Pilgrimage to In-N-Out

Every time we come to the US, we make at least one trip to In-N-Out, a fast-food joint popular in California and beyond. Today, driving through Fairfield, California, a small town just east of San Francisco, we made our annual pilgrimage to the Best of the Best.

This is going to sound like advertising for In-N-Out (and come to think of it, I should get something for this), but I'm crazy about their hamburgers. Everything is made fresh, nothing is frozen. Even the potatos are cut right in front of you, which is probably one of the reason the fries at least don't taste as good as McDonald's, whose fries are laden with yummy flavourings (allegedly). But their burgers, hmmmm....

In-N-Outs are always packed. The queue of cars lining up for their drive-thru's typically block other businesses and spill out onto the streets, blocking traffic. Inside is a study of mad efficiency. Burgers are made on an assembly line that would make Henry Ford proud.

We ordered a hamburger and a cheeseburger, and 2 fries and it cost us US$ 6.50 (around EUR 4.00). So friggin' cheap!!!

I want to open my own In-N-Out joint in Holland. Problem is, with the higher cost of labor, it would cost twice as much! And come to think of it, how many drive-thru's are there in Holland?

Damn, I love those burgers.