This smash burger joint in Bondi Junction does one thing very well

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Erina Starkey

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Hi Hi Burger, from Paul Allam, the co-founder of Bourke Street Bakery, has opened in Bondi Junction with a lean menu of four burgers.

The staple option –featuring beef, American cheese and pickles – comes in at just $7.90, putting it on par with a Big Mac. But unlike McDonald’s, the beef is sourced from Vic’s Meats, and the potato buns are made in-house at Bourke Street Bakery.

Rounding out the menu is a double smash burger, a veggie smash, made with a quinoa, chickpea and carrot patty, and a special smash, topped with fried pork belly and iceberg lettuce. Add in fries, with a choice of spicy seasoning or loaded, and a hot chocolate brownie, and that’s the whole menu.

The burger start-up has taken over a small site just off Bondi Junction’s Oxford Street Mall, on the ramp that leads to the train station and bus interchange – perfect for a snack on the way home.

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Erina Starkey – Erina is the Good Food App Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Previously, Erina held a number of editing roles at delicious.com.au and writing roles at Broadsheet and Concrete Playground.