Visit 1 - double double no onions, fries animal, coke
Visit 2 - fries animal well, Neapolitan shake, free coke refill(!!)

As anyone that has experienced the west coast’s In-N-Out can tell you, it’s one of the few example of fast food being done correctly. I mean there aren’t any tricks with combos or pricing, the service is good because the employees are paid fair, the food is good because it’s fresh and made to order (the fries, too), and because of the simplicity of the entire operation.

Drive-Thru line starting to back up into the street? No problem. They have people already taking orders to the waiting costumers with a wireless connection going back to the kitchen.

And while their simple menu is something to satisfy any purist, there exists items and modification that won’t ever be seen on the sign. For example animal style fries would top the fresh side order with cheese, grilled onions and In-N-Out’s spread. An animal style burger would get you a mustard cooked beef patty served on a bun with pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, extra spread and grilled onions.

I haven’t had a chance yet to order an animal double double, that’s probably next time, but I did grab an order of animal fries today. Twice. Delicious both times, even better the second time when I asked for the fries to be well-done, which I recommend.

Another thing that has me curious is the option to substitute the bun for lettuce. This is called protein style. If protein isn’t your style, you still have the option to get the bun cooked light or extra. Actually, you can do this with any topping available.

The Neapolitan shake was a layered combination of all three flavors; vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. It was awesome. I just kept my straw on the bottom and enjoyed it one layer at a time. Okay, maybe one time I got excited and swirled it together. I just wanted to make sure it was possible. (It was)

And can we talk about onions for a moment? In-N-Out has them, and they know how to use them. I mentioned that the animal styled items will come with grilled onions, but that’s so small in this fast food giant’s world of tear-jerking vegetables…

Regular Onions is what a customer receives by default, if they want onions. This refers to one full slice of onions that is not cooked, but rather placed on top of the center patty or cheese slice while the meat is still on the grill, giving the onion time to warm and soften its flavor. Raw Onions are not warmed at all, and instead placed between the spread on the bottom bun and the tomato, keeping them cold. These can also be ordered as Chopped Raw Onions. Grilled Onions indicates chopped, grilled onions placed in the same location as ‘regular onions’. Whole Grilled Onions consists of a whole slice of onion placed on the grill and cooked until it is soft. **

ONIONS!

That was my experience with In-N-Out. I’m still working at mastering the ability to look like a local. Right now it seems that I tend to make each of my secret modifications into a question; “..and a shake, like, Neapolitan?”

**Here’s how I made myself look smart (Wiki). There’s a lot more shit they’re hiding from you.

Double-Double, Animal Style Fries

100x100 Burger (100 patties, 100 slices of cheese). Story.