And they’re off! Yes, it’s once again Burger Wellington
time, as part of the Wellington On A Plate food festival. Unfortunately this
year I’m probably not going to manage a burger a day, as I no longer have a
handy CBD location from which to venture forth at lunchtimes. Also, being
recently incapacitated by shingles has curbed my enthusiasm somewhat. Still,
there are burgers out there to be tasted, and we went out on Saturday to Pomelo
– a venue that we’ve been meaning to visit since it opened last year, but have
somehow managed to miss so far. This is due to a combination of them not
normally being open on weekend lunches, and the one time we did try them of an
evening, they were closed for a private function. Humph. They’re located on
Oriental Parade, on the first floor where the White House used to ply their
trade.
For WOAP, however, they are open for lunch, and we headed
along to try their Oriental Bayger burger. It’s described like this: Slow-roasted
pork belly, streaky bacon, mango and pineapple salsa and homemade relish, with
handcut fries, and it looks like this:
As you can guess, this falls into the “meat sandwich”
category of burgers. The pork belly was well cooked with a good crackling, and
the bacon tasty. The pineapple and mango chutney was a bit runny, and a lot of
it fell out of the burger as I was eating it. Towards the end bun integrity started
to fail, but it managed to stay in one piece until the end – which was just as
well, as the restaurant conveniently provides chopsticks for cutlery. The fries
were crispy, chunky and generous. Overall I scored this a 7. Now all we need is
for Pomelo to stay open on weekend lunchtimes!
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