{"id":3974,"date":"2010-07-04T13:37:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T20:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2010-07-04T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T20:44:55","slug":"as-long-as-were-talking-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=3974","title":{"rendered":"As long as we&#8217;re talking burgers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went back to Belly because I couldn&#8217;t stay away. Plus, it&#8217;s 4th of July weekend and I think most people are either out of town or off their regular schedules, so some restaurants are empty while others are overfull. Belly was empty on Friday so I took a chance.<\/p>\n<p>My mom and I were the only two there, and I got a burger. Not as rare as I like, but tasty nevertheless. They must have grilled it over wood, because the meat had a smoky taste. The only downside, again, was a bun that wasn&#8217;t perfect. I&#8217;m not sure why I&#8217;m so picky about the bun, but this one was also a bit gummy. Not chewy, but just a little gummy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellyburger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellyburger-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Back Camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellyburger-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellyburger-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellyburger.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The burger could have used a bit more relish or something.<\/p>\n<p>My mom got the pizza. Not as crisp as I&#8217;d like, but tasty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellypizza.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellypizza-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Back Camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellypizza-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellypizza-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bellypizza.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went back to Belly because I couldn&#8217;t stay away. Plus, it&#8217;s 4th of July weekend and I think most people are either out of town or off their regular schedules, so some restaurants are empty while others are overfull. Belly was empty on Friday so I took a chance. My mom and I were the only two there, and I got a burger. Not as rare as I like, but tasty nevertheless. They must have grilled it over wood, because the meat had a smoky taste. The only downside, again, was a bun that wasn&#8217;t perfect. I&#8217;m not sure why I&#8217;m so picky about the bun, but this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=3974\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">As long as we&#8217;re talking burgers.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3977,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974\/revisions\/3977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}