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Monday, February 05, 2007
Burger Fuel
I've been eating a lot of berries this summer. By themselves, with icing sugar, with icecream, with chocolate sauce. The other night I decided to eat fresh strawberries and frozen blueberries (normally I eat them fresh but Ma couldn't get any fresh this time) layered with custard.


My presentation ain't exactly award-winning but it was a good dessert. The custard was thicker than I would have liked. I think I prefer Meadow Fresh brand over Swiss Maid. I could have made my own custard but then it would have been uber-thick to the point of near-moldable gloop. I can't seem to make custard anymore. You'd think it would be too easy to screw up but I prove you wrong on that. It is mostly that I just don't pay enough attention to how long I heat it. For some reason the picture makes it look ginormous. I swear it didn't seem that big when I was eating it. I don't know which end is misleading the pictorial end or the eating end.

My wonderful friend Crystal gifted me with her V.I.B. Birthday Voucher for Burger Fuel so I decided to use it for my lunch today. I felt I was in need of some protein and iron, so what better way to get that than with a fat and grease-laden burger. Yup, you gotta sink all four birds with one stone.

I normally order the Combustion Vege burger (sunflower seed, chickpea, cumin and corriander pattie, avocado, peanut sauce, salad, relish, aioli) but I decided to go for something carnivorous in order to get that quick shot of protein and iron. I chose the Peanut Piston (1/3lb ground beef, peanut sauce, salad, relish, aioli) to fulfill my nutritional needs. I got the burger for free because y'know I was Crystal and it was my birthday. Yes. I also decided to give the kumara fries another chance. I usually go with the safer option of spud fries which are always cooked deliciously. Kumara fries are good depending on who cooks them. You can't really screw up potato but you can screw up kumara. If the edges get too burnt, they taste so terrible you will not be able to remove the bad taste no matter how hard you try. But if they are cooked right they are delicious and much tastier than the spud fries. I guess it's like eating fugu. It just has to be done right but when it is, it is wonderfully rewarding. I got a good pretty good fryer this time but I was careful not to eat any brown crispy bits. As you can see I had plenty of aioli to dip it into. Burger Fuel make the best aioli. Definitely an A+ condiment. Perfect accompaniment to kumara fries.

I can't remember the last time I ate a beef burger so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but the Peanut Piston was just what the doctor ordered - a mouthful of scrumptiousness. Anything with peanut sauce by nature has to be good though. You all know about my love affair with peanut sauce.

An innard shot. Not particularly flattering. A good innard shot is hard to get. I don't know how Robyn does it.

After my massive lunch I was a)satisfied and b)definitely not hungry anymore. Although, I actually might be the least full out of all the times I've eaten at BF. Probably because I generally eat there at night, after I've already bombarded my stomach with other foodstuffs during the day causing maximum overload. I still doubt that I will need dinner. I don't think my stomach has even begun to digest yet.

I've also tried some of the other burgers at BF. Combustion Tofu (organic teriyaki tofu, avocado, peanut sauce, salad, relish, aioli) is good but I prefer the Vege pattie. I used to order this before I tried the Vege and have since not gone back. I've also tried the Carbon Seaside (cajun spiced fillet, sliced capscium, plum sauce, salad, relish, aioli) which I thought was very good. The plum sauce is delish and I don't think I'd ever eaten a fish burger before. Last time I was there I tried something off the specials board whose name I can't remember but it contained chicken, pesto and brie. It was okay but the least good burger I've had there. The specials change all the time though and they no longer serve it anyway.

I love Burger Fuel. One of my fave fast food restaurants and great if you are vegetarian or vegan since they have 3 vegetarian burgers and 1 vegan burger. They also serve malt shakes, which is also available in soy. I should try that sometime. I've never had a malt shake. Perhaps next time.

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posted by Lauren @ 2:32 PM  
1 Comments:
  • At 11:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey,
    Soy malt shakes are definitely worth a try- they are great.
    Enjoy reading about all your eating- no burger fuel in Melbourne :(

     
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