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2013-05-16
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Located at the far end of the Raffles City basement, The Handburger looks like any other cafe/restaurant. Clever wordplay makes the name of this place easy to remember and the food served here is definitely memorable. Ironically, their burgers can hardly be eaten by hand due to the huge steak/chicken thigh filling -everything seems to fall apart. Knives and forks are provided for you to carve your burger to bite sized bits.They currently have a new burger on their menu: the Masala Chicken burger
They currently have a new burger on their menu: the Masala Chicken burger ($13.90), which includes a salad/drink/fries. I choose the house salad. The burger comes with (obviously) masala chicken, lettuce, tomato and a citrus sauce. All these are placed right smack in between two pieces of buttered burger buns. I never could quite figure out what was the bun flavour, it was green and seemed to have a funky taste that i didn't quite like. It was an unusual cross of sweet and savoury. Not my kind of thing.The chicken was well marinated and the taste of the spices came through very nicely. However, the meat wasn't cooked evenly. Some parts were tender and juicy, filled with wonderful spices that were exotic and savoury. However, some areas were dry and tough...awful. The citrus sauce wasn't really fantastic either but I guess. The novelty of eating a masala chicken burger was definitely there. While it wasn't outstandingly executed, it was passable.
The salad had lettuce, half a hard boiled egg, cherry tomatoes, croutons and bits of bacon tossed together in a thick, creamy dressing. It was slightly too heavy for my liking and didn't quite prove to be the salad I had in mind. It wasn't refreshing but instead made me full faster (and hence, sick of the taste faster). Still, it wasn't bad. I'm just critical when it comes to salads
My companion had fries instead for his side -that proved to be quite a lovely choice. The fries were chunky cut, golden brown and potatoey. Dipped in the sweet onion sauce, it was deliciously sinful.
We're not huge fans of their burgers, but service is generally good and the food is decent too. Do note that their long elongated tables stretch across nearly half the restaurant, so if you're not comfortable with the concept of "sharing" your space with other diners, you may want to give this place a miss ....or come at non-peak hours. Expect to pay around $16 after GST. They do have some discounts with cards sometimes so be sure to ask what promotions are going on!
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