Burger Comparisons

Sometimes there is no contest.

I think this is one of them. I was going to compare ‘Ben’s Burgers’ in the valley to ‘Betty’s Burgers and Concrete Co’ in Indooroopilly, but I don’t think I can.

I should be able to. They’re both burger places, they’re around the same price, and they have a similar range of soft drinks.

They are not the same though.

Ben’s Burgers is the better place. I will admit I should probably have the same burger at both places, but I don’t think that would help.

If you are not near Ben’s Burgers, and there is a Betty’s Burgers near you, by all means go. The service is great, the venue is nice, and the food is good. The pork belly burger, had two pieces of pork belly in it pretending to be a patty. The fries were fries. A little cold by the time i got to them, but not bad.  The only real complaint was that the whole thing, burger included was a little small. Not tiny and would probably easily quell your average person’s hunger beast, but was a touch smaller than what I normally eat.

The staff made Betty’s Burgers more enjoyable than it probably would have been. Everyone smiling, and genuinely seemed pleased to work there. If they weren’t they faked it well. The guy who served me clearly took a lot of pride in his work. I feel like if I had have said I wasn’t impressed with the food he would have tried to figure out how to make it up to me.

The more I think about it the more I realise how much of an impact he had on my whole experience there. If it weren’t for him I wouldn’t have been at a point where I would want to compare them.

Ben’s Burgers is better. That felt really weird to write.

They only have four burgers to choose from, and maybe three different sides. Definitely at least two.

Three of the burgers are standard. A cheese burger, a vegetarian burger, and one with salad. The fourth changes monthly.

The patties of the meat ones are all thick and taste great, without tasting salty. The buns, while I am pretty sure are similar to the ones from Betty’s Burgers, seem to be fluffy and tasty in their own right. The remaining contents of the burger is well selected to present a unique, tasty flavour.

The chips from Ben’s Burgers are thick. I think they call them fries, but they are not thin, or shoe stringy.  They are normally crisp on the outside and fluffy in the middle, with enough salt to make them really tasty. The chilli fries are also really good, not very spicy but still pretty tasty. They are also still usually warm when I get them.

Coke and Pepsi are coke and pepsi no matter where you go, so I will have to take someone to Betty’s Burgers for a shake test, as I am not able to drink that much milk anymore.

The staff here are friendly, but not as good as the guy from Betty’s Burgers. This is out weighed by the quality of their food…

 

and their proximity to both ‘Bird’s nest’ and ‘Cakes and Shit’. This means that burgers followed by chicken hearts followed by cheesecake, was a thing. It will also be a thing many times I think, as it was a pretty awesome combo.

Snack time…eat well everyone.