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...fancy brasserie in Hollywood, where the lunchtime Prime Cheese Burger is topped with grilled onion, lettuce, tomato, "aged" cheddar and remoulade (look it up, but basically it's mayonnaise). The burgers on Lucille's menu are the classics - a dozen variations on a generous 4/10th of a pound beef patty with lettuce, tomato and onion on the side. The menu also has American staples like vegetarian salads, cheesecake and iced tea, as well as Tex-Mex offerings, an echo of Lucille's years at Rosita's, a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Barstow, Calif...
What makes all the difference at Lucille's is not the size but the taste: a fluffy, sweet and slightly toasted bun leads the taste buds to a slab of juicy ground beef that is a little crunchy on the outside where the meat was seared on the grill. The cheeseburger, my usual, gets a brush of Hellman's mayo and a slice of imported Australian cheddar cheese...
When I asked general manager Essam Mabrouk the secret of the burgers, it turned out there is indeed a special ingredient, which is lathered on the beef patty as soon as it hits the heat. (He hinted it has something to do with fish, but refused to divulge more.) Mabrouk hauled me into the kitchen to show me some other reasons for Lucille's success: fresh, organic ingredients. Six kitchen butchers double-grind ultra-lean round and rump steaks, mixing in a secret ratio of "clean" fat, and then double-press the patties in a mold to ensure cooking consistency...
...Japanese should learn from your cover story on Singapore's morphing metropolis. Our country is going to suffer from a decreasing population and soaring competition from neighboring countries. Our government tends to envision more prosaic reforms. We need to beef up cultural power to make our cities more attractive to younger generations and foreigners. Our overemphasis on cost-benefit evaluations has precluded investment in cultural matters. Hiroaki Goda, Fukuoka City, Japan...
...question is how badly onetime frontrunner John McCain is lagging the field. He had vowed to beef up his fundraising operation after a disappointing $13.4-million showing put him in third place for the first quarter. However, McCain's stance in favor of comprehensive immigration Reform - which is hugely unpopular with the Republican base - is making that difficult. Though his June calendar was packed with around 30 fundraising events, word among Republicans activists is that they have been lightly attended. If he fails to raise even $10 million, it will add to the perception that his campaign has entered...