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Vive le France?
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With all the burger buzz spreading through Hong Kong at present, HongKongers are spoiled for choice when it comes to that prototypical American cuisine, the hamburger. One can choose to have double decker stacked burgers, spicy burgers, chicken burgers…it seems the list goes on, and the list of restaurants dedicated to this food phenomenon seems to be growing as well. Everyone wants in on the burger trend. Merde…Enter the French. Located in IFC, this burger joint has tremendous overhead (imagine
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With all the burger buzz spreading through Hong Kong at present, HongKongers are spoiled for choice when it comes to that prototypical American cuisine, the hamburger. One can choose to have double decker stacked burgers, spicy burgers, chicken burgers…it seems the list goes on, and the list of restaurants dedicated to this food phenomenon seems to be growing as well. Everyone wants in on the burger trend. Merde…
Enter the French. Located in IFC, this burger joint has tremendous overhead (imagine the rent) as it fights the current HK burger battle. After discussion with other foodies and a scan of photos on the Big Fernand Instagram page and hashtag, @hangrywifey and I decided to make the leap and see if the buzz surrounding Big Fernand could be lived up to or not.
We shared Le Bartholomé (135HKD), their Aussie pasture-fed beef burger with Raclette, pork bacon and homemade BBQ sauce, as well as Le Victor (120HKD), their Veal burger with caramelised onions and Fourme d’Ambert. A lot of the discussion out there has been concerning value for money and meat-to-bun ratio, so I was a bit worried. Would this burger survive the hype?
Le Bartholomé
$135
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 The Bartholomé ended up being pretty good, with a delicious BBQ sauce that didn’t overpower the flavour of the beef, but rather, added a sweetness that combined with the Raclette’s flavour which ended up rather satisfying. I also was not upset by the size of the bun, because I’m typically a tidy eater, and the beef-bun ratio left it so that my hands were not a juicy mess upon completion. Score. However, le Victor stole the show. The veal meat was tender, and the Tonton Fernand (their sweet mayonnaise) paired beautifully with the burger. Both burgers ended up satisfying, and I wasn’t so full afterward as to slip into that food coma that slows one down in hustling, bustling HK.
Le Victor
$120
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 There *was* a travesty on our table though, and it took the form of the Fernandines (or chips, or fries, or what-have-you). The spice/salt mixture used was quite lovely, but the consistency (aka ‘the sogginess factor’) was OUT OF CONTROL. We were so dissatisfied with the limp, soggy representations of fries on our plates that we left them uneaten. Ufffff. They were terrible.
So what will happen to Big Fernand? My predication is, while they have a novel idea (honestly, where else can you get a ‘French’ burger?), ultimately, Big Fernand’s expensive rental location and general lack of consistency are not enough to rise them through the ranks in the great HK Burger Wars. At present, there are too many other venues that are getting their burgers (and fries) right with higher consistency. So, we shall see (ce qui sera sera).
Suggestion: consider increasing the crispness of the fries, and considering adding an additional 25g to the burger patty. Also, drop the sesame seeds from the buns…perhaps in favour of a brioche-type bun? Best of luck…
(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)
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    Le Bartholomé
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