Now I'm no Matt Preston, in either looks or credentials but well, I am a lover of pork, and pulled pork burgers, and think having tried way too many over the years I am at least qualified to recognise a good and a bad one, well i would like to think so, again everyone has an opinion, and this just mine.
I am hesitant to give my first score of 2 stars, and the only reason it was not a one, is because maybe, just maybe the chips saved the score. With the new Rundle Place food court being open for a while now, most vendors have had ample time to get it right. When you sell one thing and one things only, you need to be a master of it, and well for me Burger Addiction has not hit the mark with their pulled pork burger, here's why!
Burger - Pulled Pork - Dreams of Wichita, not sure about the dream, I wont be dreaming of it. With a promise of slow cooked pork, whiskey BBQ sauce, all looked more than promising. From the first bite, I was missing the pork taste, 3 bites later I hit my first mouthful of Pork.......I could deal with this, maybe if the pork was outstanding. But far from it, it was chunky, dry, tasteless, missing seasoning and really lacked any hint of being slow cooked, more like well over cooked, maybe thats why they could not pull it apart in the slithers that it should be.
Chips - as mentioned this was the saving of an even lower score, a unique take on what looks like large potatoes just cut and fried, great idea. They had a slight crunch, soft inside and a good kick of salt, what you would expect from a good homestyle chip.
Overall, I am one for a fair go, although I am loathed to try going back again given lunch was, well expensive for a food court, at $17, which included Burger, Chips and a dipping sauce it really needed to hit the spot, and for me I can't see myself paying another 17 to be disappointed and unsatisfied again. With a good looking shop front for me that's about where it stopped.
The last thing I will say, it was busy, ok middle of lunch time, and maybe many people are simply looking for a burger alternative in the middle of the city, but with most people being on time restraints, fortunately for me this isn't the case, I don't think and or like waiting 16 minutes for a fast food outlet to serve me their food at lunch time, no matter how busy they maybe.
NOTE: Take cash, no EFTPOS, really, 2013 people, get a machine!
I will seek to find another good pulled pork burger and report any of my findings, until then, happy porking! read more