Dan P.
Yelp
The menu is extensive, and is mostly classic porteño food, from milanesas to an array of turkey sandwiches (a strong tradition historically, that's mostly disappeared). In fact, the latter take up two full pages out of the whopping 24 page menu! I had to hunt for the burger page, which offers up eleven different burgers, albeit that the differences between most of them are nothing more than a list of which toppings you can have on them.
Hamburguesa Cao - May as well go for the works and the one the place puts their name on, right? First off, huge burgers. According to the menu, all their burgers weigh in at 300 grams, or nearly an 11 ounce patty! It comes seated on a thick, slightly chewy housemade country bread roll that's perfect for the heft. It has bubbly melted cheese, a strip of roasted red pepper, two thick cut smoky bacon slices, not quite crisp, but well cooked, a runny fried egg, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
The burger itself, cooked to about a solid medium, slightly past where I'd have preferred it, but I also forgot to ask for it rarer. It's coarsely ground and well seasoned. It's a brilliant, classic pub burger and although it was a workout to make it through it given the size, I didn't leave a crumb on the plate. The waffle cut potato chips are freshly made. What's not to like? I'll be back to try more of the menu. Fairly priced - 148 pesos for the burger, 38 for the water, 75 for the pint - a total of 261 pesos, or $17 plus tip.
