On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:15:00 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>On 2010-04-19 17:51:17 -0700, Lou Decruss said:
>
>> Why does this seem so wrong? I just saw a clip on the tube about a
>> new burger joint in Chicago. They showed a burger loaded with
>> toppings and a sunny-side-up egg on it. It looks liked a total mess
>> to eat. It there a region or culture that normally does this?
>
>Yes, where every people like eggs and they have a mouth, seemingly.
>
>> I've read some places put an egg on pizza and that seems weird too.
>
>I had never heard of such thing some 20 years ago. I think I first
>started encountering them with some regularity in Vietnamese and
>Japanese food. It was an order of whatever-the-heck with a fried egg on
>top. I loved it. The was tentative at first.

I've only recently seen these things. It seems the trendy burger
joints are doing it. I see from this thread it's nothing new and must
just be spreading here.

>The most popular hip pizza joint nearby has one with a fried egg and
>some other really great stuff. It's wonderful.
>
>The do seem to be popping up everywhere.

It seems lots of people like it. <shrug>

Lou