Our staycation in Abbotsford brought us to one of its newest restaurants: a burger restaurant so nice that they named it twice. Quickly becoming known for their support of local farms and creating products that taste fresh, not frozen they are doling out burgers, hotdogs, milkshakes, and beers as their bread and butter business.
There was non stop traffic during our visit, but we were able to grab a table first, to be seated and look over our options before heading to the back counter to order. In exchange for your payment you receive a table number, where your completed meal is brought out to you on handy trays.
We would start with a couple of beers on tap. A rotating selection that highlights what’s new and what’s local. I was tempted by their all dairy milkshake, but given how heavy the meal to come promised to be, we felt a light beer might be a better fit. Here we had a Dutch pale ale and a more fruity paloma IPA.
We had to order their signature burger, with the same name as their restaurant. The BRGR BRGR is two Lepp Farm BRGR patties, one beef and one pork, topped with American Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, and their signature BRGR sauce. It was so fresh and so juicy that you could taste the quality in the meat easily, past the sparingly used sauce.
By comparison, the burger of the month was large, messy, and jammed packed with punchy flavours. The Seoul burger was inspired by the bold flavours of Korean cuisine. Its all beef patty included a saucy corn mix with kimchi notes, tender cuts of Korean style pork, a runny fried egg, and fresh green onion. Buyer beware this ones needs multiple napkins, cause there is no cute way to eat this. The sauce and yolk dribble down your clenched hands as you try to keep meat between buns. I definitely liked this one more than the former, given how much sauce and flavour I got from it.
Although if I needed more punch in my burger, I could have easily looked to one of their 10 side sauces available as an add on. Great as a flavour agent to customize your burger with, and even better as a dip for the possible sides.
We grabbed a box of onion ring. Fried to order, each perfectly battered for the ideal crunch.
We also tried their Root fries, a gluten-free option, instead of the traditional potato fries. Carrots, parsnips, and beet roots. I liked their bright colours, but preferred the softness of a potato fry. Flavour-wise it was all in the sauces.
The Creamy Thai sauce was a spicy mayo mix, incorporating the fresh flavours of garlic, cilantro and green onion. It was tangy and slightly sweet, but it did not give me the notion of Thai cuisine or its flavours.
I liked the White BBQ sauce the most. This was a mayo-based sauce made out of vinegar, spicy mustard and horseradish that is common to their chicken and jerk burgers. This sauce is a tangy and creamy twist on a traditional barbecue sauce recipe, with hints of coffee and harissa.
The Coffee BBQ sauce is a tangy rich ketchup-based sauce, with notes of cumin, chocolate, garlic, and onion. I didn’t make out any coffee in this, as it ate more like its ingredients read: a build up of a more classic BBQ sauce.
The Curry Aioli is a great vegan sauce option. Prepared with Vegan Mayo, Garlic, Lemon Juice, Curry Powder, and Salt & Pepper. The flavour of the curry was muted, mild hints that didn’t overwhelm, but added its unique spice to anything it touched.
With so much more on the menu worth trying and the ability customize your meal between drinks, sides, and sauces there is plenty of delicious reasons to come back and try it all.
Brgr Brgr
33758 Essendene Ave, Abbotsford, BC V2S 2H2
(604) 746-6225
brgrbrgr.ca
