LETTERS

In the previous issue we asked you to vote for your favourite burger joint since Carmen and Scott recently judged the LITT Burger of Origin competition last year. We had a massive response with well over a thousand votes for just under 50 different venues. Here are your top 10:

BURGER JOINTS

1. Compton Burgers – Perth 2. Block Smoke & Grill – Yanchep 3. Short Order – Fremantle/Perth 4. Bad Love Burger Co. – West Leederville 5. BurgerFreak – Belmont 6. RoyAls Chicken & Burgers – East Vic

Park/Wembley 7. Two Stacks – Fremantle 8. Burgertron – Dunsborough 9. Crispy’s Burger Bar – Joondalup 10. Hoodburger – Mandurah

Please keep your letters coming into us at info@menumagazine.com.au as we love hearing from you. In the next issue we will publish a list of your favourite butchers, so please write and let us know who your favourite is, where they are and why.

I was at the Restaurant & Catering Awards last year and saw the emotional reaction from Chef Caleb after he won Chef of the Year. You can tell how stressful it is at the moment for the hospitality sector. Not knowing if you will be open each day or not and wondering if your produce will even get delivered. It was great to see Caleb featured on your cover and it just reminded me of the struggle. The pressures don’t finish there though. Staff have been asked to inforce wearing masks, signing in and showing proof of vaccination. I have seen customers abuse staff simply for doing their job. It is no wonder there are so many staff shortages. Edward

Thanks Edward. No doubt it has been a huge stress for hospitality and not much support either. I hope people can take these things into consideration when they next order their flat white. I’d suggest a smile and a thank you would go a long way. Ed

Hi, I have just read the piece about Yorkshire Pudding. I was born in the north of UK and York Pud was cooked by my mother every time we had a roast dinner. I was a chef in the UK and also in Perth WA. I was informed of the history of the York Pud at Tech when I was an apprentice. The Manor Houses years ago used to roast the joints of meat on a spit in front of big fires in the kitchens. Baking trays were put under the joints of meat to catch the fat from the meat as it cooked. When the meat was nearly cooked, batter was put into the trays and left to cook. The kitchen staff used to eat the pudding for their dinner so that they didn’t eat any of the meat as that went to the Lord of the Manor and his guests. My mother always used the tray that the meat was cooked in and beef dripping in the baking tray when cooking Yorkshire pudding, that gave the pudding a rich beef flavour. Most of the people in the north did the same. I haven’t tasted Yorkshire pudding in Perth like it was in UK. I think it is because of the use of vegetable oil instead of beef dripping (I still eat them). Tony

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WHERE IS PERTH’S BEST BURGER?

Me and my mates have been on the hunt for the best burger in WA for ages. For me it’s between Compton Burgers and Burgertron. I have to give it to Compton's because they have $10 specials on most weeks. Our motto is “Just add bacon”, which is what they always suggest and probably a way to get more than $10 off us. LOL. Drew

Thanks Drew and if you look up you will see that Compton Burgers did win first place but I reckon all burger lovers should try all of the top 10. Ed

Tough question – there’s a lot of good ones these days. I like Short Order and Hoodburger. Jeremy

Karilee on Preston – Godfather Burger. It’s won multiple gold plates for best steak burger but I prefer the Godfather. Jez

Burgertron – Old Mac is the best for sure!! Brad

Alfred’s Kitchen true old school burger joint. Been around way before all these new upstarts and still smashing it. Steven

Christos in Landsdale… hands down best burgers. Josh