Pho Q
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There's a brand new shake shack in Vancouver, Washington. They just opened their doors two weeks ago. And I decided on this
sunny warm Thursday afternoon, to brave the lines and try some of their burgers.
I ordered their shack burger with bacon. (bacon cheese burger) A shack stack. (burger with a battered fried portobello mushroom) A chicken shack. (chicken burger) Some spicy fries with ranch. (didn't receive ranch) And a cookies and cream shake.
Way too much food, but I wanted to do a taste test for several of their menu items. I started off with the chicken shack. It tasted okay, but I feel like it needed a spicy mayo option.
I was excited to try the shack stack. But it too tasted just okay. It wasn't seasoned very well. Yes, the mushroom had cheese filling, but that didn't really help a whole lot.
The spicy fries were a disappointment. Some of the fries were actually spicy. And others were not. Some of the fries were fried and crunchy. And some of them taste it like they were microwaved. In my entire container, there was not one fry that was longer than one inch.
The cookies and cream shake was top notch! It's an excellent shake. The cookies were crushed up small enough so that none of them got stuck inside the straw. The shake had good flavor and good consistency.
The best burger was the shack burger with bacon. And if we're being honest, it was the bacon that lifted this burger. Because just as with the shack stack, it was not seasoned very much.
My son, whom I shared half of every burger with, thought that the chicken shack tasted the best. (He also ordered a shake that he thoroughly enjoyed. But I don't know what flavor) Afterward, he noted that everything else tasted like glorified mcdonald's. My total cost for 3 burgers, 2 fries and 2 shakes, and a 15% tip was $63.16. Totally not worth it. We both agreed that on a scale from 1 to 10, shake shack restaurant is a solid 4.
We were able to walk to this restaurant located right across the street from our apartment. I suggest that if you know what you want, then order it online so that you don't have to stand in line, waiting to order.
I think I would return for the shake in the future, but that's probably it. I have visited shake shack before. In Beaverton, Oregon, a few years ago. And I remember at that time, everything tasted overly salty. Nothing was overly salty today, but it all lacked flavorful seasoning.