Friday, October 10, 2008

BeefBaconCheese&Egg @ Saussage House


It is a small place in at the basement of Square 2. Only 4 high seats facing the counter. The cooking area is large enough to stand 3 adults. 6 if they are not cooking.

I had Beef Bacon Cheese and Egg burger. (non-halal)

Just as it is, except for the additional slice of tomato and a small piece of lettuce, you can see the bun, beef patty, one piece of becon, a slice of cheese and egg cooked in a circular block.

It is served in a paper tray. The presenation (as in the picture) is quite humble.

The patty is made of minced meat. Though grainy to the touch, it crumbles away quite easily. It is cooked well done but the juice is still dripping. By lifting the burger and, while it is still in the hands, tilting it with all the pieces perpendicular to the ground, the juice freely pour out onto the tray. I get a small puddle of about a teaspoon.

As the burger is juicy, the piece of lettuce is soggy. It has lost its crunchyness. It has the feel of a piece of soggy piece of tissue draped on the bun. Since it is fiberus, it does does not get sheered easily by the snapping teeth bit pieces of 'strands' still pulls.

The cheese is placed on the patty. While it is still hot, it fuses with the surface of the patty. As with hot cheese, there are the deliteful strands when pulled. So biting off part of the burger will have you pulling on cheese strands and lettuce. While the cheese is fun, the lettuce is not.

If there's a chance that a small piece of patty should drop off. You can see a very slow bungee jump, with the strand getting thinner as the piece falls further away.

Then there is the egg on top of the cheese.

Finally, slotted in between the top bun and the egg, well hidden, is the bacon. It is soft and not cruncy.

On the whole, the burger is not crunchy at all. The bun is lightly fried to give the steam bun a very (really very) slight crisp cover while the rest of the components are soft to the bite. It is soft enough to eat it without dentures.

Taste: The presence of the egg give the burger the egg taste. It completly drowns the whole burger. The piece of bacon does not taste salty at all. Having the fat from the bacon and cheese, one does not feel it taste too oily. The egg has the drying effect on the juicyness of the bite.

Feel: It can be quite messy without utensil as none is given. But it wouldn't be fun or proper if one eats a burger with tools, would it?

Health: Considering the generous portion of fat and salt, it is advisable to go on a steam vegetable diet for the next 2 days. If the generous portions are removed, then it would be like it should be.

"What tastes good is bad for your body; what is good for your body may not taste nice."

Take care.

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