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2015-02-23
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My wife and I saw an advertisement for this place in the IFC and it seemed pretty exciting. We needed to have lunch out today, so we settled on this.It's called "Big Fernand: The French Burger Workshop." The menu is almost exclusively burgers, but in addition to beef burgers, there are also lamb burgers and mushroom burgers. When we got in line someone working there gave us a menu and recommended the Bartholome burger set: a beef burger w/ bacon, raclette, onions, bbq sauce, and cocktail sauce.
It's called "Big Fernand: The French Burger Workshop." The menu is almost exclusively burgers, but in addition to beef burgers, there are also lamb burgers and mushroom burgers.
When we got in line someone working there gave us a menu and recommended the Bartholome burger set: a beef burger w/ bacon, raclette, onions, bbq sauce, and cocktail sauce. The set comes with fries and a drink, which are normally $40 each (which is quite steep for a can of coke, by the way).
I was not a fan of the burger. First off, the ratios are terrible. The patty is thin and small-- there's way too much bun to meat-- does 'big fernand' mean 'big bun'? Second, they are extremely heavy-handed with the sauce. I ordered mine with no bbq sauce, thinking that cocktail sauce was something like thin ketchup, but it turned out to be not all that pleasant of a sauce and lots and lots of it. There was also a fair amount of raclette-- I like raclette as a burger cheese, but one needs to be judicious, especially when the patty is so meagre. Finally, I don't think the quality of the meat is particularly good, not when relevant competitors include Beef & Liberty and Butchers Club. I only ate about half my burger.
The fries were thin shoestring ones with lots of red seasoning (paprika and onion powder?). I thought they were decent, but here's two counterpoints: one, some of mine were burnt. Two, my wife didn't like the fries. Again, if you're comparing them with, say, Butchers Club's duck fat fries, they don't particularly look very good.
Look, for a set that's $175, you better have something spectacular for me. Butchers Club does a much better burger ($100) and fries ($20) and sells cokes for cheaper ($30 vs. $40). French American Bistro does a better burger ($158) and has a nicer space and some great cocktails. There's literally no reason to go here. There's a new burger trend in HK, but that doesn't mean every burger is worthy.
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