499693 Sun Mar 16 12:39:34 -0700 2008 38 57 Western Canada 0 3498332 Ok.... I do have reason to ask. I found some big juicy onion rings that were about a million calories but man they were good... ok fine.. I found them at Red Robin's. What I want to know if there are any where else in AB where I can find big, juicy, crispy, onion rings? If not, then does anyone know where I can get onions that are of the gigantic size ( must be sweet) and if you have a really good onion ring batter to go with that could you pass that along? There's nothing in the search. Sun Mar 16 12:39:34 -0700 2008 163551 sleepycat 1 3500950 if you haven't had the t-rings yet at tubby dog, well... then... you're probably a lot healthier than i am. these things are ridiculous. they look somewhat like an old-fashioned donut (and weigh about the same amount), and nestled deep within is a pretty thick cut onion ring. not necessarily always my cup of tea, but put enough beer in me and my judgment becomes cloudy. i was raised on Harvey's onion rings, so i still crave those once in a while, and the ones at burger inn are pretty similar. Mon Mar 17 10:47:31 -0700 2008 3498332 20489 marcopolo 1 3501262 my favorite onion rings in the world are at burger baron in regina(i grew up on those) - there's a burger baron in red deer -gasoline alley but i miss it every time - I even got off the hwy and looked for it and still missed it!! so i don't know if they are as good. otherwise burger baron is the only reason to go to regina :) Mon Mar 17 12:08:06 -0700 2008 3498332 74241 pants 2 3502191 It's hard to spot. It's on the east side just after the Macdonalds and the Esso, just before the Shell and the A+W. They also have several burger barons in Edmonton. I know of one on 99st (and 7X ave), and one on 101st Ave on the way out to Sherwood Park. Mon Mar 17 15:58:08 -0700 2008 3501262 11206 yen 3 3510523 This is hilarious about Burger Baron in Red Deer on gAsoline Alley. I went the other day and got 2 burgers, a fry and an onion ring. I took them back to work. I offered my boss his choice of buger as they were different. I then asked if he wanted the rings or fries. He chose the rings. I asked to try one and he wouldn't share as he said they were the best he ever had. As I work just north of there, I went in and got a ring for myself. No, I didn't share with him as they were incredible! Dean in Canada Thu Mar 20 07:42:09 -0700 2008 3502191 135011 carlitguy 4 3510665 They definetly different from the RR as they are a light batter. I can't say much for their burgers. I ordered a children's burger. Not only was it naked a s jaybird but there was a "bite" taken out of the patty. I couldn't find a number for the manager so I'm just left grumbling about it. Thu Mar 20 08:13:59 -0700 2008 3510523 163551 sleepycat 4 3510677 crap ok this was supposed to be a photo but none of my photos are attaching even though I already shrunk them. Thu Mar 20 08:16:13 -0700 2008 3510523 163551 sleepycat 4 3516183 Inglewood Drive in had similar onion rings. It's a thinner onion ring and lighter batter than RR. Fri Mar 21 19:37:11 -0700 2008 3510523 163551 sleepycat 1 3501321 I still miss the jack straws from the Hello Deli on 124 street. I have been searching for a good onion rings in Edmonton for years. I don't like the big thick ones with the corn meal batter - like Red Robin. The rings are the Motoraunt were very good for a long time, but now not so good. Mon Mar 17 12:19:25 -0700 2008 3498332 169994 pengcast 2 3502999 the ones at Delux burger are really good! but they are the big ones. great dipping sauce too. Mon Mar 17 21:11:44 -0700 2008 3501321 105701 cleopatra999 3 4527968 The ones at 100 downtown Edmonton in the McLeod building (owned by the same group as Delux) are good too - I imagine they are the same recipe as Delux. Crisp batter outside, tender onion, and as Cleopatra says, really yummy dipping sauce. Mmmm. Sun Mar 22 14:33:35 -0700 2009 3502999 83022 MrsCris 3 4529271 I agree - the rings at Delux are the best I've tried! They use beer batter made from Stella Artois. Definitley my favorite Mon Mar 23 06:45:25 -0700 2009 3502999 273385 pennystock 1 3506242 Angel's in Bowness has great onion rings -- big, and just the right balance of batter to onion ratio. Tue Mar 18 21:37:21 -0700 2008 3498332 136670 sweeterpea 2 3506301 I notice poutine on their menu. Is that good too? Tue Mar 18 