We need to talk about calories. They are, in the words of ¡°Panmas¡± ¡ª the avuncular owner and chef at The Panhead¡¯s Heaven Saloon ¡ª the ¡°concept¡± upon which his towering burgers are built. By his count, the Cheese-Bomb has more than 2,000 units loaded into it. Bear in mind that the average male requires about 2,500 calories a day to maintain their weight. The Cheese-Bomb will almost do that by itself. Throw in the fries, onion rings and a few cans of Yebisu and you¡¯ll be ready to get in a sumo ring ¡ª if you can get off your chair.
Before we get to the burgers, a little about bikes, because that¡¯s the other concept behind Panhead¡¯s. There are motorbikes outside and inside the saloon; for all I know there could well be one in the kitchen because Panmas ¡ª a portmanteau of ¡°panhead¡± and ¡°master¡± ¡ª is a bike nut. His obsession is Harley-Davidson; the panhead was a Harley engine from way back. But The Panhead¡¯s Heaven Saloon is not just a biker bar. It ropes in those whose eyes are bigger than their bellies.
The first time I visited Panhead¡¯s was more than five years ago, but not much has changed. Even back then it was the burgers that lured me. Panmas has been making his style of burgers ¡ª ¡°artisanal¡± burgers with an emphasis on unrestrained indulgence ¡ª well before the current craft-burger boom.
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