Shanghaiist: Who makes the best burger in Shanghai?

hc

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:21:25 +0800

Blue Frog's burgers ARE orgasmic. And their set of 40 chicken wings are ve.. Well. Blue Frog rules now. Rendez Vous used to be good but started to cut corners (refry french fries for example), which is a crime since their burgs were lubricated magic 6 months ago. Oh well. The usual cycle of restaurants: 1)start humbly pumping out good stuff, 2)become famous, 3)enjoy fame and cash in, 4)be swarmed by people trying to be cool, 5)realize this same people are idiots and cut corners, 6)lose the loyals that created the place's reputation 7)end up as a cheap luncheon selling 29rmb chinese sets 8)go bankrupt and end up as a whackshack. RC caffe is at stage 7 right now. If they keep their waiters after they go to step 8, I'M GAME NIGGA!

kevin

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:47:31 +0800

I prefer Moon River Diner's mushroom ragout burger. But a little bit out of the way, unless you live in Century Park or Gubei...

Alec

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:08:32 +0800

Slightly more expensive? If memory serves a cheeseburger at Blue Frog will set you back 60 rmb, with the hickory-flavored swiss onion ring whatever ringing in at 70-80. A cheeseburger at Rendezous is 32 rmb, and it tastes better. You can get everything you can get at Blue Frog for half the price somewhere else. (except for the brie and chicken sandwich - why was this taken off the menu?!) But it does have a nice ambience. Even with price factored in Rendezous and Tapas Bar are still better tasting burgers. I've eaten Luna burgers a few times, and they should have been knocked out in the quarters. Big Bamboo's burger is a travesty. Malone's, like New York Pizza, is the msot delicious thing you've ever tasted for the first four bites, and then you just feel nauseus.

Daniel Roy

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:45:57 +0800

Rendezvous is good, but the best? I dunno. Quality/price, yeah, it's top. Otherwise, it just feels, I dunno, acceptable but not stellar. If it were a burger in the States, it'd be below average. Same goes for Scoreboard's burger... A real steal at 10 RMB, not that awesome, but damn do they go down well at that price.

Nick Withycombe

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:34:26 +0800

I thought it was a fair test. I have tried Malones burgers, and while some people like them I just fail to find a single shred of TASTE in them. Rendzvouz used to be the best on taste. I think that Blue Frog edges them now on taste, and it's only slightly more expensive. Burgers should be no frills. Meat, bun, onions bacon cheese ketchup mayo (on bottom) mustard, done. None of this swiss cheese with hickory-whatever sauce, no thank you. Where is Windows Scoreboard? Taste can go out the window if I can eat 5 of them for 50RMB.