The Burnt Tongue — Restaurant in Hamilton

I was working on a day job in Hamilton. I totally forgot. I had been to the Burnt Tongue before and I didn’t like it but I only realized that after I ordered it again and then remembered why I didn’t like it. First of all the cashier was brain dead. I had to keep on repeating, when I ordered word for word, verbatim she couldn’t comprehend even the next topping.. A half size tomato basil sandwich, a cauliflower soup and a squash soup. After spending about $30 and 30 minutes. I went back to work, Only to realize why I didn’t like this place in the first place. The sandwich was all butter and garlic had one tomato and I didn’t see one piece of basil. It’s garlic bread with one measly soggy tomato. Only advantage to ordering a full-size sandwich and double the price was you get another tomato?. Poor excuse for a sandwich. If you want to be malnourished, this is the sandwich for you. The cauliflower soup barely tasted like cauliflower. It It was some kind of flour, I’m not sure what type of flour whether it was all purpose or it was a wheat flour. The soup I got was the squash soup soup and let me tell you something I found very interesting about this soup. They had cucumbers in it cooked cucumber titbits now that’s original and disgusting. It’s like the cook didn’t know what to put in it. Cucumber bits This place was a real letdown and turned me off from soup and sandwich combos for good . I have no problem with cucumbers, except not in this soup. A cold cucumber soup that’s fine, but this was not anything of the sort. They call themselves the Burnt Tongue, well let me tell you this soup wasn’t worth me even burning my tongue ,people burn their tongue when they eat something they like too fast and it’s too hot. I ate this ever so slowly to try to figure out what the hell I was eating. Do yourself a favour go buy some bread and slap some turkey and some cheese on it and buy yourself some Cambells soup. You’ll be happier, salt, sugar, fat…… I’m really sad that I didn’t listen to my wife. She kept telling me that we’ve been there before and I didn’t like it . note to self your wives remember all the food you complained about don’t doubt them they know , she paid for it and now I’m gonna pay the price on the toilet. I’m typing this as we speak..

Don’t go here!!!!

Hammertown you did wrong...

As soon as I walked in I was met with friendly staff and a great overall feel from the decor.

The food itself was an interesting experience. I paid $13 for: a medium soup (obviously made in house), bun (tasted and smelled like it was made in house), and a bottled Dad's root beer (for the nostalgia) which seemed right where I expected it to be. The medium size proved more than enough and will definitely be going for a small next time. The soup I got was the Chicken Mulligatawny which was a hearty and creamy curry soup with big cubes of chicken, toasted almonds and green onion for colour. I love curry however the curry they use was not my favourite (but could definitely be yours!). That being said, I still really enjoyed it. The chicken was cooked very well and the toasted almonds added a nutty/earthy flavour that paired well with curry in a way I hadn't had before.

I also got to try their Fasolada which I really just did not enjoy. I would normally chalk that up to me not having a Greek palette but the beans were very starchy and unfortunately overpowered the soup. The person I was with said she enjoyed it though so maybe it was just me.

I will definitely coming back in hopes of trying some of their sandwiches or maybe a soup with a good broth. I drove pretty out of my way to get there and I'd be happy to...

I want to start off this review by talking about the service! At times, the service of a restaurant can make or break your experience at a restaurant. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced better service. The lady with the blonde hair went above and beyond for us! I have a nut allergy, so when I inquired about the dessert, the server wasn’t 100% sure if it had nuts, so she called the owner to confirm. She was super kind and friendly to everyone that walked in! Her service alone made our experience at this restaurant better than 5 stars!

Now for the food! We had the tomato jalapeño pesto sandwich with cheese and it was delicious and well balanced! The bread was crunchy and perfectly toasted, and the filling wasn’t dry at all. Next, we had the French Onion sandwich, and it was again a 5/5! This was my favourite! The onions were caramelized just enough and again, it paired and balanced well with the cheese. Then, we had the deluxe burger with the secret sauce - it was also good. However, if we were to pick between the burger and the sandwich, we’d go with the sandwiches! Lastly, we finished off with the carrot cake ice cream sandwich and just like everything else here, it was delicious! It tasted like fall in a cup! Def...