Lord of the Fries at Inferno Grill

We saw a promotion on Ompty and decided to give this place a try for a change.

The burgers look quite appetising. This burger was a top notch presentation of dripping sauces and melted cheese.

However, after biting into these things, we concluded that they were all looks, no substance. This burger was all about the presentation. They lacked the heartiness we crave for. the whole experience was like biting into chunky gravy between a milk bun. The extra sauces just contributed to this being a sloppy mess, rather than the concreteness that need to sink our teeth into.

Sorry Inferno, we won't be back.

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. 

Could this be Sydney's best burger? Vic's Meat Market

We had heard good things about Vic's Meat Market. We decided it was high time we trotted our burger hungry stomachs over to this place to see what all the fuss was about.

We were greeted with an enthusiastic server, who told us that things were busy today and some items on the menu had sold out. Anxiety kicked in as we questioned whether the beef burger was still available. A sigh of relief spread across our faces when we were told that there were still some patties for us. We ordered the smoked wagyu double cheese burger.

These patties are cooked in a huge smoker, taking 15 minutes to prepare. We were impressed with the set up- smoked patties are the bomb!

As an entree, we decided upon some brisket. This meat was soft and tender, lightly rubbed in spices, flavoursome and good quality. A great start to a burger experience.

The burgers came presented in thin paper.

The first thing you notice about these burgers are the soft milky buns. The sticky melted cheese messily smeared all over the paper told us that we were in for a treat.

We couldn't help but sample some of the sauces that were dripping from this burger before taking our first bite. The sweet tomato chutney oozed from this burger combined with the meaty juices from the patty were just so delish!

Upon closer inspection, we noted the thick patties. This is how a burger should be done folks!

The first thing you notice when you take a bite is the cheeseburger flavours. For us a burger is all about the meat. The meat was high quality and cooked to perfection. The strong meaty flavour of the patty is probably the highlight of this burger. Freshly ground, soft and juicy, subtle smoke flavours and intense beef flavours, this is probably Sydney's best burger patty. Again, it's all about the meat!

On top of that, the buns were soft and held this burger together well. As we continued to bite, we were able to experience the crunch of the pickles and the bite of the maccas-style diced raw onion. And the American cheese! Mhm!

This burger has no salad. The tomato chutney is a nice substitute. Keeping this burger plain and simple has allowed the meat to be the star attraction in this burger.

All of this goes down so well with a thick smooth drink of Young Henry's Natural Lager. We came away filled up but not bloated.

This burger probably saved us $2000 in airfares to travel to NYC. We'll be regulars here for sure. This burger will be hard to beat.

Best on the North Shore- Five Points

Lunch was on, so we decided to head down to Five Points Burgers.

The Manhattan burger presents well. The yellow tinge of melted American cheese, colourful iceburg lettuce, with pickles stashed away inside was enough to make our mouths water.

Definitely a highlight of this burger was the bun. A beautifully soft brioche bun nicely sandwiched these patties and held the whole thing together.

The meat was good quality and tasty, the cheese melted to perfection. We'd love these patties to be thicker, and there to be a lot more pickles. A little raw onion wouldn't go astray either.

We decided we have become salted caramel addicts. This milkshake went down really well and filled all the spaces in our stomach that was not already taken up by the burger. We went home in a food coma.

Burger Challenge at Bare Grill

We discovered today that Bare Grill out at La Parouse have issued a new burger challenge.

Our mouths watered as we watched the customers of Bare Grill attempting to eat this (thanks for sharing Hannah!)

Buy this burger for $45 and eat it within 30 mins and it's free.

Let the training begin.

Of ourselves this post wouldn't be complete without documenting our own culinary treat for the day...

Hamburguesa, Barrio Cellar

Right in the heart of Sydney, in Martin place, is a little bar called Barrio Cellar. One of the burgers here is called the Hamburguesa.

The menu boasts this burger as

barrio house beef patty, pickled jalapeño, chimmchurri Mayo, chipotle mustard, cheese , red onion.

The first thing you notice about this burger are the sauces. The chimmchurri Mayo and chipotle mustard held the burger flavours together well. The meat patty was so juicy and not overdone. The flavour was awesome. There was just the right amount of red onion to give this burger a little twang. We were pleasantly surprised by the jalepinos. They weren't too dominant, so a few bites in it was a nice surprise to experience their heat, and then to have a few bites without them. The buns were milky soft and sweet, and held the whole thing together. We were mopping up the juices from our shirt and face for a longtime afterwards. We loved the flavour of this burger.

The fries were string fries with smoked paprika. Very crispy and a great compliment to this burger. 

The only criticism we have is that it was too small. Next time we will definitely order the double patty.

The photos don't really do this burger justice...

We'll be back.

Sacrilegious Burger, Milk Bar

A Thursday afternoon burger sounded like the way to go. So we decided to give The Milk Bar another go. (The first time we stopped by there, they had run out of burgers).

Because we wanted to get into the spirit of Easter, we ordered the Sacrilegious Burger. This burger consists of 3 meat patties, cheese on each patty, roast beef, crumbled sausage and home made ketchup, onion relish, all served between a milk bun.

The patties were so dry that the cheese had actually disappeared into them, along with the sauce. Everything was soaked into the patty such that there was no juice dripping from my burger. Even our very life source was being vortexed into these patties. It was truly evil. 

On top of that, the burgers were over charred. The burnt taste of the patties was the dominant feature of this burger experience. This burnt taste was the thing that remained with us long after eating those burgers. Imagine having the taste of burnt toast lingering in your mouth. This was our experience.  

If that wasn't enough, the roast beef was truly foul. We wondered if we were being served the leftovers from last year's Easter roast. It had a pungent taste, truly unpleasant.

The home made ketchup may as well as not existed. Or come from a woollies name brand jar. It just wasn't present. And the onion relish serving was also very stingee.

The juiciest thing in this burger was the dry crumbed sausage. It was not enough to redeem the burger from hell.

We had hoped that the chips would in same way make up for the burger experience. But unfortunately not. The chips were too soggy, under cooked, and no crisp whatsoever. We wondered why these were offered to us as a reward for being fatty members.

We were quite surprised by this experience, given the popularity of the Milk Bar over at the Facebook group called Fatties Burger Appreciate Society. With each bite, we were praying that the burger would improve. Unfortunately the wretched reality set in. This burger was simply done very badly.

We feel as though we will need to exorcise this burger experience from our body by visiting Lashings in Brighton Le Sands very soon to participate in the 10-patty burger challenge.