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You may have heard my constant ramblings about my love for ‘Bonarche Burgers’ in previous posts. They do, what I believe to be, some of the best burgers in Sydney. Better than ‘Chur Burgers’ and I’ve been to Chur three times to make that comparison, so I don’t say it lightly. Nestled in the former prime time location of Norton Street, Leichhardt (the Parramatta Road end) is Bonarche Burgers, a rather unassuming little eatery. With rather small signage it would be easy to wander past on an everyday basis and not be aware of the splendour within. Where Chur Burger has hit the nail on the head is its fit out, a loud vibrant space with white walls, young staff and timber furniture. Had Bonarche taken this road, more people would be heading to Leichhardt for a burger. The thing is, the charm of Bonarche is it’s quaintness. It’s what set’s it apart from every other place in Sydney doing 10 buck burgers. The team behind Bonarche Burger are ‘The Chef and The Butcher’ – …

Burger 10 Part Deux *Disclaimer: Bianca and Alex were invited to Burger10 by Sheryl Jaber and Chef/Owner Hussein Jaber. All opinions however are independent. Hamburgers – A very humble product, generally consisting of two slices of bread or a roll, some form of protein be it a beef patty, a moist chicken breast. Throw in some lettuce, tomato, a slice of cheese and you have a meal. Sydney has been swept up in a burger revolution the past two years or so, with the opening of Chur Burgers, Bonarche Burgers, Mary’s and now Burger10 in Glebe. Having the opportunity to sit down and share a meal with Chef Hussein was a great way to pick his brain and go behind the makings of each individual Burger/Country representation. Hussein has had quite the illustrious career, working in numerous high end Hotels in the United Arab Emirates, an executive chef for Nestle and a senior chef at Luna Park before deciding to open Burger 10 in Sydney. Sitting down to lunch we sampled a number of items …

Having constantly pointing this place out to anyone that would listen to me, I finally had my first Toco experience. Replacing Jackie M Malaysian, another restaurant I unfortunately missed out on before she shut up shop, it was a fairly sizeable place for a decent café. Joining me for lunch was a good friend from college Ameriza, hereby known as ‘Speed Racer’ having recently acquired her licence at Twenty-Seven! Congrats Am. Toco is fit out unlike any other café on Major’s Bay Road, dare I say it’s the trendiest café to grace the ‘strip’ for some time. What drew me in initially was the ‘Toco’ neon sign, its damn cool. Inside its all exposed brick work and quite possibly the coolest wallpaper I have seen in my life – Little Cows!! Toco offer a variety of tempting breakfast options as well as an assortment of fresh salads, smoothies, hamburgers and Sandwiches all made with Sonoma bread. Readers may have noticed a little bit of a trend with my teeny tiny obsession with burgers, I was …

Weeks ago my co-worker and friend Mark, mentioned a soon to open burger joint in Glebe, knowing my weakness for a good burger – I appreciated the heads up. Burger 10’s concept is a simple one ’10 Burgers, 10 Countries’, with 10 burgers representing different countries ranging from Greek, Turkish, Japanese, Lebanese, Australian and American. A very interesting concept for a humble product. Burger 10’s claim is a mighty big one – ‘Home of the best ten burgers in the world’. I Dragged Mark (Job Dun – His comic book alter ego) along one rainy Sunday afternoon, one week into trading. Because it was raining, it essentially wiped out half of Burger 10’s outdoor seating, incidentally most of the seats indoors were occupied.   Having perused the menu before our visit we were well prepared, or so we thought. We decided to share two burgers – The American ‘Classic Beef Burger’ with a classic burger bun, grass fed beef pattie, tomato chutney, beetroot, pickled cucumber, rocket leaves and mayo. As well as the Greek ‘Lamb …