The General Practitioner

Another day, another burger, in the elusive search for that perfect 10-scoring burger as part of the Burger Wellington competition. This time I went to The General Practitioner, a pub on Willis Street, for their Great Philadelphian Cheeseburger. The burger came with bacon, mushrooms, onion and salad, as well as their special parmesan cheese sauce.

The burger was well-cooked – pink in the middle like a good burger should be. Its height made it difficult to squash down and eat with the hands – I ended up using a knife and fork for most of it, as the ingredients made it quite a slippery customer. The bun (from Pandoro – one of Wellington’s finest bakers) held its own, though, and didn’t disintegrate, so it scored well on that front. Chips were good and crisp. Overall a very good burger: I scored it 9. It would have scored perfectly if (a) I’d been able to pick it up and eat it to the end, and (b) it didn’t take 30 minutes to arrive. OK, I appreciate you’re busy, but you’re a pub serving lunch, it shouldn’t be that difficult to get your meals out before people have to head back to work.