These Off-Menu Kimchi and Blue Cheese Burgers Aren’t Afraid to Pack a Punch

(SPOT.ph) There's nothing quite as terrifying as turning into a hangry person. So when you slowly feel a monstrous transformation about to happen to you (or anyone), you can battle it off with a worthy opponent such as Burger Beast's new secret menu of burgers that puts the spotlight on their signature beef patties, fresh kimchi, and blue cheese. These off-the-menu eats—exclusively available via the newly-opened and first-ever Burger Beast physical store at Uptown Mall in Taguig—can turn you back into your normal, functioning self in no time.

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Sure, you can't go wrong with Burger Beast's bestselling Umami Burger (P249), Truffle Burger (P329), and Crispy Chicken Sandwich (P179), but we'd argue that life is all about taking risks. With that, you should go out of your comfort zone and try their off-the-menu Kimchi Bacon Cheese Burger and the Balsamic Blue Cheese Burger, both exclusively available at Uptown Mall.

Given the huge market for kimchi fans because of Korean culture, the Kimchi Bacon Cheese Burger (P329) is the safer choice out of the two options. This burger is assembled with a homemade beef patty, a slather of the secret umami sauce, melted cheddar cheese, fresh kimchi, and smoked bacon. Since this burger uses fresh kimchi, the taste doesn't have that overpowering tang and kick that we usually know fermented kimchi has—which also means that the kimchi used has more bite to it. 

On the other hand, blue cheese is one of those polarizing foods. If you're at the opposite end that love the soft cheese's pungent, sharp flavor, then we can easily say that you'll be impressed with the Balsamic Blue Cheese Burger (P329). Most food establishments tend to use blue cheese on the midler side but Burger Beast isn't one that plays it safe. They use a generous amount of fresh bleu cheese in this burger for you to taste its distinct flavor profile that's then countered with balsamic caramelized onions.

Whichever route you choose to go—tang or pungency—there's no wrong answer as long as you know which of the two is more your style. Once you've decided, we do recommend ordering their onion rings (additional P70) and their vanilla milkshake (additional P50) to complete the experience.

The beast behind Burger Beast 

Chef Carlo Miguel, a beast in the kitchen and THE beast behind Beast Burger, is going against the "smashed burger" trend as he wants to highlight their signature beef patties that took years of research and development to perfect. 

Chef Carlo says, "When you roll it [patty] into a ball and you smash it into a patty, I find that the texture changes. The beef becomes almost a little rubbery." As opposed to the patties of the Kimchi Bacon Cheese  Burger and the Balsamic Blue Cheese Burger, the beef patty "eats like a tender steak" that breaks off with little effort.

But he's not completely closing his doors on experimenting with the signature patties. He shares that he's currently developing Oklahoma-style onion burgers that press the patty against fried onions, plus a French dip burger. He plans on using the Beast Burger store as his lab to test new burger recipes before rolling them out in the cloud kitchens.

Burger Beast is located at the Food Hall, Uptown Mall, 9th Avenue, Taguig City. For more information, check out Burger Beast's Instagram page.

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