Location - Hamby, at the strip of shacks that fronts the northern end of Araha beach
Hours: 12-9p
http://www.ssjcb.com/
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=7921
There is not much opportunity for beach shack dining in Japan - plenty of beaches, no shacks. So we have been mystified as to why this row of establishments doesn't seem as popular as one might expect. Perhaps in part because only Sea Side Jet City Burgers is open for lunch, the rest are dinner/drinking establishments. Maybe also because food and drink at beach shacks here costs a lot more than beach shacks in Latin America or the Caribbean.
The menu at SSJCB is a beautiful compilation of photos of the food on offer. The restaurant website lists prices; most burgers are 800-1500. Our waiter told us the Hawaiian burger (900Y) is the most popular. It contains burger, egg, pineapple, avocado, and curry sauce. We found this burger to be a bit wet and overloaded. We also tried the chili avocado burger (880Y) which was quite spicy due to a generous dousing with proprietary chili sauce. These burgers are a bit heavy for our taste, the bottom bun moist with grease. But others will enjoy the decadence of a moist burger laden with avocado and mayonnaise-based sauce. On the side comes a triangular hash brown and a piece of fried sweet bread. So far, Gordies wins the Okinawa burger competition (against competitors MOS and SSJCB) but there are still more burgers to sample.
