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2011-04-18
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Wanting to utilize a $5 discount coupon off any $50 worth of purchase, plus a wandering mind that could not generate anywhere better to eat at for lunch, my legs somehow had driven me to the Freshness Burger which is 10 minutes away from home AND school, and i basically passed by this shop at least once a day, let it be in the morning or in the evening. Funny enough, i never stopped by for lunch or dinner. I guess thats the reason why they are quite generous with their cash coupon giveaways.Anyw
Anyways - the shop was crooked in shape and there were fewer tables than one could have imagined. We settled, and i went for placing the order. The menu did not look very appealing to me and, after some difficult choice-making, we three ordered 3 burgers (2 with sets), and two extra side orders of sweet potato fries and corn soup. That was not partiularly cheap either, even with the discount. We each needed to pay $60 for a burger lunch. That would definitely be unimaginable before the more expensive burger joints were opened, demostrating to HK ppl how burgers are not, and should not be regard as, cheap and junky foods.
At that cost I was expecting something from this Japanese-Americano burger shop. After 5 minutes of wait the drinks and the soup came in cups. The Cream of corn soup was yellowish and was thick, however obviously made from mixing powder with hot water as the taste ws really artificial. It could have been a hearty warm drink in the cold winter, yet not very good to be drunk in the midst of a hot, stuffy summer afternoon.Then the foods swiftly came.
Burgers:
Ma ordered a vegetarian burger with grilled mushroom. The meat patty was replaced by a thick and juicy grilled portobello mushroom. Seasoned with sour vinegar sauce, the burger was quite refreshing and even though there were no meat in it, the mushroom was meaty enough to be satisfying.
Dad ordered a classic double cheese burger. He complained about the blandness of the patty, but i thought it would have already been a lot better than what's served at M's. The burger looked quite small to me tho.
My vegetarian burger with grilled tofu looked yum. I substituted the avocado slices for grilled onion and that had added some crunchiness to the soft tofu burger. The thick slab of tofu was really soft (very Japanese id say) but the taste of the bean was not too strong. Personally id rather have something rougher but more intense in taste. The teriyaki sauce did not go too well with the tofu patty as the tofu patty was just way TOO smooth and slippery for any liquid to stay in place on. all in all, the burger tasted okay, but there were still great rooom for further improvement...the problem of holding the tofu in place is a big one and perhaps that could be solved by tucking in a half-melted cheese between the patty and the bun - but that would enstop vegetarians from ordering their burgers. hmmm...Side orders:
Apart from the potato wedges which came with the 2 sets we also ordered the Japanese sweet potato fries. They were much more intense in colour and was in bright orange, making the somewhat whitish potato wedges that were put in the same basket so white as it they had not been cooked at all!
The sweet potato fries was really good as it was quite mushy and that resembled the texture of the roasted sweet potato street vendors sold along the street. So long were the cold says when you could hold a pipping hot sweet potato with your palms without being scalded; now that the temperature has risen, all i could do to reminiscene is to eat the sweet potato fries. The shop was small and yet quite comforty to sit at leisurely after the satisfying meal. Might go again since it was soo close to school that i could hardly say if i would go again sometime or later, but something im sure of is that i wont be ordering anything with a beef patty in - the menchi burger looked quite nice too, but i could never figure out whats actually in that deep-fried croquette - potatoes? shrimps? or..?
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