22:41:05 -0700 2008 3506242 163551 sleepycat 3 3506735 no, I haven't tried it -- but avoid the "white sauce" on their burgers. Their shakes are much better than Peter's too. Wed Mar 19 06:50:00 -0700 2008 3506301 136670 sweeterpea 4 3510712 "white sauce" ... sounds a bit scary. Thu Mar 20 08:27:48 -0700 2008 3506735 163551 sleepycat 4 4523004 Have you tried their Royal Burger?? OMG it's to die for! It's insanely huge on a kaiser bun.. yumm. I think their white sauce is their own mayo.. so if you're not a mayo fan, avoid that sure sure! Fri Mar 20 12:03:15 -0700 2009 3506735 276008 Allestra 1 3507227 So after sleepycat's rave, I tried the onion rings at Red Robin again. For the really big rings in heavier batter, they really are quite good. The spicy sauce is very good too. For a chain kitchen, the rings are probably about as good as it gets. The price though was crazy: $10 for 13 rings. To put that into context, the bowl of French onion soup with cheese toast was $6. (BTW: soup was pretty good too. Not good enough to get me off my favourite blue cheese burger, but a nice change.) Wed Mar 19 09:06:19 -0700 2008 3498332 169994 pengcast 2 3509148 Well I never said I loved the price. Actually that's the worst part it was an arm and a leg. Hence, I thought someone might have a really nice batter receipe they would part with so I could try replicating this app. $10.00 for onion rings is a bit much to swallow. So anyone knows the RR receipe or something close to it please pass it on. Wed Mar 19 17:25:15 -0700 2008 3507227 163551 sleepycat 1 3507874 Tommy's Burger Bar has good Onion Rings. Not gigantic but nice batter and their burgers are very good. Wed Mar 19 11:43:41 -0700 2008 3498332 108590 Major_9000 2 3508117 Always a fan of good burgers and onion rings. Where is Tommy's? Wed Mar 19 12:46:59 -0700 2008 3507874 15832 sharonanne 3 3508426 TOMMY BURGER BAR 9629 Macleod Tr. S. Tel: 258-0668 The Onion rings are made with a heavy beer batter with a nice crunch and come with a homemade slightly spicy chipotle ketchup. Wed Mar 19 13:51:59 -0700 2008 3508117 108590 Major_9000 4 3508670 Yummy. Thanks Wed Mar 19 14:56:25 -0700 2008 3508426 15832 sharonanne 1 3508909 Ruths Chris has some pretty amazing onions rings, oddly. They actually taste good with steak too, which surprised me. Wed Mar 19 16:09:31 -0700 2008 3498332 163619 canadianfoodie 2 3509273 I forgot about Ruth's Chris, yes they are very good. Wed Mar 19 18:01:54 -0700 2008 3508909 136670 sweeterpea 1 3510613 this was supposed to be a photo but it didn't attach :( Thu Mar 20 08:05:49 -0700 2008 3498332 163551 sleepycat 2 4525249 Perhaps surprisingly, the onion rings up at the bar [Elements?] at the Delta Bow Valley in Calgary on quite good along with the lamp "popsicles". The onion rings are presented on a wood base with two dowels through which the onion rings are piled. They were large, crisp and quite good. More to share than for one. Sat Mar 21 10:27:15 -0700 2009 3510613 14314 Bob Mac 3 4529319 I love it! Nothing gets everyone going like an onion ring discussion. There's hope... When in doubt, A&W is always close by, and though not perfect, they are not bad, really. They are made in house. Mon Mar 23 07:05:47 -0700 2009 4525249 234491 seemac70 4 4533188 Having worked at A&W I have to say that the rings can be exceptional all the way to disgusting. Since they are hand made usually twice a week, it really depends on which shop you go to and which day. When I used to make them and cooking them fresh, nothing else came close. Unfortunately, unless you know someone working there, you will never get made same day fresh ones as they rotate their stock. Tue Mar 24 08:49:21 -0700 2009 4529319 171315 slingshotz 5 4533711 Ah this explains why it varies so much. Good onion makers are soo hard to find. Tue Mar 24 11:10:58 -0700 2009 4533188 244710 chewy_bakah 5 4632889 Slingshotz Could you please explain what they do at A&W with the battered onion rings that they don't sell the day they are made? Do they freeze them before cooking or after? Or do they keep the batter refrigerated and batter the onions as they are needed. I wonder because A&W is my teenage son's favourite fast food burger joint and in the rare occasions we go there we often share onion rings ( a stop at the A&W in Edson on the way to Jasper has become a minor tradition in our family) Mon Apr 27 11:41:10 -0700 2009 4533188 