There are two items on the menu. You can order a burger. Or you can order a burger and fries. That's it.
Well, not really, as you can order a side of fries only, and you can choose between beef, salmon, or turkey burgers. It's Vancouver, so they do a veggie burger too, but they are all under the two headings; burger or burger and fries. Simple.
If anything, it might have been too simple as my first inkling was to order onion rings before I saw the menu. I scanned it twice looking for onion rings but, nope, not there. Oh well.
But the burger:
The bun was great, the patty was juicy and seasoned nicely, and hand packed as it should be. It was grilled crispy but thick enough to run juices with each bite. And the thing wasn't a monster that fell apart when you ate it. I don't like it when a burger is such a challenge to eat that once you've picked it up you can't put it down again without fearing it falling apart.
The fries? They look great in the photo but they weren't super hot when they hit the table. I wonder if they sat under heat lamps for a bit, and the heat lamps weren't quite hot enough. Cold fries suck, and these weren't cold, but they hit room temperature way faster than they should have if they were truly freshly fried. I can't say for sure, but I think they were single fried as well. It's recently been explained to me that fries should be double fried, once at a lower temperature to cook the potato, once at a higher temperature to get them crispy. Still, Moderne Burger fries are good, but need to be hotter.
Moderne rounds out their menu with floats, shakes, malts and fountain pop. No beer. No wine.
Simple. And good. It's all you could ask for really. Except warmer fries.
And maybe a little more salt in the burger patty.
