WORLDWIDE CHICKEN BURGER APPRECIATION SOCIETY
Posts By Eran Thomson
THE ROSE
Purveyor: The Rose Hotel, Chippendale, NSW Australia
Menu Item: Chicken Burger
Price: $15 AUD (with a Beer)
Squawk: Comes with a beer. And Huffman’s hot sauce which actually isn’t that hot, but does taste nice. Overall this is a decent burger, nothing too fancy or surprising. One thing that confused us was the orange sauce (cheese?) dripping all over the damn thing – it looks amazing, but it was bland and we still don’t know exactly what it was.
Buaawk: The only way you can get away with a mystery sauce is if it’s so damn delicious nobody cares that you made it out of dead baby’s tears. Or whatever. Point is… what is it? Also the bun was a bit thick and sweet.
Rating: 5/10
THREE WILLIAMS
Purveyor: Three Williams Cafe, Redfern, NSW, Australia
Menu Item: Chicken Schnitzel Burger
Price: $18 AUD
Squawk: Great chips – thick, crunchy and salty. Great sauces too – Sriracha, Garlic Aioli, and Wasabi Mayo. As for the burger, which is what you really want to know about, the bun was nice and soft, perfectly toasted and seeded. Fresh greens always nice. And nice presentation.
Buaawk: Schnitzel was a bit over fried – and small. Majorly overloaded with pickled red onions. Like waaaaay too many. Did I say “waaaaay?” Because I meant “waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.”
Rating: 6/10
Bonus: Friendly staff turned off the A/C which was blowing a frigid breeze directly at our table. Props.
HIVE BAR
Purveyor: Hive Bar, Erskineville, NSW, Australia
Menu Item: Sriracha Chicken Burger
Price: $9 Lunch Special (normally $18)
Squawk: Great bun. I believe the correct term is “brioche.” Super tender white meat – maybe even too marinated, not a flavour bomb, but overly moist. Decent fries, but a bit cold. Great (read: unusual) beers on tap.
Buaawk: Last time I checked Sriracha had some heat. This burger did not. Wasn’t spicy, no mouth burn, not even a tingle. They’ve mixed it with so much mayo, they may as well call it the “Red Mayo Chicken Burger.”
Rating: 5/10
TEXAS CHICKEN
Purveyor: Texas Chicken, Singapore Airport
Menu Item: Big Tex Burger Combo
Price: $6.80
Squawk: Chicken was better than it looked – juicy, tender despite being a little cool. Tomato was nice to see on there too after our recent Helsinki Hesburger experience.
Buaawk: What self respecting chicken chain has the nerve to:
A) call themselves “Texas Chicken,” and then
B) not have any true Texas style vinegar based hot sauce? That is a major fail. And when you factor in they we’re serving Asian style chili sauce instead, well that’s just plain wrong. Even if we are in Singapore. It’s not Singapore Chicken. Somebody in Texas needs to get dragged behind a pickup for that one. Also, major Mayo overload and the fries weren’t hot. On top of all that, every table in the place was dirty, there we’re no napkins, and the sweaty, frustrated staff were just obese enough to make me seriously consider a Subway salad instead. And you know how gross those are. With a name like Texas Chicken it has to be good – and it wasn’t. There’s probably worse out there, but we hope not.
Rating: 2/10
HESSBURGER
Purveyor: Hesburger, Helsinki Finland
Menu Item: Chicken Burger Combo (Small)
Price: €4 Euros
Squawk: Greasy chips, but with a nice crunch, iceberg lettuce was fresh and crisp. Bonus points for being uniquely Finnish.
Buaawk: Burger is a fried, processed patty that may as well be potato, or Silly Putty. Overloaded with mayo and the bun was hard. And sweet. A not delicious combo.
Rating: 3/10