Hamburger restaurant Saffron

[Hamburg steak made with only beef and no binders, as learned in America]

It opened as a coffee shop called “Aimoriran” in 1980. It became a hamburger specialty restaurant in 2004, and is currently always ranked high in the Fukuoka Prefecture hamburger restaurant category on a website. According to the manager, the restaurant used to serve 83 different dishes. “The menu was as thick as a dictionary. As we responded to all the requests of our customers, the number of menu items increased too much,” he said, talking about those days. Thinking that “if we respond to all requests, we may not be able to master anything,” the manager decided to focus on hamburger steaks. However, there are many restaurants that serve hamburger steaks, and it is difficult to differentiate from other restaurants. Then, in 2008, he went to America, the home of hamburger steaks, to study again. He entered a local kitchen and concluded that “a truly delicious hamburger steak is made only with beef and no binders.”

The perfected hamburger steak is popular with many customers, and some customers come all the way from Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures to try it. The hamburger steak I had was very filling, and the natural flavor of the beef spread in my mouth. To keep the hamburger steak hot, a heated circular iron is placed on the iron plate, so you can reheat the hamburger steak you cut into pieces with chopsticks.

“The best way to enrich your soul is to eat delicious food,” says the store manager. This is exactly what he said, and the restaurant is a place where you can thoroughly enjoy the flavor of the hamburger steak, enriching both your heart and your stomach.