WHAT'S REALLY FOOD?

i know red hook is famous for, like, ikea, lobster rolls, key lime pie, and failed attempts at gentrification but did you know about this place hope & anchor??  i didn’t, until i googled something like “red hook burger” yesterday.   for a second, it’s got an old-timey diner vibe but is actually filled with the kind of people who truly believe red hook is part of “south brooklyn” and the radio was set to the pandora station for “feist - mushaboom.”  so you’re, like, uh i didn’t come here to see the high-waisted jeans and asymmetrical haircut parade.  but then you get your food and it’s like the finn & rachel kiss from glee last week.  i didn’t say that. we initially ordered the pork burger, which allegedly came with cheddar and apple relish (!!!).  JUST KIDDING THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANYMORE.  the (totally cute) server gave us some shoddy excuse about how their supplier doesn’t have pork anymore and he only works breakfast but no one seems to order it and uhhhh yeah no pork ever again.  whatever, don’t care, take your cute-glasses-haircut excuses elsewhere.  we definitely heard like 9 other people try to order the pork burger and get totally disappointed. what we did get was totally insane and amazing though.  first, mac and cheese fitters.  DEEP-FRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE.  dipped in horseradish foam sauce (marcel from top chef).  eat six of these alone and you may die.  the lamb burger came next, which killed any lingering resentment about the lack of pork.  holy shit, like…lamb and red peppers and feta and curry mayo and black olive bread and a single piece of mushroom (?).  amazing, perfectly cooked, i wanted ten more.  it’s initially a little bland but adding the curry mayo made everything perfect.  food science or something?  we also got a regular burger, but that’s being saved for a different entry (edge of your seats, i know!).  the burgers come with fries which were described as “famous” but were definitely some from some freezer package origins.  i thought they were good because they were salty but i know when i’m eating mcdonald’s fries.  don’t lie. dessert was a rice krispy treat with a white chocolate base.  weird and stale, sorry!  i also got something called an ice box cake, which one guy simply called “chocolate pudding” but it’s something else entirely.  remember that entry from moto where i screamed about chocolate pudding for a while?  i’m about to do that again.  WHAT IS THIS?!  chocolate pudding is some misleading nonsense and is maybe meant to keep desserts like this a secret.  this thing came in a metal bowl, was covered in homemade whipped cream, and had flaky-delicious-graham-cracker dough at the bottom.  in the middle was the pudding, which was a lot like that moto version.  i think i called that one “cold-chocolate-mousse-brownie-fudge-bowl.”  pretty accurate! by the way, this place is real cheap so stop being lazy and shlep over from the smith-9th st or carroll st stops.  i’ll come with you and you can pay.i know red hook is famous for, like, ikea, lobster rolls, key lime pie, and failed attempts at gentrification but did you know about this place hope & anchor??  i didn’t, until i googled something like “red hook burger” yesterday.   for a second, it’s got an old-timey diner vibe but is actually filled with the kind of people who truly believe red hook is part of “south brooklyn” and the radio was set to the pandora station for “feist - mushaboom.”  so you’re, like, uh i didn’t come here to see the high-waisted jeans and asymmetrical haircut parade.  but then you get your food and it’s like the finn & rachel kiss from glee last week.  i didn’t say that. we initially ordered the pork burger, which allegedly came with cheddar and apple relish (!!!).  JUST KIDDING THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANYMORE.  the (totally cute) server gave us some shoddy excuse about how their supplier doesn’t have pork anymore and he only works breakfast but no one seems to order it and uhhhh yeah no pork ever again.  whatever, don’t care, take your cute-glasses-haircut excuses elsewhere.  we definitely heard like 9 other people try to order the pork burger and get totally disappointed. what we did get was totally insane and amazing though.  first, mac and cheese fitters.  DEEP-FRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE.  dipped in horseradish foam sauce (marcel from top chef).  eat six of these alone and you may die.  the lamb burger came next, which killed any lingering resentment about the lack of pork.  holy shit, like…lamb and red peppers and feta and curry mayo and black olive bread and a single piece of mushroom (?).  amazing, perfectly cooked, i wanted ten more.  it’s initially a little bland but adding the curry mayo made everything perfect.  food science or something?  we also got a regular burger, but that’s being saved for a different entry (edge of your seats, i know!).  the burgers come with fries which were described as “famous” but were definitely some from some freezer package origins.  