Lunch at Arthur('s)

After the ass-rapingly hectic week of WOAP, I got three days off this week. And as like my any other days off, I went out for lunch. 

Some of you might remember that I was craving cheese 'roles'. I remembered that Arthur's (not sure if Arthur's or just Arthur..) on Cuba st. did them just couldn't resist! After feeling very fresh after my haircut (which I'm considering getting re-done shorter and spikier) I went down the road to devour some cheese rolls. 

Behold Arthur('s)! *photos stolen without permission from various sources 

 

It is such a cute little place. An old house converted to a restaurant. Steep stairs, little rooms, very homely. It made me comfortable straight away, perhaps because it reminded me so much of Ambeli. 

I already knew what I wanted but still had to look at the menu of course. Two burgers went to the table next to me which looked delicious (and my hairdresser told me it was awesome) so I ordered cheese rolls and the burger as well as Moa pale ale. 

The cheese rolls. WHOA! It was toasted with some sort of black magic I'm sure. To be brutally honest, the filling wasn't awesome but that could just be one of those 'mother's home cooking' type talk. I'm thinking of them Waihopai Rowing Club fundraiser cheese rolls of my Invercargill past. But still, It was so brown, crunchy and delicious. Certainly satisfied my craving anyways. 

And then...the 'Jucy Lucy Burger'. 

Funnily enough, I originally ordered their burger of the day which involved crispy chicken and some other things.......

The waitress comes up and tells me, 'oh we actually have this other Jucy Lucy burger on special as well, which would you prefer?' I opted for the JL burger and it arrived 5 seconds later. Kudos to the waitress, I wouldn't have thought of that if I had fucked up my order! 

Now, I'm a firm believer that burgers (or pizzas for that matter) should be eaten with hands, not knife and fork. But the patty was so thick I couldn't possibly fit it in my mouth so I went to the dark side and used a knife and fork to cut into my burger. 

Now I understand why it's called Juicy Lucy. Oozing out of middle of the inch-thick, juicy beef patty was delicious cheese. Beef and cheese. I was sorted. 

Overall, I very much enjoyed my lunch at Arthur's. I certainly will be visiting again and again whenever I'm craving little bit of my teenagehood. Hornblow & Tania Rowe, if you are reading this, I think you should ditch Fidel's in favour of this place. Coffee is also good and they serve alcohol and good food. A new place you know, just saying :p.