It’s a cold, wintry night that brings us to Bite Me Burger Company, and one in which we’re pressed for time having spent the half half hour looking for a park in Paddington. Ever since the Wagyu burger at Plan B, I’ve been trying to find other Wagyu burgers to try. Call it my latest obsession. So with only 45 minutes to order, eat and go, we enter Bite Me Burger, a small, red lit small Burger place on Oxford Street in Paddington with a neon red Coca Cola type sign. It’s bustlingly full, there is a football game on at the stadium nearby and we explain our impending movie dilemma to the staff. They suggest that we pre-order our meals as it can sometimes take up to 20 minutes for the burgers during a busy period and by then a table should be free.
Sure enough, we’re seated within about 5 minutes and help ourselves to water. There is a large communal table as well as two high tables at the front. We’re seated at one of the front tables but not the very front. Once when we sat there everyone stopped and watched what we ate which made us feel like monkeys in a zoo exhibit.
Everything is visual merchanised to within an inch of itself, the fork and knife come in a sleeve that says “Hold Me”. The ketchup is in a tomato squeezy and of course the salt and pepper co-ordinate.
Onion Rings $4.50
The onion rings are the first to arrive, they come in an adorable shopping trolley along with a honey mustard sauce in a shot glass (not pictured). The batter is thicker than I’ve had before and something more like a calamari ring batter in texture rather than batter. Unfortunately they are stone cold, not just slightly cold but stone cold. Oh dear, I had read about this happening on other websites.
Wagyu truffle burger $17
Our Wagyu truffle burger arrives with grilled Portobello mushrooms, caramelised onions and rocket. The toothpick on top urges us to “Eat Me” and we are happy to oblige. But before we do, we do the obligatory cross section food porn photo.
Food porn cross section of Wagyu truffle burger
There isn’t much in the way of the truffle scent or flavour in the burger and the bun is quite cold. The patty is more finely ground than the Plan B one and whilst it has the unmistakable grill flavour to it, it could really be any sort of beef patty. The portobello mushroom and caramelised onion is a fairly nice accompaniment but the bun isn’t anything special. The burger is good when spread with the Honey mustard Dijonnaise although if I am to compare the two, Plan B’s wins, both on flavour and price.
Mini bites with chips, Left Bloody Mary mini, Centre chips and Right Pluck Me Chicken burger $11.50
Our mini bites with chips arrives, with the chips of course in the shopping trolley. We ordered a Bloody Mary and a Pluck Me chicken burger. The mini burgers are a pretty good size, about a third of the size of a regular burger and as I am a miniature food fetishist, I am glad I ordered this.
The chips are fresh, crispy and good. And thankfully they are hot!
The mini Bloody Mary is a Terra Rossa beef burger flavoured with vodka, horseradish, onion, tomato & parsley, smothered in a secret recipe Bloody Mary sauce (including vodka, Worchestershire, Tabasco & tomato) served with cos lettuce. My husband particularly likes this burger although I am less enamoured. I can’t taste the horseradish or Tabasco but I can taste the Worchestershire sauce and it is a little dry.
Mini Bite Pluck Me burger
The Pluck me burger, Grilled corn-fed chicken breast topped with melted King Island Brie, iceberg lettuce & Dijon mustard (although you’re supposed to get your choice of this or cranberry sauce) is lovely and fresh, the bun toasted and warm and the Dijonnaise mild and creamy. It’s reminiscent me of an Oporto burger with it’s juicy texture and soft chicken fillet and whilst this may disturb some, that’s not necessarily a bad thing as I do love Oporto burgers. I eat this little burger slowly to savour it.
We look around and suddenly the communal table is empty bar 2 people. It seems that everyone has left for the game. We do similarly and bypass the Pat & Stick’s ice cream sandwiches, after all it’s freezing outside, and leave for our movie, with minutes to spare.
Bite Me Burger Company
340 Oxford St Paddington NSW 2021 **PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PADDINGTON STORE HAS NOW CLOSED**
Tel: +61 2 9331 1916
Open 7 days, BYO.
Lunch: Midday to 3pm
Dinner: 6pm to late
email: paddington@bitemeburgerco.com
http://www.bitemeburgerco.com
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Hi Lorraine- Great photos! I am visiting my family in Conneticut and they said they are 45 minutes from the best burger joint in the New England States. So, of course we are going to take a trip and check them out. Nothing like a good burger.
three things to say:
-pluck me burger–great name! and it sounds completely delicious.
-miniature shopping cart–adorable! i’d like a couple to use as serving pieces in my own home.
