A Burger Hunt

Mr Greedy Glutton came home from playing golf Sunday lunch time with a Burger craving... and we're not talking about a Whopper or a Big Mac here, we're talking home-made, ground beef, flame-grilled, with all the trimmings.

So, having read good reports in one of our restaurant guides, we set off to find Uber-burger. An hour later, having taken the MRT and shanks pony to Millenia Walk, we discovered that Uber-burger was in fact another victim of Singaporean catering and retail fickleness, and had closed down before we'd even had a chance to sample their 'gourmet' burgers. (We later found out that it actually closed down in February - that's 6 months before we even moved to Singapore, oops!)

So, we found ourselves in a bit of a quandry as to where to find a good burger. The closest place we could think of that has an abundance of 'western' bars and restaurants was Chijmes... so back we went for another 20 minute walk. When we eventually arrived there, it became a toss-up between the newly-opened Harry's 'Gastrobar' (their menu looks the same as every other Harry's bar, not sure what's so Gastro about it), Bobby's and Hog's Breath Cafe.... not the most inspiring set of choices.

We settled for Bobby's, having already experienced pretty poor meals at Harry's on Boat Quay and Hog's Breath at Vivocity before. As our burger hunt had now taken approximately an hour and half, there was little point in looking at the menu (and Mr Greedy Glutton knew better than to order anything else at this point), so burgers it was.

They weren't great... we weren't even expecting them to be... but they also weren't BAD - they were obviously home-made and had been seasoned well, but as seems to be standard here the cheese was of the 'plasticky' variety and the bun was stale. So burger craving only partly satisfied, and the quest for Singapore's best burger continues.

One thing I will say for Bobby's though - we were served by the most friendly and enthusiastic waiter I have yet come across in Singapore... he was truly full of the joys of Spring... so we may not have found our uber-burger, but we did find mr uber-enthusiastic... but unfortunately it didn't make our average burger uber...

Bobby's - www.bobbys.com.sg