Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Day 9 - pulled pork and a wedding

Saturday brought sunshine and an early afternoon wedding, but I was determined to get a burger in. We went to Ti Kouka on Willis St and had the 'Aporkalypse Now' for brunch with a group: Slow roasted bourbon glazed Longbush Pork shoulder with ginger ale bacon, apple and smoked BBQ mayonnaise in a Leeds Street Bakery grilled bun, with hot sauce, crackling and pickles.

I questioned whether this was in fact a burger, or rather a pulled pork sandwich. It was the only burger I had ordered thus far that I had to eat with a fork and knife. The burger was quite greasy, and the bread (not really a bun) that the pulled pork came in was also fried. Some thought this may have been a strategic move to keep the bread from becoming soggy. The pickles were left separate to the burger. The actual pork was well flavoured. Overall I was not hugely impressed, but I know there are quite different views on this. For example, in the sauna at the pool post-swim one evening I overheard a burger conversation along the lines that the rumour was there was somewhere that was better than Duke's (the person had it on the tip of their tongue: "it's on Willis Street... Ti.... Ti.... Ti something".

I award the 'Aporkalypse Now' 7.4/10.

I can confirm that the wedding was a lot of fun and that on Sunday there were fish and chips, but no burgers and no swimming.