my name is Food.: Burgers

McDonald's - Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

breakfast December 16, 2018

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Hello Harry - Portside Wharf, Hamilton, Brisbane

American November 18, 2018

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Hurricane's Grill & Bar - Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast

American November 01, 2018

Many may say that this place has the best ribs, but I disagree. It has not yet beaten our favourite ribs place, with its quality, service and consistency. But I have to say that their location definitely provides a nice view and strategic location. Offering not only pork ribs but also many other items on the menu to cater even the young ones, it is a place for both dates, groups and casual dining.

Starting with the 'Fried calamari' served with tartare sauce, about 8-10 pieces of deep fried calamari served with a lemon wedge and a small bowl of tartare sauce. The tartare sauce was not very tangy but did add a good punch and freshness for the calamari.

'Rocket, pear and parmesan salad' served with spanish onion, cherry tomatoes, green olives with a honey mustard dressing. A refreshing salad and not-so-typical garden salad to have. The honey mustard dressing was very subtle but the green olives and the parmesan brings its flavour amongst it all. The thinly sliced pear was nicely executed as it was not too thick nor too thin until you could not taste the pear's flavour. By having only rocket leaves, allows everything to be well balanced without the bitterness of the other greens.

'Bluecheese salad' which consisted of iceberg, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, sprouts, carrot, Spanish onion, Danish blue with homemade blue cheese dressing. For those who's not so big on blue cheese, this may not be for you as for some, it may be a bit too strong. The chunks of tomato, cucumber and red onion gives it a real kick as well as a very fresh taste. The sprouts, iceberg and capsicum was also another compliment to the overall dish but definitely, the blue cheese would be the highlight of it all. No, the blue cheese does not melt but the soft texture reminded of the chewy mozarella cheese, with the punch of the blue cheese flavour, it enhances the whole dish through.

'Pork Ribs' served with chips was okay, it was not as consistent as the rest of the meat however, as some were off the bone, but some were slightly burnt and were not thoroughly cooked for long enough. The basting is not too sweet and was just right. It's interesting how when there's a big rack of ribs, you only get a handful of chips. Having more chips would've been good, as it won't be enough to share nor to probably keep you going through your ribs.

'Beef Burger' served with a side of chips or baked potato. The beef patty was noted to be a Cape Grim, 100% Grass Fed beef served with tomato, lettuce, Spanish onion, pickles, thousand island dressing. It was not bad, but not the best. The thousand island dressing made the bottom bun soggy along with the juices of the beef patty oozing out as well as you can see above, between the burger and the chips itself. So, eating this would most likely be messy as you may just need to deconstruct it instead of picking it up with two hands and taking a big bite.

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Getta Burger - Underwood, Brisbane

American October 27, 2018

When we had Getta Burger the first time, it was at their first branch in Carina. When we saw that another branch has opened up nearby in south side, we thought we should give it a try. Luckily enough, it was not busy with only one or two people lining up in front and behind us. I'm glad when places open up, they think about us too and where we can park as they're located in an area with other shops and dedicated parking available. It's a bit sad when new places open but then you hear that there's no parking or it would be much more accessible via public transport. Doesn't work that way all the time, you know..

Getta Burger has a wide variety of beef patty, pulled pork, beef brisket and vege burgers of which we decided to go with 'The Getta Burger'. Beef patty, cheese, onion, tomato, lettuce, pickle with 'Tom's Tomato Relish' and USA mayo on a milk bun. The bun was a sesame seed bun which I thought was a bit hard and not as soft as I would've liked it to be. However, the amount of beef patty, bacon, melting cheese and sauce was more than decent. The beef patty was a bit dry though which was disappointing but everything else complimented it nicely.

When trying to eat it, do try to hold it with two hands and grab it tight so that nothing will ooze out as when it does, especially the cheese, it will be a bit hard to try and get it off the wrapping paper unless you lick it off. All I can say is that, it is value for money when it comes to its size and taste but the patty was just simply drier.

Since we weren't too hungry, we thought we'd order a side... of fries.... loaded fries. Not just any fries.

'Getta Filthy Fries', a bowl of fries covered in cheese, smoked brisket, pulled pork, grilled onion, maple bacon, brushed with 'That BBQ Sauce', mustard and ranch. The last time we came to Getta Burger, I thought it wasn't on the menu, so all I ordered was a burger and their Getta fries topped with cheese, which wasn't so good as the cheese was just stuck on the couple of fries on top and everything else underneath was just simply shoestring fries.

One thing I have to say about these would be, thank goodness they were decent in size, decent in toppings and sauces too, which is a winner in my eyes as many loaded fries elsewhere has been quite stingy with their cheese or sauce or even meats. Although with all the smoked brisket and pulled pork together, I wasn't too sure which was which as their colour was similar. Since the base was shoestring fries, it may be a bit hard trying to pick up the fries with the toppings altogetherI did find that there wasn't a need for very salty fries. So, maybe, you would just need to pick up a couple of fries and digging in there. Or just simply use a fork.