A South-African Greek by the name of George Halamandaris took a trip to the U.S.A in the 60’s and came back with a passion for beef. This resulted in the opening of some of South Africa’s first steakhouses. Come 1970, his son John looked to expand into the “quick-service” burger world and opened the original Steers in Jo’burg. Twenty years later in the early 1990s and the Steers name had expanded to over 250 stores and beyond the South African borders with outlets in Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mauritius, Zambia, Tanzania and Ivory Coast. Today there are over 500 franchises across South Africa and Africa. After being recommended to me by a local from Mauritius, I ventured into it’s capitals store and ordered their signature Original King Steer burger that came on a traditional burger bun with two 100% beef patties, red onion, American Cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and BBQ sauce. For a little extra I got the combo in order to try their 14 year in a row award winning chips.

“Essentially, this is much like any old average fast-food burger. Its a tad-bit like a Whopper, minus the mayonnaise, add a BBQ/teriyaki style sauce. The nicest part of all this having my fast-food served home-style: on a plate. The patties weren’t great quality but with all that of sauce to drown them all you needed was a decent consistency of the pattie. Beef is pretty expensive here so I want expecting much. Mauritius isn’t known for its hamburger culture so I was prepared for sub-par specimen. That being said, if you’re drunk or hungover you’ll enjoy this.”

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