-stone cold onion rings–unacceptable! and downright nasty! ick! blech! and no thank you!
Ewww.. cold onion rings. Even Marge wouldn’t have accepted a proposal from Homer with those!
BITE ME!
Actually, I’d rather bite a few of those burgers.
omg how gorgeous is the presentation!!!
I love this place. The little tag in the hamburger and that french fry shopping cart – precious. We have a similar (well maybe not entirely similar) place here called Licks – also hamburger fare and they sing to you while you walk through the condiments. Hysterical. Too bad the burgers are crap.
Interesting to read your review… I wasn’t very impressed with Bite Me at all. Too much money spent on making the place look pretty and not enough on making the food perfect.
I wonder how many times somebody has tried to pass the onion rings by pushing the little cart thingy. I also am curious on how the alignment is on that little sucker.
Oh, and the food looks tasty.
Hi Kim-I saw an Oprah episode where her friend Gail went looking for the best burger in the U.S. It made me so hungry for a burger!
Hi grace-The shopping cart is really, really cute I must say. I had to order something that came in it although I think I made the wrong choice!
Hi Y-Yes, cold onion rings are just bad bad bad!
Hi Cappucino-Sorry but a burger might be tastier
Hi Iron Chef Shellie-The presentation is great. If only they could warm the buns!
Hi giz-Hehe they sing to you? Wow, how is that? Unnerving or fun? I guess they need the gimmick although I wonder why they just can’t improve the burgers
Hi Anthea-Yes it was very merchandised. I don’t think I’ve ever received cold “hot food” anywhere before though so this was an unfortunate first.
Hi Caleb-The shopping trolley wheels work which makes it functional and cute
Hi
where did they eat me tags? soo cute. Can i make those, and how??
Hi saniel-I’m not sure, perhaps they’re custom made. I think they do sell some merchandise so if you give them a call they might be able to help you
Can’t say much about the burgers, but you definitely have to try the Pat and Stick’s ice cream. They have them at some markets around the place and are well worth travelling to get them. It makes other ice cream pale into insignificance. An added benefit is to go along and look at Pat and Stick standing next to each other, a real odd couple.
Take a look at these and tell me you don’t want to eat them
http://patandstick.com.au/sandwiches.html
Hi Andrew-I’ve tried Pat & Stick’s ice creams at Fox studios-it was absolutely freezing that night so I wasn’t in the mood I’m afraid
They love their shopping trolley presentations don’t they? I’ve only seen these with cosmetics in them at Myer department store. It is certainly a novelty and kids would love it!
So you like Oporto burgers? I’ve never eaten at ‘Oporto’. Since I don’t find Nando Chicken burgers impressive, I’ve not been game to try anything at all from Oporto. I love Nando’s flamed grilled whole chickens though.. it’s what we always get.
I wonder if they meant for the onion rings to be cold? I’ve not heard of such a thing.. but I can’t understand why they’d wait ages to get these to you..and allow them to go cold? Not too good.. I would have asked for replacement rings!
I could tell those chips were good just by looking at the close-up photo! Do you like chips and gravy as a combo?
I hope you enjoyed your movie
p.s. we don’t have ‘Oporto’ here where I live in Geelong.. I know I’ve seen them in Brisbane and Sydney.. but maybe Melbourne too? If we had a local one, I would have given it a go by now
Hi Maria-I was suckered in by the trolleys completely. I asked “Do the mini burgers come with the fries in the trolley” and the girl nodded yes as if she understood and had been asked that before
I don’t think they were supposed to be cold. They were doing a roaring trade due to the AFL game nearby and lots of takeaway orders (8 people at one stage taking away!).
I ADORE chips and gravy, and chips with mayonnaise too, is that embarrassing to admit?
We did thankyou!
Oh wow, no Oporto? The Bondi burger is really good! I always take it home and add salad to it though
Hi,I agree with you, the wagyu truffle burger was really disappointing for me.
I also had the chips delivered cold, not to mention waiting time of 40 mnts before anything got delivered to our table.
I would never ever go back there again!!
But I will try Plan B’s though.
Hi Petite Lea-It’s disappointing especially when you compare it to a Plan B burger.
Eeek, so the cold chips weren’t a once off?! 40 minutes is terrible
If you want to try the best burger there is a burger place that has just opened up called The Counter in Crows Nest where you can get they say up to 312,000 different burger combinations. I love it and the atmosphere is fantastic.
Hi adam-Interesting, I’ve never heard of it. Thanks for letting me know!
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