Coburger, I know your face, I know it well. Many an evening have I debated with my wife as to what cuisine shall we be ‘indulging’ in this ‘week’. Inevitably I give the answer that is always at the front of my mind: Burgs.
Sometimes we don’t order burgers, sometimes we do, and when we do it’s almost always Coburger…Or Major Tom’s (but that’s a story for another day). The reason I introduce Coburger & Co like this is to establish to the audience that I really like Coburger & Co.
However, I’ve always known Coburger as the place to go to order what I call their ‘face slammers’. You know the type, no matter how wide you unhinge your jaw you only end up slamming your face into the side of the burger and closing your mouth, praying that you come away with enough to begin your strategic consumption.
For this review I decided to approach my order differently, so I wasn’t giving the classic review of the ‘Makin’ Bacon Duplex Burger’ and whatever their chicken/veg equivalent is, instead I ordered their Coburger with Cheese. No frills, no double ups, just their baseline burger (with onion rings). My theory being, you don’t buy a house* with shoddy foundations and you don’t buy a maxed-out burger without eating their cheeseburger.**
Their ‘Coburger with Cheese’ is bloody good. From the first bite you can tell that this patty is handmade and delicious. If I’m wrong, and a machine made this, then we need more of these loving and caring machines in this world. That’s a patty I can set my watch to, and the time would be juicy, well-seasoned and…girthy.
The rest of the burger ingredients act as the grand stage for the burger patty to perform. The lettuce brings a crunch, the unspecified cheese glues the brioche patty and lettuce together. The mustard, ketchup and ‘house sauce’ combine to create a punchy topping that is not so runny so as to make a mess on your hands and shirt that you JUST cleaned, but runny enough to warrant the last bite of your burger also acting as a mop.
The onion rings were also on point. They’re so crispy that it’s like you’re chowing down on the essence of crunch. I ordered the aioli to go alongside, which was yet another great choice on my part. Aioli is great. I don’t know what it is, but it’s great.
In conclusion, if I had to order from Coburger again I’d ask for any burger other than the Coburger with Cheese, for I have supped upon their foundations and am now prepared to eat the house.
By Matthew Boehm
*I’ve never bought a house
**Always buy the burger that looks to kill you financially and in a cardiovascular sense.
Coburger & CoCoburger Co
67 Moreland Rd, Coburg
9939 51789939 5178
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