Can you tell in Thailand the difference between a beef or pork hamburger?

[umbanda]

I like a good beef hamburger, and not from US chains like McDonalds or Burger KIng, but here I am not sure if some places indicating on the menus using beef are not using pork meat instead... How to tell the difference?... taste, color, texture, ???? Where in Chiang Mai I can have a 100% beef hamburger?

[Windhorse]

https://www.facebook.com/mediteranean.kitchen here it looks like you get a great burger..

it is a bit out in the sticks but worthwhile to find

[RichCor]

Are we talking about the gristle that is offered as 'beef' here, usually with added 'filler', or actual imported Australian or New Zealand Beef? Though I must admit I haven't tried the beef raised locally by CMU.

Unfortunately I refuse to pay the price required to get an actual hamburger, so haven't personally tried The Dukes Grill & Bar (on Chang Klan Rd - Night Bazaar) or even Loco Elvis’ Mexican Food that also serves burgers and fries.

[AloisAmrein]

Both the same shit in Thailand, as the pizzas and Italian food. Thais have no idea how to prepare western food, even in most restaurants with farang owners, because the owners are not able to teach the Thai staff. I love Italian food, but in in Thailand I not even think about it, they are even not able to prepare a good spaghetti or pizza.

[DogNo1]

I think that some places mix beef, pork and filler together. I live in Tokyo half the year and it's commonly done in so called "family" restaurants here.

[GaryB1263]

I can tell the difference for sure. Thai beef is not very good.

[boonchu]

If it takes about an hour to chew then you know its beef.

[meatboy]

the difference is,a hamburger is pork,and a beefburger is beef. easy to make your own,nice big burger buns at makro.

[Boyce]

I make my own pork burgers , i don't like the beef in Thailand there's no taste to it for the price you pay .

I only make around ten a week just , it only takes me about 15 mins to make them and i know there fresh and what goes in them, not like the beef one's at Makro witch taste very strong taste ,and have a horrible texture.

[AyG]

the difference is,a hamburger is pork,and a beefburger is beef. easy to make your own,nice big burger buns at makro.

Not really. Hamburger is from "Hamburg steak", Hamburg being a city in Germany, and a Hamburg steak being chopped beef shaped into a patty. The "ham" doesn't refer to the meat. The term originated in the early 20th century. Subsequently the term "beefburger" was invented to make the meat more explicit.

I find home made beefburgers using Thai beef to be perfectly acceptable, though I wouldn't ever bother with a regular Thai beef steak. I do like to add a bit of pork fat for moistness, though.

[AyG]

I do like to add a bit of pork fat for moistness, though.

I understand that McDonald's uses cow udders (which are fatty) in their burgers for the same purpose.

[elgenon]

Miguels. 3 locations.

[elgenon]

UN Irish Pub is pretty good. Ratwitchi.

[techboy]

Yes. The beef tastes like beef and the pork like pork. You want a top of the line burger go to The Duke's. A bit pricy but they feed you well.

[ardsong]

it is quiet easy to find the difference!

If you push on the **burger, you listen:

- when you hear booooaa , it is a beefburger

- when you hear knorr, it is a hamburger.

enjoy you meal.

[mok199]

the pork burger will cry ''moooo''when you bite into it while the beef will say ''' oink oink''...made in thailand..if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it must be a chicken

[Utley]

"Can you tell in Thailand the difference between a beef or pork hamburger?"

Yes; in Thailand the good tasting hamburgers are pork, the bad tasting hamburgers are beef.

[ggt]

How do you know it is not dog or rabbit meat...this is Thailand...

[misterphil]

Its not beef or pork, its dog.

[unclueng]

I used to buy beef at a local market and ground it at home, made patties, and froze it. About 3 years ago the price of beef went up. I can now by frozen ground beef at MAKRO for about the same price. As far as quality Thai beef is tough not good for steaks or roasts; except beef tenderloin. However, the ground beef is no different than the ground beef in USA super markets. Great for hamburgers, meat balls, chili, and meat loaf.

[unclueng]

the difference is,a hamburger is pork,and a beefburger is beef. easy to make your own,nice big burger buns at makro.

In the USA a "hamburger" is beef.

[muffy]

Thai French beef is very good .

[kovaltech]

for a laugh...

To tell the difference between beef and porc i use the following trick....

when still rare stick a fork in it... if the burger reacts with "Mhoo", then its porc ( remember we are in Thailand ;-)

and to rare to eat...

[Greg Nixon]

Grind your own beef steak and get a hamburger you can be sure of. Also the condiments and bun can be controlled.

[Greg Nixon]

I find Nong Sung beef to be of excellent quality as it is strictly grass fed and the quality is controlled. There is an outlet in Nong Sung and in Mukdahan.

[Pungdo]

At Makro they will mince a piece of Beef of your choice, if you ask them nicely.

I was making Beef pies for a while and that's what I was doing, selecting a piece of meat and having them mince it, that way you get to decide what is in it and how much fat is in it as well, you need some, or it will be too dry tasting.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Pungdo

[belg]

you will never know

low quality of anything, mixed together with a lot of sugar, sauce , nice MSG to raise the taste of the cardboard, some greasy mayo and some "secret" herbs & spices

[GAZZPA]

Thai beef is very poor, no flavour at all, it also has a strange almost jelly like texture, in short rubbish. So, fi you are eating a "beef burger" made of thai beef then forget it, have a chicken burger instead. If you can buy using Australian beef well then thats completely different as Australian beef at it s best is some of the best beef in the world..

i personally make my own burgers using decent beef, that way I know what I am eating and it always tastes like beef.

At the end of the day I find most western food (not just fast food) is pretty poor in Thailand. There are a few exceptions but generally they are very expensive and a very occasional treat. So, if you want to mix your diet between western and Thai more frequently you either pay more or make it yourself.

[GAZZPA]

the difference is,a hamburger is pork,and a beefburger is beef. easy to make your own,nice big burger buns at makro.

In the USA a "hamburger" is beef.

What? How can a "ham"burger be made of beef. Are you sure you got this right?

No wonder the OP is confused if they don't even know the difference in the US,, the "home" of the beef burger...

[meatboy]

Thai beef is very poor, no flavour at all, it also has a strange almost jelly like texture, in short rubbish. So, fi you are eating a "beef burger" made of thai beef then forget it, have a chicken burger instead. If you can buy using Australian beef well then thats completely different as Australian beef at it s best is some of the best beef in the world..

i personally make my own burgers using decent beef, that way I know what I am eating and it always tastes like beef.

At the end of the day I find most western food (not just fast food) is pretty poor in Thailand. There are a few exceptions but generally they are very expensive and a very occasional treat. So, if you want to mix your diet between western and Thai more frequently you either pay more or make it yourself.

havnt you ever heard of PON-YANG-KHAM beef co-operative,try it you will be surprised and half the price of aus.beef.