How to make the Best Burger at home in the Tokyo area

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1. Buy some decent beef at your local supermarket and do a chopped burger. Bake the buns yourself – I quite like Guga Foods buns recipe. Cast iron pan or an outdoor grill for cooking.

   Else, go to a decent butcher for ground beef. [This is my preferred butcher](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XwYip41Esn51ACwr6?g_st=ic), but party due to easy access for me.

   Edit: if your local bakery sells burgers (fish, etc.) and you like their buns you can usually order some buns from them in advance.

   And by chopped, I don’t mean loose meat but a way to make burger patties when you don’t own a meat grinder.

2. Buy a burger at Henry’s and try to figure out what they did to make it so good!

3. I’m more of a down-to-earth burger lover than a fancy pants gourmet burger lover, so don’t crucify me… but you can get decent burger buns in the frozen section at A-Price.

   Can’t tell you where to get good mince though. I have a kitchen aid mixer with a mincing attachment, so I just buy cheap blocks of beef with plenty of fat attached and make my own mince.

4. Buy ground beef, not mixed meat. Make your own hamburger buns(I use this recipe: [https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/beautiful-burger-buns-recipe](https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/beautiful-burger-buns-recipe)) buy decent looking lettuce and tomato. Use real cheese, not processed slices.

5. Cheese and bacon from Costco.

6. How to make a burger…in TOKYO

7. Why is stuff like this not in the questions thread?

   This whole subreddit has just turned into an endless stream of questions.