The Sip And Dip

Saturdays are currently being taken up with a morning activity, about which more later, which finishes at 1:00pm. Afterwards, we headed into town, to try to find a burger which sounded a bit better than the one we’d tasted on Thursday. After a quick glance at the selections, we decided once again to try our luck along Cuba Street, this time at Olive.

Olive has been around for a few years now, and is one of the hipper joints along Cuba Street – they’ve been serving more than one vegetarian option since ages ago. They do, however, sell meat-based meals as well, and their burger sounded like just the ticket. It’s called The Sip And Dip : Chargrilled beef patty, streaky bacon, Kingsmeade Riversdale pecorino and buttermilk fried courgette in a potato bun, with onion dip. Onion dip is, of course, a Kiwi institution, made by mixing Maggi onion soup powder into reduced cream. The Garage Project beer match is Hatsukoi, a Japanese-style lager. It looks like this:

What can we observe about this burger? Yes, it’s a patty! Finally! And made with beef! OK, so what else is going on? We’ve got some crispy bacon, some cheese, and some rather superfluous fried courgettes, which didn’t really add any value to the whole proposition. The fries were standard string fries, but were well-made and crispy. A single crunchy iceberg leaf sat underneath the patty, and the bun was toasted inside to prevent burger collapse syndrome. The whole thing held together throughout, and this is definitely the burger of the competition so far. It’s a good, regular burger, with a little bit of something extra without being too showy. I awarded it a 9.