Blue Butcher - Burger Crave!

Price: $$$

Cravingness:★★★☆☆

Blue Butcher Bar & Restaurant is the heaven for meat lovers. It is a great steakhouse located on Hollywood Road, Soho where it sources and offers the best virgin Japanese Wagyu to satisfy the diners' taste bud. Starting from 7 April 2014, Blue Butcher launches a monthly lunch burger specials and I went to try it out by invitation. After all who could resist the drooling thick cut of Mayura Wagyu Sirloin Patty on that burger!

The interior of Blue Butcher is like any steakhouse with grand furnishing and a nostalgic ambiance. The main dining room is spacious with high ceiling, there are large windows for natural sun light and appropriate spacing between tables. Most dining tables are made of dark wood, there is a long marble table at the front if you come in a large group. The chairs are mostly causal in here, but if you sit by the window side, you get the sophisticated leather arm chair!

At the end of the room is an open kitchen with white brick wall so you can peek what the chefs are doing in the kitchen.

Previously I mentioned the interior of Blue Butcher is grand but they makes it fun by adding funky decorations like the light arrows pointing the pig and a more rustic looking bar area at the side of the open kitchen.

Right next to the stairs on 2/F is the one and only walk-in pink salt dry aging room in Hong Kong. On the chalk board above wrote Blue Butcher statement where they source and select the very best cut of Wagyu from Mayura farm. This statement shows they do not compromise on quality.

Menu at Blue Butcher is printed on the paper table cover. The design looks very cool with animal prints on it. The napkin was adorable too, I love the cute little cleaver logo that Blue Butcher has.

Apple Pie Moonshine - HKD140

One really should not start drinking at lunch during a work week, but here I could not fight the temptation to try one of Blue Butcher's famous cocktails, especially knowing they won the Best Cocktail Award for Hong Kong 2013 at HK Tatler. The cool thing about Blue Butcher's cocktail is that almost all cocktails has a backstory behind it.

The cocktail that I ordered is called the Apple Pie Moonshine which is a housemade apple infused cocktail. The cocktails says something about alcohol banned movements in US from Jan 16th 1920. The cocktail had a lovely smokey aroma and taste, it was fruity and was a generally refreshing cocktail.

Slow Cooked a Duck Egg & Asparagus, ham flakes and lemon egg custard - HKD80

I am a super egg maniac, whenever I see a dish with egg, I have to order it. Blue butcher's slow cooked duck egg dish looked and tasted amazing. The duck yolk was creamy, sweet and interestingly a bit gooey as well. The ham flakes added a little bit extra flavour to the dish but it was not too strong in flavour. The best thing I reckon on this dish was actually the asparagus which was smokey and crisp! 

Yellow Fin Tuna, Shaved Radish, Avocado and Jalapeño Vinaigrette - HKD80

The yellow fun tuna was smooth but rather rough in texture. Perhaps it was too lean. The avocado and jalapeño vinaigrette was spicy and a bit fishy somehow. The Raddish brought down the fishiness a bit but overall I did not like it too much.

Side - Green Salad

My face squeezed into an asterisk when I had this green salad. It was heavily vinegar seasoned and hence tasted extremely sour. Having said that, I actually enjoyed it as I love sour.

Slow Cooked Free Ranger Charred French Chicken - HKD180

A very simple dish with no crazy plate presentation so you can focus on the chicken. The chicken was succulent at both the dark and white meat area. The slow cooked was well justified! =)

BunFight Winning Burger - HKD195

Spot light on please as the burger finally arrived! Built skyhigh, the burger was packed with flavours! It was no surprise as it was stacked with smoked cheddar cheese, Australian bone marrow, black and red tomato, kosher pickles, black truffle aioli and lastly drumroll pleaseeeeeee - a patty made with Mayura Wagyu Sirloin and Chuck Roll!

Not until the burger was cut in half, I fully understood how incredibly thick this beef patty was! No wonder it says sirloin on the menu! 

Oh G! The sirloin patty was hell juicy and tender! Every bite of it was filled with savoury oil from the bone marrow. The pickles was crunchy and very appetite whetting. The truffle aioli was rich but would not overpower the beef flavour. The sesame bun was slightly toasted but would be better if it can be made crunchy. The portion is generous, so if you are a small eater but want to try the burger, skip the appetiser!

Side - American Fries

The American fries was nothing exciting but the truffle mayonnaise sauce was AMAZING! (The truffle mayonnaise sauce does not come with the fries, you have to order it separately.)

Maple Syrup Tart - HKD60

My meal can not end without a dessert and so I ordered the Maple Syrup Tart. The lemon tart was warm, creamy and had the perfect balance between tartiness and sweetness. I like this a lot especially when the tart based was very eggy in taste.

I left Blue Butcher with a contended stomach. The restaurant was not too packed during lunch hour, so you can have a nice lunch here without the noisy crowds!

Rating
Food - ★★★☆☆

Service - ★★★☆☆

Ambience - ★★★★☆
Overall - ★★★☆☆


Blue Butcher

Address (E) 108 Hollywood Road, SOHO, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Address (C) 香港上環蘇豪荷李活道108號
☏ 2613 9286
Opening Hours: Mon - Sun: 12pm - 12am
Reservation Available? Yes
Walk In Possible? Yes
Website: http://www.bluebutcher.com/


Date of Dining: 7 April 2014
Media Tasting
Bill in Total (Lunch inc alc) - HKD809
Bill Per Person (Lunch exc. alc) - HKD$328

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