"id":28,"date":"2013-10-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tokyoburgerblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/20\/2013-7-29-golden-brown\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T02:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T02:24:34","slug":"2013-7-29-golden-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tokyoburgerblog.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Golden Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Located halfway between the Nakameguro and Ikejiri Ohashi train stations, finding Golden Brown was a lesson in Tokyo geography for me. While it’s not too far from either station, it still feels like it’s in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n

So after a 15 minute walk from Nakameguro, I finally found the weathered storefront for Golden Brown – which looked so perfectly weathered that I’m guessing it was done by a Japanese craftsmen about 3 months ago.<\/p>\n

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Inside is a very American feeling burger shop. Squeeze bottles of ketchup and mustard, a diner style water glass and the full bar that an American burger shop might’ve had before liquor licenses became unobtainable. The only non-American thing on the table is the wonderful plastic sealed hand wipe. Ah yes, we can learn a lot from the Japanese.<\/p>\n

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This is a simple burger shop serving very unpretentious fare. In that spirit, I ordered a simple cheeseburger and some unpretentious fries. The fries are decent and so is the burger. Like many Japanese burgers, though, the texture is a bit too soft and is missing the crumbly goodness of a burger from Paul’s in the East Village (sigh). The flavor of the patty and condiments are pretty good, it’s just the texture that brings it down.<\/p>\n

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Imperfect texture in relatively perfectly assembled burgers is a running theme in Tokyo. My guess is that the Japanese are so concerned with forming the perfect patty that they overhandle the burgers, thus changing the texture.\u00a0 A slightly less “perfect” patty would probably yield a better textured burger.<\/p>\n

If I lived in this area, I’m sure I would frequent Golden Brown. But as it’s not terribly convenient for me, it’s not good enough to take me this far out of my way. I believe there is another location of Golden Brown nestled somewhere within the Omotesando Hills complex, so maybe I’ll try that one some day to compare.<\/p>\n

Ambience 8\/10, Burger 6.5\/10, Fries 7\/10<\/p>\n

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