And it wasn’t just Beat Magazine that was won over by Babu Burger’s style. Their home delivery option – you may have seen the branded scooters around town – won Menulog.com.au’s Best In Vic award at their Tasty Takeaway Awards 2014.
“We have just opened the CBD store that expands our delivery range quite a lot. We can now deliver to all of the CBD, North, East and West Melbourne, Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood and Kensington. With the Windsor store’s range taking in Windsor, Armadale, St. Kilda, St. Kilda East, South Yarra and Prahran,” says owner Ben Siegel before adding, “We work hard to provide a restaurant experience to our delivery customers: all burgers come with our sauce collection at no extra cost.”
On Sunday your Beat Eats scribe, Beat TV’s Thom Parry plus Jack Parson and Will Batrouney from The Pretty Littles enjoyed a late-ish Sunday lunch at Babu Burger CBD that is located on 364 Victoria Street.
I ordered the Number 6 Burger: A 150g pattie medium rare with goat cheese, capsicum salsa & eggplant ($15.30). Parry ordered the Number 4 Burger: 150g pattie with Swiss Cheese, caramelized onion & beetroot ($13.90). The Pretty Littles frontman and drummer went with the Number 8 classic of a 150gram burger with camembert cheese and maple bacon ($14.70).
The condiments and cutlery arrived first in a Babu branded six pack holder that instead of beers had pink mayo, spicy BBQ and tomato sauce and cutlery. We also ordered four Coronas from Babu’s fully stocked bar.
When our burgers arrived they were on a plate with the patty on one half and the other fillings on the other. The best part about the patties arriving in this manner is that I was able sample my medium rare patty by itself. The juiciness and freshness of the patty is incredibly satisfying. Similarly delicious were the sides we ordered, large thick cut chips ($4.20) and crispy kataifi ($8.80). The kataifi is a cheese soaked pasty with a light texture but a rich flavour.
BY FAT PRESTON
