In-N-Out, Las Vegas

I'd been looking forward to this all trip. There were no In-N-Outs in Vancouver, Minneapolis, Denver, New York or Colorado Springs. But we were spending one night in Vegas and In-N-Out would be there.

And as things worked out, as we were driving back from the Grand Canyon, we had to have lunch, and where better to have lunch than In-N-Out!

The kids loved it, Pearl loved it...but how about me?

I ordered the Double-Double animal style and I surprised myself.

It was still incredible value. It was still fresh. But it wasn't as tasty as I remember it being and it was a bit of a mess.

The issues that were raised at Crave Real Burgers came back to haunt me...what am I looking for in a burger?

So I ordered a plain hamburger and split it with my son, and it was better. But I was still troubled by what I'd discovered.

Thankfully, on the way back from Death Valley there was another change to drop in to In-N-Out for lunch.

This time I just ordered a regular cheeseburger.

I definitely preferred it to Animal Style. I regretted not getting a Double Double. But I couldn't shake that feeling that my all time favourite burger had been usurped by the Smoke Shack.

Still a great burger. Still better than anything we can get in Australia...but the best? I'll need to re-examine that the next time I'm back.