i thought they were good because they were salty but i know when i’m eating mcdonald’s fries.  don’t lie. dessert was a rice krispy treat with a white chocolate base.  weird and stale, sorry!  i also got something called an ice box cake, which one guy simply called “chocolate pudding” but it’s something else entirely.  remember that entry from moto where i screamed about chocolate pudding for a while?  i’m about to do that again.  WHAT IS THIS?!  chocolate pudding is some misleading nonsense and is maybe meant to keep desserts like this a secret.  this thing came in a metal bowl, was covered in homemade whipped cream, and had flaky-delicious-graham-cracker dough at the bottom.  in the middle was the pudding, which was a lot like that moto version.  i think i called that one “cold-chocolate-mousse-brownie-fudge-bowl.”  pretty accurate! by the way, this place is real cheap so stop being lazy and shlep over from the smith-9th st or carroll st stops.  i’ll come with you and you can pay.i know red hook is famous for, like, ikea, lobster rolls, key lime pie, and failed attempts at gentrification but did you know about this place hope & anchor??  i didn’t, until i googled something like “red hook burger” yesterday.   for a second, it’s got an old-timey diner vibe but is actually filled with the kind of people who truly believe red hook is part of “south brooklyn” and the radio was set to the pandora station for “feist - mushaboom.”  so you’re, like, uh i didn’t come here to see the high-waisted jeans and asymmetrical haircut parade.  but then you get your food and it’s like the finn & rachel kiss from glee last week.  i didn’t say that. we initially ordered the pork burger, which allegedly came with cheddar and apple relish (!!!).  JUST KIDDING THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANYMORE.  the (totally cute) server gave us some shoddy excuse about how their supplier doesn’t have pork anymore and he only works breakfast but no one seems to order it and uhhhh yeah no pork ever again.  whatever, don’t care, take your cute-glasses-haircut excuses elsewhere.  we definitely heard like 9 other people try to order the pork burger and get totally disappointed. what we did get was totally insane and amazing though.  first, mac and cheese fitters.  DEEP-FRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE.  dipped in horseradish foam sauce (marcel from top chef).  eat six of these alone and you may die.  the lamb burger came next, which killed any lingering resentment about the lack of pork.  holy shit, like…lamb and red peppers and feta and curry mayo and black olive bread and a single piece of mushroom (?).  amazing, perfectly cooked, i wanted ten more.  it’s initially a little bland but adding the curry mayo made everything perfect.  food science or something?  we also got a regular burger, but that’s being saved for a different entry (edge of your seats, i know!).  the burgers come with fries which were described as “famous” but were definitely some from some freezer package origins.  i thought they were good because they were salty but i know when i’m eating mcdonald’s fries.  don’t lie. dessert was a rice krispy treat with a white chocolate base.  weird and stale, sorry!  i also got something called an ice box cake, which one guy simply called “chocolate pudding” but it’s something else entirely.  remember that entry from moto where i screamed about chocolate pudding for a while?  i’m about to do that again.  WHAT IS THIS?!  chocolate pudding is some misleading nonsense and is maybe meant to keep desserts like this a secret.  this thing came in a metal bowl, was covered in homemade whipped cream, and had flaky-delicious-graham-cracker dough at the bottom.  in the middle was the pudding, which was a lot like that moto version.  i think i called that one “cold-chocolate-mousse-brownie-fudge-bowl.”  pretty accurate! by the way, this place is real cheap so stop being lazy and shlep over from the smith-9th st or carroll st stops.  i’ll come with you and you can pay.i know red hook is famous for, like, ikea, lobster rolls, key lime pie, and failed attempts at gentrification but did you know about this place hope & anchor??  i didn’t, until i googled something like “red hook burger” yesterday.   for a second, it’s got an old-timey diner vibe but is actually filled with the kind of people who truly believe red hook is part of “south brooklyn” and the radio was set to the pandora station for “feist - mushaboom.”  so you’re, like, uh i didn’t come here to see the high-waisted jeans and asymmetrical haircut parade.  but then you get your food and it’s like the finn & rachel kiss from glee last week.  i didn’t say that. we initially ordered the pork burger, which allegedly came with cheddar and apple relish (!!!).  JUST KIDDING THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANYMORE.  the (totally cute) server gave us some shoddy excuse about how their supplier doesn’t have pork anymore and he only works breakfast but no one seems to order it and uhhhh yeah no pork ever again.  