Too much Piggy on the Peppa Pig, Bar Luca

With the newly opened Wynard walk, we made our way from Barangaroo to our good old faithful, Bar Luca. Our radars were tuned in on some good burger goodness.

When we arrived, the specials board greeted us like a new friend, waiting for us to get acquainted.

The Peppa Pig reeled us in. I mean, who can resist Dr. Pepper braised pork? And having watched the cartoons of Peppa Pig with the little people in our lives, we were sordidly wanting to devour this cartoon character that occupied so much of our time.

Gosh these burgers looked great!!! 10 out of 10 for presentation.

Wait a minute.... what's that sticking out on the side of this burger???

Upon closer inspection....

Is that a pig's hair I see??

It certainly was. We seemed to have glossed to part on the board about 'crispy pig ears'. The pig ear cartilage and the pig hairs put us off this burger pig time. Biting into this burger and experiencing the pig ear crunchiness was a little bit too close to biting into something you'd buy for your dog from Pet Barn.

Too much piggy. The whole experience has put us off this burger and also Bar Luca for the time being. 

Bacon Bad

Bar Luca is our new home

Blame Canada, we have been apart from each other for too long. Let's see each other more often. Especially when you greet us like this:

Blame Canada... Again!!!

And we're back...

Blame Canada, Bar Luca

Burgers at Bar Luca have been the talk of the town so we decided to go and see what all the fuss was about. Bar Luca doesn't particularly look like your typical hipster burger joint- the word 'Burger' is no where in the name of the place. But as we walked inside, it was clear from the lunch orders that the patronage were there for only one thing- a good, hearty, heart stopping burger. Exactly the same for us.

 

It did not take us long to decide upon our order. The Blame Canada has been getting great reviews over at Fatty's Burger Appreciation Society. The menu describes the Blame Canada like this:-

BLAME CANADA 200g wagyu beef pattie, maple glazed streaky bacon, poutine & maple aioli

We have to admit to not knowing what 'poutine' is. But the thought of maple on our burgers intrigued us. 

Being the hungry boys that we were today, we decided to order the double. We were pleasantly surprised when these burgers were delivered to our table.

 

Upon savouring the initial beautiful presentation of this burger, we were then left to wonder how our watering mouths would approach the first mouthful. This burger was a tower to be attacked! We decided upon a course of action. One burger would be taken apart at the top and consumed in layers, whilst the other would be cut down the middle and attacked from the side.

The first bite was beyond wonderful. Once we got past the meaty goodness of this burger, the next thing we noticed was its sweetness. The maple aioli was a magnificent feature of this burger. The sweetness of the maple blends the flavours together well and made us keep coming back for each mouthful.

The fries were well presented, but we both prefer a bit more chunk to our potato. Chunky chips are good chips in our opinion.

However, being the pickle lovers that we are, we would be in burger paradise if this burger came with a huge pickle on the side for us to chomp on between burger bites. Having some onion on the burger wouldn’t go astray either.

The sloppy factor was high- we each went through 2 napkins, but the overall taste sensation more than made up for this. We were so happy afterwards that we went into a burger coma.
It wasn’t until towards the end that we noticed the chips that were stacked in the base of this burger. We had seen pictures of this before, but we appreciated it later when we researched what ‘poutine’ is.

A quick Google search reveals that poutine is a Canadian dish, consisting of crisp fries, a beefy gravy, and cheese curds. Truly a Canadian delicacy!

Having discovered this, our taste memory went into overdrive as we recalled how this added to the burger. The saucy goodness of the poutine at the base of this burger complemented the sweetness of the maple aioli well and it contributed to the overall sheer delight of this burger experience.

We would even go as far as to say that this is one of the better burgers we have sampled in Sydney. Bar Luca, you’re onto a winner here. We will definitely be back. Blame Canada!