Remember De Burg and their choco lamb burger? It's been at least a decade back. Apparently they're still around. The chef current operates their current joint The Bargers right in the bowels kitchen of The Cider Pit (#01-03, 328 Joo Chiat Road, tel : +65 6440 0504). In the pit but not swallowed by the earth. A literal stone's toss from East Treasure Speciality Prawn Noodle.
The Cider Pit is a watering hole. Think they've been around and are doing pretty good. More ciders than other watering holes on tap definitely and while at that, the majority are non sparkling. Tried a Westons Vintage Reserve with a middling dry profile. Interesting but not my usual pour.
The bottled stuff from Brother Cider were nice. These had a commercially agreeable flavour and I liked the lemon and the caramel-y sweet honeycomb.
What pulled the rug off my feet was their trio of calamari. Awesome fried squid with a flavourful crunchy batter that clung tight and meat that wasn't chewy. Each bite was clean and none of that thin batter loosened or fell apart. No excessive grease as well. Anyone who's had enough of fried calamari would know these don't come together on squid often. Rings, body and geso.
So the choco lamb burger......
...or Choco LamBARger as it it is known these days. Chopped onions, sliced tomato and some greens on that hefty 200g lamb patty sitting on a Nutella-ed heel.
Meat's dusky pink inside. I liked this then and I still like this now.
The other item that was unexpectedly good was their bitterballen. Beef stew in croquette form if you would.
Underneath the crunch was creamy tender beef piping hot and savoury. Mustard was a nice touch to cut through that richness.
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