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| - Went to try the burgers at the Burger's Priest out of curiosity given all the hype. We had the Option, the Double Cheeseburger and chili cheese fries. The double cheeseburger, chilli cheese fries and a canned drink came as a combo. This combo plus the Option (deep fried mushroom and cheese burger) and a regular cheeseburger came up to just over $31 - in my opinion expensive for a meal of just burgers, fries and a canned drink. The burgers were small as well and it's not that we are big eaters. I'm a 5 ft 2 just over 100lb Asian female, my bf a buff gym addict. 'I was a little worried that the double cheeseburger wasn't enough for my bf. Luckily, the grease and the chilli cheese fries helped to fill up the empty space.
Taste wise, to be frankly honest, it does remind me of a McDonalds Quarter Pounder because of the beefy flavour and cheese. Unlike McDonalds, the meat is definitely fresh and when you bite in, the melted cheese melds perfectly with the juice of the patty. I think they minimize with seasoning of the meat (maybe just salt) to not take away from the freshness of the beef. Cheese fries were disappointing - heavy and kind of tasteless. As for the veggie burger, nothing special again but then again, a deep fried mushroom and cheese burger does not appeal to me much. The Option is very similar to the veggie burger at the Shake Shack in NYC and it didn't wow me - I would have much preferred a non deep fried portobello burger with cheese. Perhaps I need to have ordered the extravagant burgers (grilled cheese burger) to be wowed. However, then again, I'm not the type to appreciate eating the deep fried butter balls at CNE. I'm a big burger fan and to me, it's about the patty.
All in all, for the price that I'm paying, I've had better elsewhere. Burgers at the Shake Shack are of the same if not better quality but half the price. I wish that there's an equivalent here in Toronto in quality and cost but it appears Toronto still has some catching up to do.
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