Bunsen.

The five hungry ladies bemoaned the lack of a proper burger in Dublin for quite some time before Bunsen set up shop on Wexford street earlier this year. We tried GBK. We tried The Counter. We tried Jo'burger. GBK had disappointed us for some time. The Counter was fine. Jo-burger was a good concept, but failed to properly deliver on the important stuff; i.e. the thing itself. Then, we tried Bobo's. It rose to the top of the Burger heap immediately, but yet, we found something lacking. Having tasted the burger creations of Lucky Chip, MeatLiquor and MeatWagon, we could never be fully satisfied with what was on offer on our shores. Burger glory was, sadly, across the sea and out of reach. How were we to satisfy the gnawing urge inside of us, save lining Michael O'Leary's pockets more often than was wise?

Then, one of the ladies spotted this.

As if by magic we found ourselves seated in the sparse restaurant, staring down at the sparse little menu-slash-business card. The options? Hamburger, cheeseburger, fries. Double or single patty. Thick cut, sweet potato, or shoestring fries.
Everything about the place said economy. We all knew what we were there for, there was no time for frivolities. When our provisions arrived, and we took the first bites of our cheeseburgers (the hamburger didn't even come into it), we realised what we had been missing in the burgers of Dublin. Simplicity. Good meat, freshly ground and well seasoned. Good quality cheese, perfectly melted. A bun with the right amount of give and bite. Lettuce, onion, tomato. Ketchup, mustard, mayo. No fancy sauces. No Mexican or Asian twists. No gardens of rocket, no blue cheese. Not a slice of bacon in sight. There was so much this burger was potentially missing, and yet it felt perfect and complete. 

It's just as Confucius said, life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Thank you, Bunsen, for bringing the burger back to basics, where it belongs.

Hungry Ladies Rating (An explanation of which can be found in our earlier post, here):

4 Hungry Ladies

Burgerlicious.