THE EMPIRE
So this one I will admit was pretty hyped up
My mate the Queen of Cheat Meals was scouting for her beau King of Cheat Meals and said I had to put this on my to do list, so I did and here’s the review
Tauranga is fast running out of burger places for us to try so if you know anywhere we haven’t been yet by all means let us know!
Why here? cause it was recommended
Parking – not an issue, Burger Foundry is located in the eating area at Papamoa Plaza and if you get there for dinner time there is plenty of parking
so in that same vein there was also plenty of places to sit, it did strike me as odd to have a ‘ burger joint’ in a mall but hey if the foods good i dont care where I eat it.
I went a little sideways of the stable ‘ cheese burger’ which they had but I liked the sound of the Foundry cheese steak so I got that
Beef pattie
Green Salad
Gherkin
grilled onion
Foundry Mozzarella & Cheddar Cheese
Foundry Sauce and Garlic Aioli
$12 – Burger
Also grabbed a choco shake for $4 – was aight nothing to write home about
So the burger…
this wasn’t ideal to try eat with hands like a burger should be, so I had to bust out the hardware ( which they provided so I’m guessing its the norm). buns were well cooked they did it just right, burger pattie was pretty good, i feel like it could have been cooked a little hotter for the same time and it would have got a better outer crust which would have made a big difference to the overall feel and flavour.
The cheese looked like its over the top now I look at the picture but it wasn’t, as someone whos picky with cheese and dairy in general and when to eat it, it didn’t bother me and did give a good taste and I do think if it was less I would have missed it..
I think the thing that’s perplexing about this place is, if this was a standard burger joint like if I had gone to a stand alone burger shop and got that I would have been a little disappointed, not that it was bad it just wasn’t wow at all. But this is in a mall, you could be getting dragged around looking at shit you don’t care about and instead of being hopeful for a bench to sit on you can instead go and slam back one of these…
I guess what I’m trying to say is it’s not restaurant quality but it wasn’t from a restaurant so it wont loose points for that, Horses for courses or, when in rome.. fuck it, you get what I mean
So yeah not bad not awesome I’d give it a happy 6, if i was having lunch there it’d be on the radar but I won’t be making a special trip out there to have it again.
Until next time!
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