Asylum is the lounge within Hard Rock Casino serving comfort food and drinks. It is located inside of the casino at the rear if you’re coming in from the main entrance. They will also check your ID, so make sure you don’t forget it.
They just introduced their ‘Battle of the Burgers‘, which 6 specialty burgers are created by Hard Rock Casino Vancouver staff and customers get to crown a winner to be added to the permanent menu.
We were invited to give all six burgers a taste test to see which ones we enjoyed.
Battle of the Burger Details
Each burger is $15 and comes with fries or a side of Hard Rock Salad.
Every purchase of a burger will earn you one ballot into the grand finale draw to win Free Burgers for a Year. The burger with most purchases by May 31st, 2019 will be crowned the winner and take its place permanently on the Asylum menu.
Viva Las Vegas Burger
This burger is created by Chef Fernanda using a beef burger with Chimichurri Mayo, onion salsa, Italian Sausage, pineapple bacon jam, kale, tomato, and mozzarella on an onion bun.
We enjoyed the beef burger with the Italian Sausage as it worked really well together to bring in more flavour.
We Jammin’ Spam Burger
Created by Chef Krisken, this has grilled spam, grilled pineapple, jalapeño jam, Japanese mayo, yaki nori, cheddar cheese on an onion bun.
A Hawaiian twist to the classic burger and we were instantly drawn to this burger for the spam. The grilled pineapple was pretty thick so it over powered the taste of the spam. This burger needed some more texture. Perhaps some fried nori crisps would have been nice.
Guinness in the Jar
Created by Chef Mark, this has white cheddar, Guinness braised onion, butter lettuce, tomato, and Guinness aioli on a brioche bun.
This burger was decent. The Guinness braised onion added a nice savoury element to the burger but was missing something as well.
Black & Blue Beatles
This burger is created by Chef Kulwinder using blue cheese dressing, blue cheese crumble, cracked black pepper, lettuce, tomato, and red onion on a brioche bun.
This isn’t for everyone as you gotta love blue cheese to enjoy this. I was the only one at the table that enjoyed it. I don’t have blue cheese that often but when I do, I really enjoy it.
Burger of the Stars
This has olive tapenade mayo with smoked paprika, roasted red pepper, goat cheese, lettuce, tomato, and red onion on a brioche bun. This was created by Chef Antonio.
This was ok, very middle of the road and nothing too stood out to us.
Burger for the Weekend
This burger was created by Johnny D using grilled chicken with sweet chili sauce, mayo, lettuce, tomato, caramelized onion, avocado, cheddar on a brioche bun.
In terms of taste, this was a solid burger. The flavours went together, had good texture and was a favourite among the table.
Final Thoughts
Overall, interesting concepts created for the Battle of the Burgers at Asylum. If you’re at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, definitely check it out. We have our favourites but which one will you choose? This goes on until May 31st, 2019.
Website:
https://www.hardrockcasinovancouver.com/burger/
Address:
2080 United Blvd, Coquitlam, BC
