Sunday, August 14, 2005

burger and me; phase 2

Crown and Sceptre
Burger and beer
9/10
A seasoned burger, which still had a nice meaty taste, and served on a foccacia style bun which was unusual but good since it wasn't as brittle as normal toasted buns. It was a really nice burger, though I drank it with a stella (part of the deal). The bacon was crispy and the cheese nice and bitey. A decent sized burger, it was not too dry, but not juicy either and it was light on for lettuce and tomato which i prefer. The chips were soggy.

The historian
Burger and beer
9/10
Wasn't part of a deal so i got a schooner of pale. The historian burger was good, 2 winner burgers in three days. This was served on a more traditional bun and about the same size as the crown and Sceptre burger, maybe a bit smaller. This was heavier in salad but the green and red didn't overshadow the cheese. It was a swiss cheese and it was awesome. The meat was pretty plain but nice and moist and it tasted like beef, something a lot of burgers don't do.

The Marakesh
Burger and beer
3/5
A small, tiny pub off rundle mall that i walk past everyday but forget that its there. The staff were really chatty and gave a lot of choices, egg/beetroot/sauce/onion, which is nice but it would have been better if i didn't have to drink tooheys dry to get the burger and beer deal. I went to the Marakesh after a workmate said it was great for burgers. After a short wait, i discovered she was wrong. very wrong. it was masses of shredded lettuce mixed in with litres of bbq sauce, way too much sauce. Enough sauce for 3 burgers. It was messy and very very saucey.
After two weeks and about 9 burgers, burgerfest would have to come to an end.

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