JAKARTA, Indonesia — People always want to eat delicious meals without feeling guilty for their figures. So it’s not surprise that in the past several years, Jakarta has grown its market for healthy foods.
Burgers are one of the most wanted junk food, but some restaurants managed to serve a healthier version of the dish.
For this episode of Taste Test, Rappler tries two burgers from two different restaurants.
MAM Burger
The first one we tasted was The Disastr Burger from MAM.
The restaurant is located in Senayan City Mall, South Jakarta. It is owned by a famous Indonesian actress, Dian Sastrowardoyo, who has a catering company together with her friends.
MAM, which just opened last March, is known as a healthy restaurant because their food are made with fresh and organic ingredients.
The Disastr Burger tasted really good. It has two beef wagyu patties, sandwiched between two whole wheat buns, mixed with cheese, lettuce, pepper, and a special sauce called Snow Patrol. The patty is very juicy and yummy, and delicious especially if you like wagyu beef.
It has a low level of spiciness, and is savoury and sweet at the same time. But it’s a little more in the expensive end. It costs 116,500 rupiah or around $8.4 per portion, quite pricey for the Indonesian market.
Burgreens’ Big Max
The second burger we tasted is Big Max from Burgreens. Burgreens has three locations in Jakarta – we dropped by its rooftop restaurant in Tebet, South Jakarta.
Burgreens is a special restaurant because it only serves meals with local and fresh ingredients. They also have a vegan menu which does not contain any animal products at all.
Big Max also uses whole wheat buns and consists of two patties and lettuce. We can choose two different patties out of four options, which are all made with vegetarian ingrediets.
For this Taste Test, we chose the Mighty Mushroom patty and the Beans N’ Cheese patty. The mushroom patty is savoury but it was a little dry on the inside. The Beans N’ Cheese is a little bit more salty than the mushroom patty, but was also delicious.
The other two options for patties are Spinach Chickpeas and Crispy Tofu. Both are vegan.
Their sauce has a unique taste since it was made with authentic Indonesian spices that was gathered from all over Indonesia. Together with the vegetarian patties, Burgreens gave us a new experience of eating burger.
Even though it was not made with beef, it still has the savoury and sweetness. The Big Max burger costs 80,000 rupiah or around $6 each.
So which one is more delicious, according to Rappler? Find out on the video above! —Rappler.com
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