V Burger Bar is V Good!

I am a BIG burger fan. 

Ever since going to Melbourne in January 2009 and eating at Grill'd, and watching that episode of How I Met Your Mother when Marshall went on the hunt for the best burger in New York... I decided to embark on my own search for the best burger in little old Perth.

Burgers Burgers and MORE Burgers!!!

I have tried a lot of burgers in the past few years, and even more so within the last 6 months when a whole lot of gourmet burger joints have popped up all around Perth. From Jus Burger in Leederville, Alfred's Kitchen in Guilford, Flipside in Wembley, FAB Burgers in Hillarys, Burger Bristo in Shafto Lane, Grill'd in Mount Lawley, to the really really new joint called Branded Burgers in Northbridge. After trying all those places, I honestly thought that I had finally made up my mind of the order that I would extend my big love to these burger places in Perth.  I had decided on following order:

1. Grill'd - The burgers are made neatly, are easy to handle very little 'explosion' of the ingredients when you take a bite, plus the radish/capsicum thing they have in their burgers are extra extra tasty. Price range between $9.50-$15.50+ with the majority in the $11-$12 mark.

2. Flipside - Nicely made, tasty with the price range between $9 - $13

3. Burger Bristo - $12.80 - $16 with the majority sitting in the $14.50 - $15.50 mark. 

4. Alfred's Kitchen - For those cold late nights/early mornings... to sit in front of that bon fire hoovering down tasty home-made style burgers for a price range between $6.20 - $12.50.

5. FAB Burgers - Tasty, price range was between $11.50 - $19.95 ...bit too pricey for my liking, and would prefer going to Grill'd.

6. Branded Burgers - New burger join in Northbridge where Fishy Affair used to be. Burgers around the $10-$12 mark, very very very new. Some burgers were tasty, others were average. The service was extra extra slow. Waited around 30-40 minutes.

7. Jus Burgers - Burgers are over stacked, tasty, and a little too oily for my liking. Price ranging from $10 - $15+ with the majority of burgers in the $12-$14 range.

Then, somewhere along the grapevine I heard about a new burger joint called V Burger Bar which is located in Victoria Park.

V Burger Bar in Victoria Park is V Good!!!

After having my mind made up as to the burger places I would go to, going to V Burger Bar was well...more about the fact that they had a voucher in the Entertainment Book for 25% of the total bill. (And because I like burgers... but as I said before, I would have chosen Grill'd).

So on a late Saturday morning borderline lunch time, Kev and I trekked to Victoria Park to try this V Burger Bar and to save some money. It is a tiny place, with very little seating area. So Kev and I were lucky that it was pretty quiet when we arrived. We had a look through the menu noticing that all the burgers sounded quite good. I was tossing up between the Halloween, Crispy Crisp, F.B.A (Full Blooded Aussie) and the Med-Veg. The price range was pretty good, starting from $7.50 for a smaller burger up to $15, with the majority of burgers hanging around the $10-$13 mark.

The Halloween ended up getting my bet, having crispy breaded pumpkin, basil pesto, Danish feta and gourmet salad. Kev decided on trying the Crispy Crisp, which sounded crunchy to me. It was described as having a prime beef patty, cripsy battered onion, V relish, aoli and gourmet lettuce. Treating breakfast/brunch/lunch, and purchasing one Lipton peach ice tea, I ended up spending around $18 for the lot, thanks to my beloved Entertainment Book voucher!

The Crispy Crisp

Kev's Crispy Crisp was quite good! At a first glance I thought the burger looked over stacked. But Kev ended up squishing it to a manageable size and was able to start attacking it. He ended up taking out some of the cripsy onion to eat it alone to make the burger a little more manageable. But it didn't detract from the burger itself. The V Relish was also very nice, reminded me a bit of a tomato chutney...It was definitely  'Hrmmm' from the bites I had stolen from Kev.

The Halloween

My Halloween. Let me just say, that at first glance I was slightly disappointed. When I read 'crispy breaded pumpkin' I had imagined my bun being pumpkin based, almost like a panini with a beef patty and the usual burger ingredients. When the waiter brought it over, I thought that he had given me the wrong burger! It had this thick fried thing in the middle, and there was no chutney or anything... It looked really try to me, so I had that little sinking feeling in my stomach that "Boo, I chose a doozey again."

After watching Kev squash his burger, I did the same as the Halloween looked a bit over stacked too, and  then I just dove in. That first bite was like "WOW." I looked at Kev and said "this is really good," om nom nom nom "this is pretty good hey..." om nom nom nom... "I really like this..."

At my first "this is really good," comment, Kev quickly without hesitation quickly agreed with me with a "Hrm! Yea!" in between bites. He didn't really respond to my other comments, except for an enthusiastic nod, as I think he was enjoying his burger too much. The Halloween was really tasty. The crispy breaded pumpkin was indeed crispy, and unlike the usual battered fried foods, it held it's shape. The crisp did slip off like a loose sock when I pulled away from the burger. It stayed in tack with the pumpkin! It was also surprisingly sweet and not as oily as I had expected. The basil pesto reminded me a lot of a rocket and cashew pesto that I buy for a dip to eat with raw carrots and celery, and the Danish Feta... not as salty and over-powering as I was weary about when I saw the thick slab of it sticking out of my burger at my first glance. My burger was also very very neat to eat. I had no explosion or drippage from the bottom of my burger.

From the Hallween alone, V Burger has sky-rocketed up my list to take first place! The prices are pretty good, and Auuugghhh... I just drool when I think of it. I really want to go back and try the Med-Veg as I think they do their non-beef patties quite well. (Not that I have an issue with beef, its just if they do their non-beef patties better, then that's what I'm going to try.)

If you want to try V good burgers go to:

V Burger Bar

12/910 Albany Highway

VICTORIA PARK WA 6101

Phone: 9355 3702