The even sadder thing about this whole ordeal - not the burger itself but rather what it says about the state of burgerdom lately - is that the burger's taste immediately seemed oddly familiar. For a while I couldn't quite place it. Only later that week when the name caught my eye in a messenger app did it hit me: this burger was basically an improved version of the burger I ate at my friend Filip's house.

Yes, what I'm unironically saying is that Food Corner Tivoli is one of the rare joints capable of putting together a better burger than what you could make at home with just off-the-shelf ingredients from a grocery store, buns included. Which is really sad.

The burger has no obvious flaws. The meat is seasoned conservatively (in a good way) and was grilled to a perfect medium rare. The cheese was exactly what it should have been. The veggies were fresh. The caramelized onions were maybe just a touch too sweet but honestly, we are now firmly in the nitpicking territory.