19089 felix the hound 6 4633644 A&W uses breaded Onion Rings, not battered. Mon Apr 27 15:09:07 -0700 2009 4632889 259263 bigfellow 6 4634648 Re: A&W Rings. I used to work there in high school... (until I got busted with the fry guy in the freezer but that is another story..) Anyway they employed 2 ladies with very thin little arms, and they would make fresh rings 3-4 mornings a week, buy battering the rings, and running them up there little arms like bangles, then they are rolled in breading.. so in a sense they are both battered and breaded. The rings were then frozen and used up over the next day or two. That was 14 years ago.... But most recently I had a horrific experience at A&W.. which has forever set me off all fast food were punk kids make food behind walls! I have eatten my last A&W poutine.. for the rest of my life! Mon Apr 27 21:23:29 -0700 2009 4632889 82247 CookieGal 6 4635423 I'm not sure what the process is now but when I used to work there (about 17 years ago) we would slice the rings from fresh onions, make a wet batter from the pre-mixed flour, dip the rings in the batter and then bread them with bread crumbs. They would be layered in bins with wax paper and put in the fridge. At no point where they ever frozen and I'm not sure they would handle a freezing well. We made rings once every 1-3 days depending on sales projections for the upcoming week. Typically they would be in the fridge for about 1-3 days before they get deep fried, they were never cooked the same day they were made as that would have meant that someone did not do their forecast right. The secret was getting the consistency right in the batter, there's a general guideline on water:flour ratio but as many know it's tricky with our climate combined with varying states of flour dryness. The recipe ratio is created from HQ which is not in Alberta so if you actually followed the recipe exactly it would probably only work good about 25% of the time. We would never refrigerate the batter, it had to be all used up or thrown away. I still eat the rings at A&W but I think their process must have changed slightly and find their rings more inconsistent than before. It's probably a combination of the cooks (aka young punks) that probably don't take as much pride in their work anymore and probably just following the recipe exactly. I used to keep in contact with my old A&W manager and up till about 7 years ago they still kept a very similar process but he told me that even then the kids didn't take pride in their work like we used to in the early 90s. At our A&W (it was a classic drive in) we had all sorts of age groups working there which I think helped the work ethic. Tue Apr 28 08:13:57 -0700 2009 4632889 171315 slingshotz 7 4637195 That makes sense. Thank you Slingshotz for your detailed answer. Tue Apr 28 16:19:53 -0700 2009 4635423 19089 felix the hound 1 4537111 My vote goes to the homemade onion rings at Fat Burger in Calgary! Wed Mar 25 10:43:42 -0700 2009 3498332 259263 bigfellow 1 4548672 My friends and I recently had some awesome onion rings at Vintage Steak House. The batter around the ring was absolutely amazing. The batter tasted almost cake batter like. Of all the things my friends and I remember from that night, it was the onion rings and not the steaks. Sun Mar 29 11:00:03 -0700 2009 3498332 272838 ilikebigmactoo 2 4958091 Interesting - I found the onion rings absolutely disgusting, it looked like a pile of doughnuts and tasted like them, too with just one single thick onion ring in the centre of each ring, couldn't imagine what would possess them to make onion rings that way. Now I know (some people like them that way).. Tue Aug 18 22:36:14 -0700 2009 4548672 69044 hsk 3 4959786 I have to second the onion rings at Inglewood Inn. The owner is so cute, and knew most of his customers by name. Plus I could hear the fryer going in the background when he dropped my order---always a good sign. You may have a bit of a wait depending on the time of day, but its always hot right off the grill or out of the fryer...so hot I was greedy and burned my tongue! His spicy fries are pretty darned good too with an Inglewood Burger. There is a high grease quotient, but hey, when in Rome...plus its great to support a local small biz! I topped it all off with ice cream and was able to roll home happy! Wed Aug 19 12:32:00 -0700 2009 4958091 1100491 messier