Katy Klein Has a Chat

The next time you are passing through Wesburn (and who doesn’t) I highly recommend that you take your foot off the accelerator, brake sharply and swing into Jillian’s Cafe.  This is the way Road Houses are meant to be; posters on the wall, a good range of classic lollies, Formica tables and most importantly, super-awesome burgers.

 We had been bike riding along the Lilydale-Warbuton Rail Trail so we’d worked up a bit of an appetite. So I thought the Famous Wesi Whoppa burger was an ideal remedy for a calorie deficit. Turns out your Wesi Whoppa is two (count them, two) burgers enclosed in one bun.  Fantastic value at $9 – take that crappy meal deals!

I would have taken one on but then I saw that there was also a ‘Bloke’s Burger’ and a ‘Girly Burger’ (both a value added $8.50).  I was super impressed with the options.  I really like it when food proprietors take the time to put tasty combinations together so that I don’t have to, it shows real pride in what they do.

The Girly Burger did sound fine with chicken, coleslaw, beetroot, pineapple and salad.  But I couldn’t go past the Bloke’s Burger with two patties, two pieces of bacon, two slices of oozy cheese, onion, BBQ sauce and NO SALAD. It took me to the upper limit of pleasantly full (which is one bite short of darn I’ve gone too far).

It’s a good idea to keep the burger carefully encased in it’s wrapping as you’re eating as there is a nice amount of burger juice. Several times when eating the burger I was surprised to find that despite having eaten away steadily I still had a huge handful of burger action, it just kept going. These are not burgers you would eat whilst driving for instance. You need to take the time to appreciate the burger magic.

The place was humming with locals when we were there with the burger cook (could it have been Jillian herself?) keeping us updated with burger progression (Haven’t forgotten ya loves). By the picture on the bag it does appear that Jillian is a bit of a goer so it comes as no surprise that she has produced such fine burgers.