whatever, don’t care, take your cute-glasses-haircut excuses elsewhere.  we definitely heard like 9 other people try to order the pork burger and get totally disappointed. what we did get was totally insane and amazing though.  first, mac and cheese fitters.  DEEP-FRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE.  dipped in horseradish foam sauce (marcel from top chef).  eat six of these alone and you may die.  the lamb burger came next, which killed any lingering resentment about the lack of pork.  holy shit, like…lamb and red peppers and feta and curry mayo and black olive bread and a single piece of mushroom (?).  amazing, perfectly cooked, i wanted ten more.  it’s initially a little bland but adding the curry mayo made everything perfect.  food science or something?  we also got a regular burger, but that’s being saved for a different entry (edge of your seats, i know!).  the burgers come with fries which were described as “famous” but were definitely some from some freezer package origins.  i thought they were good because they were salty but i know when i’m eating mcdonald’s fries.  don’t lie. dessert was a rice krispy treat with a white chocolate base.  weird and stale, sorry!  i also got something called an ice box cake, which one guy simply called “chocolate pudding” but it’s something else entirely.  remember that entry from moto where i screamed about chocolate pudding for a while?  i’m about to do that again.  WHAT IS THIS?!  chocolate pudding is some misleading nonsense and is maybe meant to keep desserts like this a secret.  this thing came in a metal bowl, was covered in homemade whipped cream, and had flaky-delicious-graham-cracker dough at the bottom.  in the middle was the pudding, which was a lot like that moto version.  i think i called that one “cold-chocolate-mousse-brownie-fudge-bowl.”  pretty accurate! by the way, this place is real cheap so stop being lazy and shlep over from the smith-9th st or carroll st stops.  i’ll come with you and you can pay.i know red hook is famous for, like, ikea, lobster rolls, key lime pie, and failed attempts at gentrification but did you know about this place hope & anchor??  i didn’t, until i googled something like “red hook burger” yesterday.   for a second, it’s got an old-timey diner vibe but is actually filled with the kind of people who truly believe red hook is part of “south brooklyn” and the radio was set to the pandora station for “feist - mushaboom.”  so you’re, like, uh i didn’t come here to see the high-waisted jeans and asymmetrical haircut parade.  but then you get your food and it’s like the finn & rachel kiss from glee last week.  i didn’t say that. we initially ordered the pork burger, which allegedly came with cheddar and apple relish (!!!).  JUST KIDDING THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANYMORE.  the (totally cute) server gave us some shoddy excuse about how their supplier doesn’t have pork anymore and he only works breakfast but no one seems to order it and uhhhh yeah no pork ever again.  whatever, don’t care, take your cute-glasses-haircut excuses elsewhere.  we definitely heard like 9 other people try to order the pork burger and get totally disappointed. what we did get was totally insane and amazing though.  first, mac and cheese fitters.  DEEP-FRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE.  dipped in horseradish foam sauce (marcel from top chef).  eat six of these alone and you may die.  the lamb burger came next, which killed any lingering resentment about the lack of pork.  holy shit, like…lamb and red peppers and feta and curry mayo and black olive bread and a single piece of mushroom (?).  amazing, perfectly cooked, i wanted ten more.  it’s initially a little bland but adding the curry mayo made everything perfect.  food science or something?  we also got a regular burger, but that’s being saved for a different entry (edge of your seats, i know!).  the burgers come with fries which were described as “famous” but were definitely some from some freezer package origins.  i thought they were good because they were salty but i know when i’m eating mcdonald’s fries.  don’t lie. dessert was a rice krispy treat with a white chocolate base.  weird and stale, sorry!  i also got something called an ice box cake, which one guy simply called “chocolate pudding” but it’s something else entirely.  remember that entry from moto where i screamed about chocolate pudding for a while?  i’m about to do that again.  WHAT IS THIS?!  chocolate pudding is some misleading nonsense and is maybe meant to keep desserts like this a secret.  this thing came in a metal bowl, was covered in homemade whipped cream, and had flaky-delicious-graham-cracker dough at the bottom.  in the middle was the pudding, which was a lot like that moto version.  i think i called that one “cold-chocolate-mousse-brownie-fudge-bowl.”  pretty accurate! by the way, this place is real cheap so stop being lazy and shlep over from the smith-9th st or carroll st stops.  i’ll come with you and you can pay.

