Man vs Food and Man wins!

Before the Christmas break set in, AK's was witness to a Burger Throwdown! All of this stemming from a bet at a very late night dinner after a dinner. The premise is that if one, eats a new burger patty record, then one gets to name the burger, until it is topped by the next patty. Currently we were on The Hogg, a Triple Bacon Cheeseburger. Well one thing leads to another and someone says that they can throwdown a Quad Bacon Cheeseburger and it escalates to the now Famous Andrew Trio, claiming" I'll take that challenge and see you one patty" And its on! So as the day breaks, we were left wondering if the record was to be broke, finally our hungover contestants finally made there way to AK's and it was on!





We pride ourselves in our burgers, a purely local burger, using Walla Walla Bread Company buns, Thundering Hooves meat and bacon, caramelized Walla Walla winter onions, green tomatoes pickled by yours truly and Tillamook Cheddar Cheese. Griffin, the quad man came first, his had cheese and onions on each 5.5oz patty, a bun in the middle of two sets of two patties, bacon on the top patty and two layers of tomatoes. This beast topped out at 41oz pure of pure burger bliss! Now if was a timed event, Griffin would had this one in the bag, gone in under 10 minutes, absolutely amazing!







Andrew then saunters up and we pass his now famous, Andrew Trio Five Patty Daddy, through the window to him. It was a sight to behold, 48.5oz of hot and juicy burger bliss. Andrew dressed it up with a little Tabasco and Ketchup and "headed to the wall". Now with Andrew, time wasn't the issue, the pure size was. Well, as time wore on the burger was getting smaller, finally the deed was done and The ATFPD, was history! Amazing, 2 guys and nearly 6 lbs of burgers consumed!




We now await the arrival of the person who thinks they are man or woman enough to up the ante! We will see!

This got us thinking, of a little food contest for the upcoming Spring/Summer. If Nathans can have a Hot Dog eating contest, why can't AK's have a burger eating contest? We are currently working out the details and lining up the sponsors, but we might have a new annual event happening here in Walla Walla!

Upcoming Dinners and stuff!

We have 2 dinners coming up in the next few weeks, both have limited seats, so I you are interested you might want to act fast.



Saturday November 20th- This will be La Porte Brune's 8th Walla Walla Dinner. Kind of the Post-Harvest party, though I am sure some will still be working away! We started with 32 seats for this and have a few left. These dinners have taken on a life of their own, always fun and entertaining. As always, great friends, food and wine! How can you go wrong here. Check out www.laportebrune.com to sign up!



Saturday December 4th- I am really honored to have been asked to do this dinner again for good friend Geoff and the gang. We will be serving it up at Three Rivers Winery on Holiday Barrel Weekend, with Queensryche. This dinner will be a great night of music, wine and food. The guys will even be performing an acoustic set, in a very intimate setting, so very cool! Here is the link http://www.threeriverswinery.com/WinemakerDinner or call Three Rivers Winery 509-526-9463 to sign up. This is not you typical wine dinner!



So as many of you know, we now have our very own Food Truck! Andrae's Kitchen or AK's has it has become, is Walla Walla's first gourmet food truck! You can keep up with the location and menu changes a couple different ways, either on the website www.andraeskitchen.com or via the Face Book Page: Andrae's Kitchen, or Twitter @andraeskitchen

AK's is available for whatever type of event that you can think of. Give us a shout and let us put together your perfect menu, dinner or event! We have wheels and can come to you!

Enjoy our beautiful Fall weather and we will see you out and around the Valley!

The LPB & AK's Crew

Graphic's, Location, Burger and a Website

Lots of cool stuff to report on here! We have added a graphic package to AK's, talk about sticking out, well that it does! Very cool graphics done by Lytle Signs in Boise. These are the guys that designed the original restaurant logo, so we just tweaked that one a little. I think that it is pretty cool. A whole lot better then a big white trailer.



Currently we are serving lunch Monday-Friday at 2nd and Pine, in Walla Walla. This is the Corliss Winery parking lot and is a beautiful spot for us to hang out at. The weekends we are moving around the valley to different wineries and setting up! Once the wineries start slowing down for the winter we will probably be changing up our routine, so stay tuned for all the details.

You can keep track of things from the brand spanking new website.
www.andraekitchen.com Don't laugh too hard as this is my handiwork. Web-master I am not, but it is functional and easy to use and I can keep it updated. Menu, contact info and other stuff is all on it! So check it out and let me know what you think and if I need anything else added!





The burger, well this is slowly taking on a life of its own. I think that it is evolving into one of if not the best burger I have ever eaten, anywhere, and I am not one to talk about my food publicly. I have been trying really hard to make this a 100% local burger, and I am very close. Maybe 99% right now. We are using Thundering Hooves for our grind and bacon and Walla Walla Bread Co. is providing the bun. The produce is all local, right now it is pickled green tomatoes.

AK's is Rolling!

Well it has been a long time coming, but AK's(Andrae's Kitchen) is out and dishing up some mighty tasty grub! We have kind of set a schedule of; Monday-Thursday at the old Airport Terminal Building Parking Lot; Friday and Saturday, we will be traversing out and about the South-Side wineries and Sunday's you will be able to find us at Woodward Canyon out in Lowden.

It feels pretty good, to be back on the stove, I am having a blast getting all of my timing back! I guess once you do this it is always in your blood! Our menu is pretty straight-forward now, but look for some fun and whimsical specials to be rolling out, once we get the whole thing figured out.

We will be getting our blank canvas, all logo'd up soon, so make sure you keep an eye out for that!

We appreciate all the great words that have already been said and printed about us, and hope to keep you guys happy and full enough to keep them coming. Oh yea and thanks for all the votes for Food Networks, The Great Food Truck Race. It is very cool that our little big town rallied around that, unfortunately we are kind of limited on our population!

Make sure you stay up with all the news, menus and whereabouts of AK's by following our Twitter feed and Face Book page.
Stop by and say hello to us and and the crew and I guarantee you won't go away disappointed!!

Menu for Seattle and stuff

It has been a very busy month, with some very cool stuff on the horizon! We are now very close to the arrival of our mobile kitchen, that has been dubbed"AK's" ( Andrae's Kitchen). looking for it to be sitting in my driveway in about 10 days!! This is going to allow us more flexibility in providing great events in just about any location! Can you say vineyard dinners! We will be using this blog as well as a revamped website to keep everyone posted as to the whereabouts of the kitchen. Seems South and West of town might be seeing some food heading there way!




Below is the menu for Seattle Underground dinner this Friday!

Compressed Watermelon with Tomato and Juniper

2009 Elio Perrone, Bigaro, Moscato d’Asti


Potato and Wild Mushroom With Potato Chip and Wild Mushroom Gelee

2008 Hirsch, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast


Kobe Beef Steak Tartare with Truffled Crostini and Quail Egg

2007 Sleight of Hand, Illusionist, Columbia Valley


Duck Confit with Scallops, Parsnip Puree, Hazelnuts

and Watercress

2007 Mark Ryan, Long Haul, Red Mountain


Roast Leg of Lamb with Chickpeas and Almond Mint Pesto

2005 Dunham, Lewis Vineyard Syrah, Columbia Valley


Flourless Chocolate Cake with White Pepper Ice Cream and Fresh Cherry-Cassis Sauce

2007 Sinclair Estate Vineyard, Vixen, Columbia Valley