Burger Frites Review: Braseiro Opens New Restaurant Serving Quality Beef Burger At Joo Chiat

The popular value-for-money steakhouse opened in 2015, offering $19.90++ ribeye steaks with free-flow fries. Close to five years later, the store has threw open its doors a new dining concept across the road with Burger Frites .

Serving up gourmet burgers and housemade fries, this cosy restaurant opened in November 2019 and has been quite a popular hangout for burger lovers. The chirpy French national opened up Braseiro when he was only 25 years old, and has spent close to half a decade living in Singapore.

For instance, the patties are from Huber’s butchery, the custom-made brioche buns are from Maison Kayser, and the fries are from his own Braseiro restaurant. Food at Burger Frites The burger options are kept to a limited selection, with beef, chicken, and brie to choose from.

Each burger costs $16++ , and t here’s also an option of adding cheese at $1++ and turkey bacon at $2++ . I was excited to try the Angus Beef Patty Cheese Burger ($17++) . It’s the restaurant’s interpretation of a classic cheeseburger, and looks sinfully delicious with a respectable patty-to-bun ratio.

The end result is a patty that has loads of nice beefy flavours, but in addition a good amount of fattiness to it. The Crispy Chicken Burger ($16++) might surprise those who’re expecting a thick cutlet of deep-fried chicken thigh.

Alexandre tells us that he wanted the burger to look huge, hence the stacked tower of chicken tenders. The individual pieces of chicken tenders are too dry for my liking, and didn’t have much of a solid mouthfeel that a piece of chicken thigh would give.

A sole vegetarian option is available, and I was quite impressed with the Breaded Brie Cheese ($16++) Burger . Unlike its counterpart across the street, you’ll have to top up an additional $4++ for the Homemade Fries .

That said, there ought to be enough for three people as the fries are literally overflowing out of the paper container. Ambience at Burger Frites This burger joint has a calm and relaxing vibe, which is similar to most of the restaurants along Joo Chiat Road. The verdict All in all, I was impressed with Burger Frites’ excellent interpretation of a beef burger.

It ticked all the boxes for a quality burger, and looking at the pictures while writing this article got my tummy rumbling. I wasn’t too impressed with the chicken burger, but Alexandre mentioned that he’s always looking for ways to improve his business, and might come up with different variations of chicken burgers in the future. Paying $16++ for a beef burger doesn’t qualify as being value-for-money in my book.