i know red hook is famous for, like, ikea, lobster rolls, key lime pie, and failed attempts at gentrification but did you know about this place hope & anchor??  i didn’t, until i googled something like “red hook burger” yesterday.  

for a second, it’s got an old-timey diner vibe but is actually filled with the kind of people who truly believe red hook is part of “south brooklyn” and the radio was set to the pandora station for “feist - mushaboom.”  so you’re, like, uh i didn’t come here to see the high-waisted jeans and asymmetrical haircut parade.  but then you get your food and it’s like the finn & rachel kiss from glee last week.  i didn’t say that.

we initially ordered the pork burger, which allegedly came with cheddar and apple relish (!!!).  JUST KIDDING THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANYMORE.  the (totally cute) server gave us some shoddy excuse about how their supplier doesn’t have pork anymore and he only works breakfast but no one seems to order it and uhhhh yeah no pork ever again.  whatever, don’t care, take your cute-glasses-haircut excuses elsewhere.  we definitely heard like 9 other people try to order the pork burger and get totally disappointed.

what we did get was totally insane and amazing though.  first, mac and cheese fitters.  DEEP-FRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE.  dipped in horseradish foam sauce (marcel from top chef).  eat six of these alone and you may die.  the lamb burger came next, which killed any lingering resentment about the lack of pork.  holy shit, like…lamb and red peppers and feta and curry mayo and black olive bread and a single piece of mushroom (?).  amazing, perfectly cooked, i wanted ten more.  it’s initially a little bland but adding the curry mayo made everything perfect.  food science or something?  we also got a regular burger, but that’s being saved for a different entry (edge of your seats, i know!).  the burgers come with fries which were described as “famous” but were definitely some from some freezer package origins.  i thought they were good because they were salty but i know when i’m eating mcdonald’s fries.  don’t lie.

dessert was a rice krispy treat with a white chocolate base.  weird and stale, sorry!  i also got something called an ice box cake, which one guy simply called “chocolate pudding” but it’s something else entirely.  remember that entry from moto where i screamed about chocolate pudding for a while?  i’m about to do that again.  WHAT IS THIS?!  chocolate pudding is some misleading nonsense and is maybe meant to keep desserts like this a secret.  this thing came in a metal bowl, was covered in homemade whipped cream, and had flaky-delicious-graham-cracker dough at the bottom.  in the middle was the pudding, which was a lot like that moto version.  i think i called that one “cold-chocolate-mousse-brownie-fudge-bowl.”  pretty accurate!

by the way, this place is real cheap so stop being lazy and shlep over from the smith-9th st or carroll st stops.  i’ll come with you and you can pay.

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