Char.B is a burger spot at 170 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #01-03/04, in Bukit Timah, rated 4.8 on Google from 452 reviews and followed through Instagram rather than a full website. Reviewers praise the home-style cooking as much as the burgers — claypot mee hoon kueh in an exceptionally flavourful broth, ban mian, stingray and blue pea rice — along with the auntie who looks after the place and everyone in it.
A good burger is decided at the sear: a hot grill or flat-top crusts the patty fast, leaving the inside loose and juicy while the edges take on char. Everything after that is support — a soft toasted bun, few toppings, sauce that binds rather than drowns. Regulars judge a burger joint on the plain cheeseburger first; get that right and the loaded builds will follow.
On this stretch of Upper Bukit Timah Road, Char.B's reviews suggest the fundamentals are in good hands.