The search for Bang for your Burger Buck will take you to Gourmet steals, old school diner throwbacks, and those dives that keep you coming back with the simple notion that burgers are fun food, meant to be toyed with or served with toys, for lunch, brunch, dinner or that after school treat around 3pm. B-Man's Teriyaki & Burgers slides into the latter category, but the stand out teriyaki employed in the sandwich is far from child's play, and it is not mere coincidence that their locations lie close to the SGV.
B-Man's is the after school special burger you would have grown up with if you grew up in the massive Asian American enclave that is the San Gabriel Valley. Their menu boasts Burgers, Rice Bowls, Teriyaki plates, Chicken Katsu, and for the high roller crowd there is the Mahi Mahi plate, tipping the Bang scales at just over $11. Egg Rolls and gyoza and chili may scream unauthentic unless you are part of the tribe, an Asian-American reared amongst an array of fellow Asian Americans, embracing each other's national dishes and recognizing a culinary bond that is larger than any one tradition. I would go so far as to say that if you have grown up as an Asian American in Los Angeles, your palate is at home when dining from nearly every corner of the Asian contient. And since we're in America, let's throw in some chili fries while we're at it.
