Coquitlam BC
Seeing as I’ve recently been to Hell’s Kitchen and Ramsey’s Fish and Chips (Las Vegas) it’s only fitting that I would try his burger joint when it opened here in Coquitlam. If you haven’t heard about it yet it’s at the Great Canadian Casino.
It’s opening day and there was a line up at 11am on Monday morning. Not unexpected. We decided to sit at the bar rather than wait so I don’t actually know what the interior of the restaurant is like.
As it’s opening day we had hoped we might see Gordon, but alas he was not in the house. There was a rumour he might be around at some point today though.
Christine Wilson, who won season 10 of Hell’s Kitchen has been in town doing the training. She is now the Culinary VP of the Gordon Ramsey North America group. So I expect the burger to be good.
I had the Farmhouse burger with truffle fries.
It’s a bacon cheeseburger with a fried egg.
I’m thinking the bun is made in house, it’s very fresh
There was a great sear on the patty itself that gave the meat great flavour. However the burger has no sauce. This made the burger overall quite dry. Next time I’ll get a side of the garlic aioli to put on the burger. I’ll have to get tomato and lettuce added too.
The fries were excellent. Fresh and crispy. The garlic aioli was very good.
I’ll be back in a few days.
Gonna try the Fish sandwich. A friend of mine had it today and it looked excellent.
I should have maybe skipped the burger….
Food 5/10
Value 5/10
If I’m gonna spend that much for a burger again I think I’ll head to Burger Heaven in New West instead. No disrespect Gordon, its just better value.
GR also has a steakhouse opening next year at the Riverrock. I have been to his steakhouse in Vegas. It was excellent. I will also head there when it opens.