Hard Rock Cafe (2007-01-19)
All those times we saw Hard Rock Cafe in our travel, it never once entered my mind to eat there. Suddenly last weekend I wanted to try that restaurant, so off we went to Ueno (
) station where it
is located.The trademark logo of the restaurant is promptly displayed on the
entrance and the ubiquitous electric guitars are hard to missed
inside. There are also the typical stools and booths and loud
decoration. We were seated in a very small two-preson table
against the wall with a couple of TV screens right behind me blaring
rock music non-stop. The kiddie-size table and the too-close
proximity to the tables on either side make for an uncomfortable
seating. We did have a choice of a bigger round table in the
middle of the room but I needed stronger lighting over our table to
take photos. I push myself to get good pictures for my readers ye
know!
Anyway, a girl wearing a white shirtdress diner-esque uniform soon
came to take our order. There isn't a whole lot of exciting
dishes to choose from the menu. After some deliberation, we
decided to share a burger and a sandwich.
The Hickory Bar-B-Que Bacon Cheeseburger came with fries which were
crunchy, piping hot and non-greasy, in other words, very good.
Not so good was the patty which was cooked to death resulted in a
dry-ish burger. Inspite of the description in the menu where it
says the burger is "basted with our special Hickory Bar-B-Que sauce and
smothered with caramelized onions", I tasted very little, if none at
all, BBQ sauce flavor. And I wouldn't use the word "smother" to
describe the amount of caramelized onions that was on the meat patty,
perhaps just a "light scattering". There's one major flaw in the
burger which is OVER SEASONING. The burger was so salty I kept
drinking water after every couple of bites. Maybe they replaced
our small water glasses with big ones for a reason.
The California Club Sandwich was quite tasty. The flattened
breast meat was again grilled to resemble a piece of dry old plank but
still flavorful. The honey wheat bread in which the fillings were
stuffed was super duper soft which is the best part of the
sandwich. The fries were the same quality as those with the
burger.
Although I prefer burgers to sandwiches, I'd order this sandwich
again if given the choice. However the restaurant is not
trip-worthy. I don't want to travel an hour for that kind of
seating, that kind of food and that kind of blaring music.
Hard Rock Cafe Atre Ueno 1F, 7-1-1 Ueno Tel: 5826-5821
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