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Olympic Eats: Umami Customizes Burgers for Lady Volleyballers, WP24 Crafts $24 Gold Cocktails
The Road to London burger (Photo courtesy of Umami Burger)
For some athletes like Michael Phelps, the Olympic diet doesn't sound like much of one at all, with the daily calorie intake creeping upwards of 12,000 calories a day.
But judging by the pics ESPN's recently-released bodies issue, Phelps' regimen is not how most of these athletic specimens perform at their peak. That's not to say they don't indulge though: A few weeks ago when the US Women's Olympic Volleyball team rocked in to Umami Burger in Anaheim for a bite, but were saddened to find out they couldn't add avocado to their burgers.
(Photo courtesy of WP 24)
Perhaps swooned by the statuesque ladies, the Adam Fleischman-owned establishment created a special burger called the Road to London, just in time for their departure. (Do you blame the guy? Look at these these chicks!) The burgers -- which consist of house-ground beef patty topped with beer cheddar, bacon lardons, lettuce, tomato, and of course, crushed avocado -- can be purchased at the Anaheim location from July 27 thru August 12.If you're looking for something spirited after the Road to London, head over to WP24 for their gilded $24 Go for the Gold cocktail, made from cold-distilled Oxley gin, rooftop-grown rosemary, and lemon, and is then topped off with 24 karat gold leafing. The team likely didn't wash their custom-crafted burgs down with these cocktail considering how close we are to the opening of the games, but that doesn't mean you can't indulge.
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