Cheeseburger
A simple Hesburger cheeseburger with the chain’s signature sauces. It is the everyday order across Finland and the Baltics, cheap and familiar. The sauces, especially the garlic mayo, are what make it taste distinctly Hesburger rather than generic fast food.
The story
Heikki Salmela, known to everyone as Hese, started with a street food kiosk in 1966 and opened the first Hesburger in Turku in 1980, naming it after himself. The garlic mayonnaise is the thing Finns describe first and miss abroad, and it is on almost everything. The scale is the surprise: by 2008 Hesburger held a bigger share of the Nordic and Baltic market than McDonald’s, which is a rare case of a local chain beating the American giant across an entire region rather than one city.
What’s inside
- beef patty
- cheese
- sauce
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Cheeseburger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and cheese
Smash Burgers - Shares beef and cheese
Arby’s Roast Beef - Shares beef and cheese
Sloppy Joe Smash Burgers - Shares beef and cheese
Best Hamburger Ever
Similar burgers at other chains
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SignatureCrunchburger - Q Burger · beef and cheese
SignatureClassic Beef & Cheese Burger (經典牛肉起士堡)
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About Hesburger
Heikki Salmela, known as Hese, started with a street food kiosk in Finland in 1966 and opened the first proper Hesburger in Turku in 1980. The name comes straight from his nickname, and the business is still firmly Finnish in character, from its garlic mayo to its rye-bread options.
Around 470 restaurants in Finland, the Baltic states, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine.
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