The Wong Burger

Ok, I know the food I write about on this blog would not really be categorised as gourmet food but this post is really moving as far away from gourmet food as you could possibly get.

Let me start by saying that if you are into health foods and treating your body like a temple then you should really click to another page right now.

My friend in work, Jimmy Wong, told us all a story about how, when he was a young whipper snipper at school, he ‘invented’ the Wong Burger. Now it would be fair to say that Jimmy Wong loves his food and because he works out he gets to eat an inordinate amount of food. These days he has a lovely wife who is a great cook and makes him the most delicious smelling lunches (I’m always hinting for a taste). Anyways, back to the school days. Back then Jimmy had very little money and a huge appetite. When it came time to buy lunch it was all about quantity (no mention of quality). So young Jimmy came up with the idea of asking the nice ladies who worked in the canteen for his sausage roll to be served in a hot dog bun as there always seemed to be an abundance of these so they would give them for free. He would then smother the whole lot in free tomato sauce (the free bit seems to have been very important back then).

It appears that after Jimmy left the school the ‘Wong Burger’ as he called it became very popular. More young men caught on to this trick of getting the free bun and sauce. The canteen staff spotted a way to make money out of this and added the ‘Wong Burger’ to its menu. Years later a young boy from the school walked up to Jimmy and pointed at him and getting all excited he proclaimed “You’re the guy who invented the Wong Burger”. Jimmy thought this was hilarious. He could now carry on with his life knowing that he had already left his mark for future generations of young men to enjoy.

Last week it was Jimmy’s birthday and so I took it upon myself to cater this great event with ‘Wong Burgers’. Good lord, who could handle a sausage roll in a bun. Well you would be surprised just how tasty this actually is. Although somehow I think I will leave this tasty little burger for the young guys with only a few coins in their pocket.

And now on the other side of the food spectrum - I am very excited about the upcoming Good Food Month. I have already picked out a few fancy restaurants that I want to try out the ‘Let’s do Lunch’ menu at. Funny enough not a singe one of these had the Wong Burger on the menu.