Newly Announced Maltese Donkey Burger Is Making People Feel All Kinds Of Ways
There are some outstanding burgers in Malta, but one new burger may be utilising a section of the farm that has yet to be explored – assuming it isn’t an early April Fool’s joke.
Fredy’s Diner in Qormi, the place behind chicken parmesan sloppy Joe’s and the Deep-Fried Bucket, has just announced its newest, and least domesticated, burger yet: the donkey burger.
Christian Stellini, the head chef at Fredy’s, swears this isn’t a joke.
“I invite anyone to come and taste the burger first before talking out of their “ass”,” he said to Lovin Malta.
Christian worked with a local farmer to source the donkey meat, and is rolling out the special burger tonight. It’ll cost €13.50, and comes on a bed of beetroot relish, some melted brie, and with a side of home-made dill chips.
“Donkey meat is surprisingly light, tender and tasty, though it is a very dark meat. We’ll be running the special until portions last – I think I have about 20 portions or so, if they fly off the grill I might be tempted to make it a recurring special,” he said.
And people are feeling some type of way about it:
In the off chance that you head down to Fredy’s only to find the Donkey burger doesn’t exist, make sure you get your hands on some of their in-house beef bacon.
That’s right – bacon made from beef belly.
“The beef bacon is very rich and flavourful, salty and aromatic. I cured it with my own blend of spices, sugar and salts. They were sat in a perforated dish so the excess water could drip off, and every day I transferred them onto a new one and flipped them over,” he said.
“Then I washed off the curing rub, and refrigerated them uncovered so that they could grow a pellicule around them so the smoke would stick better,” he said.
Donkey burgers and beef bacon – gotta love Easter weekend.
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