The Burger Coy (Amoy Street Food Centre)

Amoy Street Food Centre has been a fairly interesting spot to be around — often a spot where hawkerpreneurs seem to choose to open new stalls at, The Burger Coy is one of the latest openings here. Located within the first level of the food centre, the stall can be found within the same row as where The Little Red Hen is — where all the Muslim food stalls are located. The Burger Coy primarily serves up burgers — being an establishment that is Muslim-owned, the burgers on the menu mainly features beef patties. That being said, The Burger Coy also offers a lone chicken burger in their menu — The Peri-Peri Chicken Burger. Patrons of The Burger Coy can go for either single or double patty option for all of their burgers here, while all orders of burgers also comes with a side of fries — patrons can further choose to upgrade from the French Fries to either Cheese Fries or Truffle Fries at an extra top-up.

Skimming through the menu, the The Truffle Mushroom Burger (Single) probably stood us the most. Coming with elements such as handmade beef patty, cheddar cheese, buttered button mushrooms, fresh lettuce, a house-made garlic truffle mayo sauce in between brioche buns, it is noted that The Burger Coy doesn’t provide any form of cutlery so it is all about getting down and dirty with the hands here. Perhaps in an effort to make things easier for the patrons, the brioche buns here aren’t toasted — the soft buns definitely made it easier for us to hold on to the burger without the elements falling apart from beneath; did not really feel like a mess whilst we were consuming it. Otherwise, the handmade beef patty was actually pretty promising here — no doubt it lacks the cheese-wrapping that the menu description promises, but it was a good patty that is flavourful, tender and had a bit of crust from all that grilling on its surface. The buttered button mushrooms comes with a hint of buttery savouriness; all that whilst being earthy while providing a good chew — the house-made garlic truffle mayo adds to that providing that whiff of truffle that the burger promises with the creaminess of the mayo gelling all the components together. Fries were also on point; well-seasoned with salt for ample flavour. Overall, the burger itself was a pretty competent one against similarly “artisanal” burgers served in hawker centres.

With prices being somewhere in the ranges of $6.50 to $8.50 for their single patty burgers, and $9 to $11 for their double patty options, The Burger Coy does seem to be a value-for-money option for office workers around the Central Business District for a slightly more premium burger offering than what fast food joints serve up. It is also priced in a way that does not feel like it is too much of a splurge — the single patty options in particularly is in a decent range. Being a Muslim-run stall, we do foresee The Burger Coy being a stall that would become rather popular for wallet-friendly burgers — also a stall which we would not mind revisiting again; if we don’t mind to get our hands down and dirty, of course!