Casseblanca at Umami

365 2.0/317, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

Had intended to check out a relatively new taco bar place, called Candela Taco Bar & Lounge however, they had no hours posted on their website and when we got there, the door was open, lights were on, but there was no one working, at all. There were no customers either, really strange. Will try again some other time. So across the street to Umami we went.

Hadn't gone to Umami in a little while. Tried a new burger, the Casseblanca. Its a lamb and merguez sausage patty with pickled apricots, arugala and a pomegranite aioli. It was pretty good, the sweet tartness of the apricots was really nice against the seasoned lamb. The aioli was really good too. It added its own sweetness to the burger.

Umami Burger

Umami Burger, originally uploaded by LeandroF.

The mideast lamb burger from Umami Burger. Sonoma lamb with a honey-harrisa sauce with grilled red onions and cucumbers. The burger itself had ground onions in it as well as other various mideast spices/herbs. Really juicy, sweet, but spicy, really good.

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