We started Bachi Burger with the Strawberry Jasmine Lemonade and the Iced Green Tea. We skipped the boba drinks, because I didn’t want to fill my stomach up with little bubbles of tapioca starch before diving in those gorgeously giant burgers that were coming around to different tables!
And there was no mistake in these drinks – if you like Jasmine, the Strawberry Jasmine Lemonade was exquisite. The jasmine flavor is strong, so you knew they had to brew the jasmine really well before mixing it up with the rest of the drink. If you like green tea, an iced green tea would serve well with the rich burger you’ll consume later.
The Oxtail Chili Cheese Fries is something that one MUST order if you were to ever visit Bachi Burger! My husband’s only wish was that there was even more cheese so that it would be super gooey throughout the entire plate. For me, it was perfect the way it was – the fries were crispy, hot and steamed well on the inside, there was enough oxtail and chili throughout the dish, and the flavor was robust and strong. I love fried egg, and it seems to be popping up on menus everywhere lately. I certainly don’t mind! The garlic aioli that was threaded throughout the dish was simply perfect.
I chose the Ronin Burger, which included Angus Beef, Caramelized Onions, Japanese Cole Slaw, Miso Goma Dressing, Fried Egg, Katsu BBQ and a Yuzu Citrus Aioli. They cooked my burger perfectly medium rare, and the flavors blended perfectly into a savory, with a hint of sweet on my fusion burger. Oh, that’s right – these are fusion burgers of Asian influences, melded into a classic burger. All the burgers seem to have the baked Asian buns, the golden brown, slightly sweet baked BBQ pork buns you might see at dim sum, versus the white steamed buns on the steam cart. So these light, sweet, fluffy buns are toasted until they are fragrant and crisp, before they sandwich an amazing assortment of food. They are amazing!
Shelton got Kiki’s Burger, made of Angus Beef, Sautéed Shiitake, Enoki & Eryngii Mushrooms, Caramelized Bacon, Sweet Onion Marmalade, Gruyere Cheese, and Garlic Chili Aioli. This one was more savory, and I think I might have liked this one better. However, either way, I have decided that these are still the best burgers I’ve ever had in my life.
Dessert was the Portuguese Donuts with Coffee Ice Cream. Warm, fresh, dense donut holes with sugar sprinkled on the outside, dipped into the coffee ice cream – an indulgent way to end dinner on a chilly winter night.
Would we go here again? YES.
And we did. The next day!
We visited the Sahara and Fort Apache location, which was bigger. Unfortunately, their service was slower, and we waited much too long for the food to arrive at our table. The Windmill location that we went to first (the original Bachi Burger) was much faster in service, and had more people in it too! I’ll chalk it up to experience, since the Sahara location is newer, but if I had eaten here first, it would have lost a star. The burger meat also wasn’t perfectly cooked at medium rare…it went a bit over, and perhaps I’m being nit-picky, but I really do like a good medium-rare burger.
We ordered some items we didn’t have on the first try. The Truffle Parmesan Fries were flavored with parmesan reggiano, black truffle porcini cream, and a sun dried tomato aioli. The cream was nice and earthy, and I could have eaten these all day. We also had the Salt & Pepper Garlic Fries, with a Maui Onion Sea Salt and Garlic Chili Aioli. Kinda like the spicy and salty shrimp that they sell at Asian restaurants, these were spicy and salty and crispy all at once.
Also on our table was the Spicy Miso Burger, made of Angus Beef, Onions, Shishito Pepper, Mayo, Lettuce, Roasted Garlic, Cheese, Fried Egg, and an Apple Vinaigrette. Spicy yet light, this burger is for those that want a bit of kick in their bite.
My favorite burger of the night, though it was rich, was Miyagi-San’s Grassfed Wagyu Burger. Chili Mayo, Fried Egg, Furikake, Caramelized Bacon and a tower of Crispy Onion Rings filled up the inside of the burger buns. I have a thing for crispy onion rings, and their onion rings totally hit the spot.
We also got a Crusty Crab Cake Burger, which was a combination of Pan Roasted Crab Cake, Lettuce, Tomato, Avocado, Fried Onion, Mango Chutney and Tartar sauce. It definitely has a seafood-crab aroma to it, which is good if you like crab…and the crispy onion rings, well, you know I like those. It was a bit unexpected for me, because my tastebuds were geared for burger meat, and not crab meat, but it was still quite good. Flavorful, with a blend of textures to light up your tastebuds.
I’d go again still, but at the Windmill location, and not necessarily the Sahara location, until they gain more experience points!
