WC Burger Joint | The Butchers Club Burger

While bosses were not in my colleague and I decided to check out The Butchers Club Burger to see for ourselves what the hype was all about. This was my second encounter with The Butchers Club chain, and the first being the sister store in Aberdeen. Now with that as the backdrop, I was in fact not totally satisfied with this $100 burger, especially having to walk 15-min over under the 32 degrees Celsius heat.

Anyhow, we were lucky to find two indoor seats at 1215pm, and I went straight to the queue to make my order. Didn't know why the cashier girl took sooo long to take orders - there's basically only THE burger and THE fries on the food menu. I ordered a $20 canned coke light for my colleague and I opted for the healthier (and cheaper) option of fresh juice in the local shop just around the corner (oops!).

Two original burgers, one order of duck fat fries and a canned pop costed to a total of *ching ching* $240. I would say this is an acceptable price, yet definitely not cheap, for dry-aged beef or so as they claimed on the website. They do have root beer and cherry coke on the menu FYI, at a cost of $30 each, canned.

After 13min or so our food arrived. Burger itself was not big, but to be fair, the meat patty was pretty thick, at least so wide that I wasn't able to bite through the entire deck of burger at one go. And no, this isn't a place to show your proper dining etiquette - they don't have forks so gotta go with your hands!

The bun was grilled but was apparently served at room temperature by the time our order arrived. The beef was juicy, tender and cooked just right, but I felt that the overall burger was lacking flavor so I had to add some hot sauce onto it.

Beef cooked just right

The fattening sauce was generously applied on the bun though and the taste of melted butter was good (how could it not, right?).

Generous fattening sauce (mayo?)

The potato wedges were a little too salty, perhaps that's their way of balancing the lack of flavor of the burger? But, at least the fries were not soggy!

So what's the hype all about? Probably because it's an affordable burger joint in the proximity of Star Street with Caucasian chefs? Been there, done that. Not likely I'll have another go at it although it's conveniently located in my hood.

Venue: The Butchers Club Burger
District: Wanchai
Overall rating:  3 / 5
Cost:  $150 ph - Lunch
Address:  G/F Rialto Building, 2 Landale Street, Wanchai
Link: http://www.butchersclub.com.hk

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