Last night I checked out the ‘Burger Fest 2’ held at The
Plant in Station Drive (where the Morning Trade is held every Sunday). As the
name suggests, this was the second incarnation of the event. The first one was
so popular that it was either a huge success or failure depending on whether
you arrived early or late – by 6.30pm there was nowhere to park, and people
queued for 20 minutes just to get inside. (I was one of those who arrived, saw
the queues and left).
In an effort to address the crowding issues, Burger Fest 2
was promised to be much better controlled, with only 500 tickets for sale, and
presales preferred. The cheapest ticket was R90 which included vouchers for a
burger, a side and a dessert – great value! There was also an option to pay
R175 for a ticket with three burger vouchers, a side and a dessert. Not a lot
of point in this one, seeing as some burgers were only R35 (you do the maths).
My first thought on walking in, was that there were not very
many stands –only five selling burgers and sides, one or two selling sides only,
one beer stand, and two dessert stations. Having said that, the options were
all really enticing, and I ended up having to buy an extra ticket or two to
taste everything that I wanted to.
Somewhat surprisingly, only two of the five burger joints were
offering traditional beef burgers with chicken burgers, sausage meat and two
vegetarian options rounding out the choices.

We used our two tickets for sides for some of the best refried beans I’ve ever tasted (Out To Lunch), and some great root veg crisps. Burgers were washed down courtesy of the delicious beers from Standeaven – despite there being only one beer stand, these guys came to the party with about ten different beers and their famous G&T on tap – the Craft was my favourite on the night, but the Best Black Gold was also excellent, just the right amount of bitter.
To finish off, two servings of Scoop ice cream in salted caramel, a perfectly sophisticated flavour, perched atop great waffle cones.
Bring on Burger Fest 3!
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