There’s an increased interval of posts on burgers in the past week, you may have noticed. This time, it’s the Hotshots Burgers. We tried two, the Real Bleu Cheese Burger (quarter ponder flame-grilled burger, bleu cheese chunks, mayo and lettuce) and the Burger Deluxe (quarter pound flame-grilled burger, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and mayo). Here’s what we think about the culinary exploration.
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- Hotshots Real Bleu Cheese Burger
We passed by a stand-alone Hotshots burger outlet along Timog Avenue in Quezon City, 30 minutes to spare on a way to an official function. By stand-alone, I mean outside a mall, and, as said before, this is exactly what I want. Got 15 minutes? Park in front. Order and eat, then leave. You can’t do that in a mall (no, drive-through does not count).
We are here for one reason, to check out this burger. I have not tried Hotshots. I know it exists, even way before the other burgers, but I never had a special reason to try it. Today, as the overcast afternoon sky begins to drizzle, we were at the perfect place, at the perfect time. Only one thing could stop us. We wouldn’t have gone if the camera isn’t at the back seat.
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- Hotshots Burger Deluxe
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- Hotshots burger order
The bun is good. Sweet and a little soft. Ok, too soft. The patty is small, almost completely covered by the bun, but that’s because the standard patty in Hotshots is a quarter pounder, unlike, say, BBB which has the 1/3 pounder standard. This probably explains another notable difference — BBB is juicier (or Brothers or BRGR for that matter).
The burgers are ok, better than your usual fastfood burger. It would be unfair not to say that. On the other hand, it would be unfair not to acknowledge that if we compare Hotshots with the other “gourmet” burgers, Hotshots’ rank goes lower.
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- Cooking burger patties at Hotshots
It’s flame-grilled and it’s the only one I actually saw how the patties are grilled. A big glass window separates the cooking and dining areas. “Wait, I’ll go in the kitchen”, I said. “Why?”, came the reply. “To get a better photo.” “Are you nuts?” In a sense, yes. When you’re interested in taking photos of the food first, and thinking how it tastes comes second, there’s something not normal. But, hey, maybe normal is boring.
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