Ashes Burnnit Sengkang is the Compassvale Bow branch of the homegrown brand behind what it calls the famous charcoal bun burgers in Singapore. Operating from the Rasa Rasa coffeeshop at 278D Compassvale Bow, #01-05, this outlet brings the brand's signature jet-black buns and local-western flavour combinations to the Sengkang neighbourhood.
The brand began in 2018, when a casual conversation between friends sparked the idea of bringing gourmet burgers to the hawker scene. The first flagship opened at Golden Mile Food Centre, and the team introduced charcoal buns to tie in with the name — a look that has defined Ashes Burnnit ever since. From that single stall, the brand has grown into multiple outlets across Singapore and an international project in New York City, staying true to its founding aim of serving affordable gourmet food to the community.
Alongside the charcoal bun burgers — praised by TheHalalEater for restaurant quality at wallet-friendly prices — the menu includes a grilled chicken chop that reviewers have called the best and tastiest they've had, and loaded black burger boxes with melted cheese, fries and sauce. The outlet serves daily from 11.00am to 9.00pm, with a daily break from 3.30pm to 4.30pm.
Ashes Burnnit Sengkang serves what the brand proudly calls the famous charcoal bun burgers in Singapore, and it does so from a familiar neighbourhood setting: the Rasa Rasa coffeeshop at 278D Compassvale Bow, #01-05. It is one of the newer chapters in a homegrown success story that began at a hawker centre and has since stretched across the island — and all the way to New York City.
The Ashes Burnnit story began in 2018, when the idea of bringing gourmet burgers to the hawker scene sparked from a casual conversation between friends. That conversation slowly materialised into a physical store: the brand's first flagship outlet at Golden Mile Food Centre. To tie in with the brand name, the team decided to introduce charcoal buns to the community, and the jet-black bun quickly became the visual signature of the whole operation.
The founding idea was simple. Amalgamate local and western flavours, then serve affordable gourmet food to the community. Rather than trapping restaurant-quality cooking behind restaurant prices, Ashes Burnnit set up at hawker stalls and coffeeshops, putting gourmet burgers within everyday reach.
Between 2020 and 2021, the brand expanded from a humble store at the corner of a hawker centre into different regions of the country, from Bedok South to Alexandra and onwards to Teck Whye Lane, sharing its smiles and passion for burgers as it went. A fresh menu launched in early 2021 kept regulars coming back.
By 2022, Ashes Burnnit had stamped itself into the Singapore market and took on a new international project: bringing local Singapore flavours to New York City, the 'City of Burgers'. From 2025 onwards, the brand has grown rapidly through franchising, with multiple outlets across Singapore and more opening in key locations. The Sengkang outlet at Compassvale Bow is part of that coffeeshop-generation expansion, sitting alongside sibling outlets in Teck Whye Lane, Tampines, Jurong West, Bedok North, Woodlands and Toa Payoh.
The headline act needs no introduction. The charcoal bun burger — a patty seared on the grill, topped with melting cheese and tucked into that signature black bun — is the item the brand built its name on, delivered in cheerful yellow boxes printed with 'Your Gourmet Hawker Burger' and the slogan 'Eat it like you cooked it'.
Reviewers have warmed to the concept. TheHalalEater describes Ashes Burnnit as known for its restaurant quality burgers at wallet-friendly prices, a neat summary of the founding mission. For those with a bigger appetite, the loaded black burger box pairs the black-bun burger with fries and sauce poured generously over the top.
Burgers are not the only draw. The brand's grilled chicken chop has earned some of the loudest praise of all: LW Eating House Founders call it 'the best and tastiest grilled chicken chop i've ever had!! a must try!'. It is a reminder that beneath the striking black buns, this is a kitchen that takes its grilling seriously.
Because the Sengkang branch operates within the Rasa Rasa coffeeshop, the experience is relaxed and unfussy: order at the stall, grab a table in the coffeeshop and wait for your box to arrive. It is the kind of easy-going setting that suits a quick weekday lunch as much as a relaxed weekend dinner.
Hours are straightforward. The outlet serves from 11.00am to 9.00pm every day of the week, Monday through Sunday. The one detail worth planning around is the daily break: like all Ashes Burnnit outlets, it closes from 3.30pm to 4.30pm between the lunch and dinner service, so late-afternoon visits should fall either side of that window.
There is something fitting about Ashes Burnnit's arc. A brand named for rising from the ashes began with a conversation between friends and a stall in a hawker centre, and now feeds neighbourhoods across Singapore while flying the flag in New York. Through every stage, the promise has stayed the same — affordable, quality burgers with local character, addictive, as the brand puts it, from your very first bite.