The Deus Burger

I thought that my mate Tim’s recommendation for burgers at the Australian Youth Hotel was gold, but he has come up with another cracker. Veal burgers at Deus Ex Machina. We headed there less than 24 hours after stuffing ourselves with the Aussie Youth’s Bacon Double Cheeseburger so I made sure that I hadn’t had breakfast. I also rode my bike to this place just to feel like I was doing something with the burger sitting in my stomach from the night before.

Deus Ex Machina is a motorcycle garage/shop/cafe located in an old factory in Camperdown and it’s full of seriously expensive mod motorbikes, fixies, surfboards and other bloke paraphernalia. But it’s a great place, the huge space is covered with artworks, anime is on constant rotation on a plasma and motorbikes are scattered throughout the building propped up casually on display. Actually to me, Deus brings back a lot of the sentimentally masculine ideals that used to go through my head when I shopped at Gowings as a kid.

But enough talk, let’s do this. I was there for one thing, the Deus Burger. It’s a veal patty served on a brioche bun with melted cheese, tomato, mixed fresh lettuce and mayo. Generally it comes with sweet potato chips, but we opted out of those and asked for fries instead. The burger is simple but executed well, the patty was medium rare, well seasoned with spices, the buns lightly toasted, the cheese melted, so much it nearly enveloped the meat. This burger is ridiculously close to perfect, which is no surprise given that the name of this burger literally translates as ‘the God burger.’ I plan on heading back there really soon. I’m pleased to say they do breakfast, lunch and dinner and I seriously hope that the burger features on all of those menus. Nice one Tim.