Kaohsiung burger wars

Gotta thank @Serg for bringing it up!

I still haven’t tried Good Rolling yet. I rolled by one day and there was a line so went to another nearby favorite.

Always curious about the next best burger if anyone has any suggestions :yum:

My pleasure, I’m glad everyone is enjoying it! I’m surprised so few people knew about it.

Yeah, they’re not very close to any MRT station and don’t offer Uber Eats or any kind of delivery, which I think is hurting their business.

In fact, the place was empty today, and the owner was quite surprised to see me. He kept asking me questions like “how did you find out about us?” as if I had just stumbled upon an exclusive cult and I wasn’t supposed to be there.

Did you tell him?

They have a good dinner crowd, once i went and it was full. Another user has said he’s seen it full a lot

Yeah, I said “I found out from TT. He’s from the Internet. Do you know him?”

Don’t blow his cover! This “Kaohsiung Burger Wars” thread has already attracted enough attention among laobans in the industry.

Guy

Now that I’m back in KS, I must add another contender to the list. This one used to be only in Chiayi but now they opened one in Kaohsiung, too.

Thefreen burger in the new harbor place across the bridge.

Protip: wear shorts for discount

I looked at that fabao place, noped out though.
Reason

  • They need to clean their seating area out the back
    -Their burgers are all too big, not everybody needs a monster burger
    -Their prices are really not cheap for the minimal comfort they provide (potentially mosquito ridden back area, messy looking, no indoor seating )
    -Burgers look kinda heavy with peanut sauce, unknown extra toppings definitely more Taiwanese than French etc
    -Offer more choice than…burgers…
    Lastly nothing French about the place except for they stuck a French flag on the outside wall.
    Calling it French is kinda ridiculous.

I think some folks have low expectations which are easily fulfilled here. I look at the list above and there are many run down bars/restaurants pushing out fairly mediocre food (Taiwanese/Western ), Burgerking or Mosburger is as good as some of them. It’s also similar to when I see folks raving about those American bbq places but the vegetables and sides look absolute rubbish. Like how hard is that. :).
Yeah I’m not easily impressed I guess so sue me.

Which location? I didn’t try the Zuoying one, the one I went to was clean enough. My burger was peanut-less

Yeah, we joked about that on the French burger thread. Makes sense for marketing to the locals, i guess

Welcome to Kaohsiung. I’m trying every place that had been suggested, some of those I didn’t give nice reviews. If you know a burger place not on the list please recommend. If you want a recommendation there is only one for burgers, top of the list. Mon Poulet and Yaletown have good sandwiches, though

I mostly cook at home. I’ll be the first to say the restaurants in this city are terrible.

I kind of respect that!

That fabao is in Zuoying, yes.
I appreciate your reviews dude, and the pizza thread is more down my street…There is a place called HolyCow in Gushan, intend to check it out soon.
And don’t bother with EcoBurger. Just don’t.
Seriously after trying them all you could only recommend one place from the list for burgers ? Uh oh.
At least you found some good sandwiches. It’s really hard to find those places. Poulet was a good recommend for pizza I enjoyed that.

Yes! That place is pretty good. It’s walking distance from me so I eat there all the time.

Didn’t know about the shorts discount though. Thanks for that info.

I find it hard to go wrong with pizza

Only one place I will go out of my way for a burger, yeah

Thanks to suggestions on this thread!

The rotisserie chicken place?

Ah I mean the pizza place, Posto Pizza. Chabuduo la. :laughing:

They are a Tainan chain with locations nationwide.

Chiayi! But yes, they sell franchises now and expanding pretty well across Taiwan.

Ah I thought they were a Tainanian chain

I was in Chiayi this weekend and tried 樂檸漢堡 THEFREEN BURGER(嘉義中山市府門市).

Their burgers tasted awesome, but pricey though.

+1 on YALETOWN Bistro. The food there is incredible.

Also +1 on Yaletown Bistro.