Lamb Burgers from Eleven Madison Park

Posted by Ed Levine, October 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM

[Photographs: Robyn Lee]

Lord knows we've given enough shout-outs to Eleven Madison Park lately, but I did want to mention how seriously cute and delicious chef Daniel Humm's lounge lamb burgers are. Made with spectacular and pricey Elysian Farm lamb and served with house-made pickles, these adorable little suckers are wonderfully succulent and just lamb-y enough. Serious eaters might complain (or should I say baah) about the price—$12 for two—but there isn't a better lamb burger in the city.

Here's Robyn's hand holding one of the lamb burgers. They are small, about two bites each, but they are two exquisite bites.

Eleven Madison Park

11 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10010 (map)
212-889-0918; elevenmadisonpark.com

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7 Comments:

An important philosophical question: How big does a meatball have to be to become a burger?

gustoct at 3:21PM on 10/12/09

In all fairness, they make them from miniature lambs, they are only eleven inches tall at the shoulder when they butchered, about the size of a lap dog.

redfish at 3:30PM on 10/12/09

Good question, gustoct. You certainly could argue that these are meatballs, except they don't have any breadcrumbs in them. Doesn't a meatball have to have some breadcrumbs in it to be considered a meatball?

Ed Levine at 3:35PM on 10/12/09

These are only available from the lounge? At lunch or dinner or both?

kathryn at 3:54PM on 10/12/09

They're available at the bar and in the lounge area at both lunch and dinner. We had them at lunch.

Ed Levine at 4:00PM on 10/12/09

@gustoct. I'd say the more appropriate question is how big does a meatball have to be to become a meatloaf. If this is just ground lamb, i'd call it a mini-burger. If it has filler, binder, or anything then you can call it a meatball.

ESNY1077 at 4:48PM on 10/12/09

for $12, I'd want three on my plate but it's lamb so maybe this fair!

Or how about making the two just a LITTLE bigger! Just a thought!

jlewfoodie at 7:05PM on 10/12/09

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