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My sister has been raving about Fukuburger for months now and swearing to drag me to it whenever I was back in Vegas. Needless to say, I had my first taste this weekend and I am definitely a fan.
When you walk up, there's music blazing. The staff that took our order were standing on buckets- three girls all taking one order, but being very "asian" in the perky, happy, kind of way. When my sister and I tipped, they screamed, "tip jelly" and offered a bucket of jelly candies from which you could pick one. It's a little scary on a drunken night with no forewarning, but lively, nonetheless. It must keep folks entertained when the crowds swarm. Luckily for us, we either just missed a crowd or just beat one because we didn't wait for long.
They have 6 offerings, 5 burgers and 1 chicken katsu, as well as specials, one of which was the naga-dog. I ordered the karai (spicy burger). My boyfriend ordered the buta (pig burger). My sister went for the naga dog. (We had two others with us, but I was drunk and didn't bother asking them what they got.)
We all ordered fries with our food and took our bags of foil-wrapped goodies back to my sister's place to chow down on the living room floor.
I'll be honest, the use of pickled ginger worried me but it's a well-planned, inspiring addition to the list of burger condiments. All of the food was delicious- traditional enough to still be a straight up good burger, but inspired enough with fusion flavorings to be noticed and appreciate. In fact, it was so good, we were all pissed off that we inhaled everything so quickly.
Prices are reasonable, $5 per burger. I think I could go for them being a bit bigger... or I could just not be dumb and order more than one? The fries portion, however, could definitely be bumped up. I barely ate three with the delicious sauce and realized my basket was almost empty!
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