It was glorious.

I have just returned from Red Robin, where I consumed the Royal Red Robin burger. (Photo via this guy on Flickr - thank you, good sir!) Here is how Red Robin describes the burger on their menu:

"This is the aristocrat of all burgers because we crown it with a fresh fried egg. Also, topped with three strips of hickory-smoked bacon, American cheese, crisp lettuce, tomatoes and mayo."

I got mine with no tomato. Red Robin has a customizer on their website, which will tell you the nutritional value of your food - a Royal with no tomato clocks in at 1186 calories.

1186 calories.

That is just the burger. Adding in the steak fries? 1,576. The brownie sundae, which I shared and ended up eating very little of, is not on their website, so I have not included this in my calorie count.

I totally expect to suffer for this later. In fact, toward the end of the burger, the massive amount of grease was already taking its toll. But oh, that first few bites... it was beautiful, I tell you.