19th December 2014, Friday. We witnessed the battle between the best burgers claimed in the town. To make this event possible, Eat Treat has lined up fourteen of Delhi's most celebrated restaurants in search of the most appetizing and delightful burgers in town. All Participants has been asked to showcase their own version of a classic burger (Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian) which been judged by a Panel of esteemed food experts. The face off was opened to public and everybody was found enjoying the assortment of the best burgers available. The environment was fascinated and filled with the sense of aromatic, smokey cooked out bun stuffed with beef/chicken/lamb/vegetables patty and swirled with ingredients such as cheese, ceddar, onion slices, lettuce and sauces.

The event was full of food enthusiasts with holding booze on one hand and waiting in queues to get the bite of the signature burgers by the participated restaurants. It was an amalgam of some of the finest restaurants and cafe nowadays like Fat Burger, Cafe Delhi Heights, Fork You, The Hungry Monkey, Terminus1, Holy Smoke, Monkey Bar, Hard Rock Cafe, Double Roti, Depot 29, Smokeys and bit more. Undoubtedly a wonderland for the admirers of Burgers.

Considering myself as one of those burgers lover, my hunt started with the Lamb Burger at Terminus1 known for American, European and Continental Cuisines. The burger was huge muscular with Morrocan spices, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, pickles, cheddar, sesame sumac brioche and Lamb Patty. It was not something spicy, but if you like to taste and feel each ingredient used in the burger, then this gigantic bun is the right choice for you. The best part in most restaurant's menu was the inclusion of sliders which gives you opportunity to taste more versions rather than get loaded with just one burger. I tried Goan Sausages Slider and Pulled Duck Slider from The Hungry Monkey and found the taste exactly I like to have.

Terminus1 - Ambiance Mall Gurgaon, The only outlet in the town right now. You'll find interesting items like Masala Kadak Tea and Makhan Waali Maggi and many more in their Menu. The concept is quite alluring and goes well as per its name.

Vikrant Batra - Owner of Cafe Delhi Heights and Terminus1, This man is an absolute food enthusiasts, passionate about his restaurants and behind all the success of CDH. I talked to him for 15 minutes and he named bundle of food eating joints/places and their specialties for what they are famous. It was self-realization moment and I was delighted to know that I still have a lot to explore within Delhi-NCR...

Double Roti SF 64, First Floor, DLF Galleria, DLF Phase 4, Gurgaon

Holy Smoke - 103, First Floor, Cyber Hub, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon - Their Sliders looked tempting, but the new orders were on hold because of long queue waiting for their first bite.

Monkey Bar - This place is pretty well known, but not sure why it was least crowded that day.

Judges - On Duty

The Hungry Monkey - They had some good mouth watering stuff and I ended up having Goan Sausages Slider and Pull Duck there.

Result: Fat Burger and Cafe Delhi Heights has been declared the winners at EatTreat BurgerFest

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 Hard Rock Cafe, DLF Mall Saket, New Delhi

Hard Rock Cafe a famous chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans. This is the second time I visited Hard Rock Cafe. My earlier visit was just to go and meet some friends and then back to some other place for dinner. I was impressed with the space and ambiance at that time and wanted to visit this place sooner. It happened this Sunday, because my wife had some work in saket and there i decided to check out Hard Rock Cafe for fOOD aur mOOD.

                                                                        I have read somewhere that hard rock cafe is famous for their burgers and sandwiches. So, it was pre-decided for me to try out the burger and i did order the Legendry 10 OZ Chicken burger (Rs.435/-) along with a special Cocktail as per the staff GG Screwdriver (Rs.500/-). My Wife decided to try Cobb Salad with chicken and bacon (Rs 265/-) and Berrilicious (Rs. 210/-) a mocktail.

Now coming to the taste straight away , i didn't like the chicken burger, It has a thick layer of chicken and some half cooked vegetable in it, served with mayonnaise and french fries. The presentation was just OK, nothing else. My GG screwdriver was another stuff which disappointed me, it was only a Orange juice and soda mixed in it...thats it! My wife was also not much impressed with the Cobb salad too. Though berrilicious was a nice drink as per her. We both ended up with a bit of disappointment in terms of food. It might because of the American taste or whatever, but it seriously didn't hit our taste buds. They might have something else to rock which they are famous for and i would like to go hard rock cafe again to try that!!

                                                          Cobb Salad with chicken and bacon

If we talk about their ambiance and interiors, you would come up saying "wonderfull". I like the ambiance personally and managed to capture some of the places you would like in hard rock cafe.

 

 

Indeed we had the fOOD which didn't changes our mOOD!!

Now, time to rate Hard Rock Cafe New Delhi!!

Food: Average
Ambiance: Wonderful
Rating: 7/10
Next Visit: Very Soon, to try something else.
Recommend this place: Yes and please try their burger, because they are famous for it!