


The creaminess of the mac and cheese makes the burger extra moist, with the fried breading adding a little bit of crunch to it. Add in some toasted hamburger buns, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, and pickles, and you had one fantastic cheese-filled sensation. The burger was cooked just right at medium rare with a nice melted slice of cheddar cheese and the fried mac and cheese loaded on top of that, with more cheese to boot. I mean, how can you turn down fried macaroni and cheese balls on your burger? It sounded fantastic! I have tried a number of different foods put onto a burger before, from pulled pork to potato chips to chili, but mac and cheese was definitely a new one. I have always been a big fan of their burgers, and to my delight, I found out that they had added a Macaroni and Cheese burger as a part of their most recent menu changes. There was just a slight bit of salt added to the calamari to balance it with the tartness of the marinara sauce. We started things off with a fried calamari appetizer, which was made golden brown to perfection. To our surprise, we were seated almost immediately after arriving (there is usually at least a 15 – 20 minute wait). My family and I went to The Cheesecake Factory on an Wednesday evening, which certainly cut down on the crowds that were dining out. It has been quite a few years since then, but I have gone back to The Cheesecake Factory a multitude of times since then, always leaving that place satisfied of another fantastic meal.

Imagine my surprise when we got to the restaurant that this place also served all this other food as well! With me being fairly young at the time, I would leap at such an opportunity to enjoy something as decadent as cheesecake. I still remember the first time that we were going to this place called “The Cheesecake Factory,” I got so excited about the fact that I would be able to have cheesecake for dinner, since that’s the only thing I thought they served.
