Hotshots is a relatively well-known fastfood joint from Philippines. Being the greedy and gregarious eater I am, I dragged Blamer and Leecher along to taste Hotshots!
Located strategically in Lau Pat Sat market, it's quite hard to miss this stall because it's way different from the rest in terms of display. It's got a "cart" as a food stand. Nary a queue in sight by 1pm on a weekday afternoon, though the rest of Shenton way was busy shuffling their feet in and out of the hawker centre.
Spoilt for choice we were, with loud signs of what's on the menu and ongoing promotions springing out of the cart.
You place your order, get a tag, return about 15 minutes later and collect it.
Watching them grill the beef patties, assemble the burger and ooze the twirl of mayo on some burgers and fold it as if it were origami art is therapeutic, weirdly. The Fillipino servers are a jolly bunch I must add.
My choice of Real Bleu Cheeseburger ($5.50). The description "Quarter-pound flame-grilled burger with Mayo, Lettuce and Real Bleu Cheese" enticed me but the final product when presented to me was "stunning".
Removing the quarter pound patty and generous serving of fresh lettuce, all I see is a creamy mayo-looking condiment. And that's IT. My "real bleu cheese and mayo" all in a splat. I gave them the benefit of doubt and sunk into the burger, the patty's tender, thankfully no tendons or fatty bits in sight, tasty in fact. I like the bite of the lettuce, somehow they taste different from the rest of the fast food restaurants. The bread's somehow too soft. The quarter pounder did not live up its name in terms of size. I was expecting the Quarter Pounder equivalent of Mcdonalds when they still had it.
Blamer's choice of Crispy Burgermelt ($5.50) basically, quarter-pound flame-grilled burger with Mayo, Cheese Sauce, Mushrooms and Bacon Bits was too salty in her opinion.
Leecher had Caramelized Onion Burger ($5.50) , quarter-pound flame-grilled burger with Mayo, Cheese Sauce and Caramelized Onions. He found it too expensive.
We shared a side; Irish Nachos ($5.50). It's just crisscut fries with flame grilled beef, cheese and salsa. Carl's Junior's Chilli Beef fries packs a meaner deal.
The burger portions certainly do not justify the price, the taste nor does the quality make up for it. No doubt the quality of meats are better than Mcs or Burger King but two Mcs double cheeseburgers would make me more than happy and leave me with change for dessert too! No value meals are available.
Hotshots is in between Burger King and Carl's Junior in terms of price, value and size. Not too sure if I'd give Hotshots another go, it's more of a been there, tried that..next please!
http://www.hotshotsburger.com.sg/Site/Home.html
Hotshots Burger
Lau Pa Sat, 18 Raffles Quay
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