So Five Guys opened its first outlet in Singapore this morning. I was there.
I reached Plaza Singapura at 9.55am. A short queue had already formed.
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Although it was a cool day, people in the queue were given bottled water by restaurant staff.
And not just any bottle water, but chilled Evian bottled water. Wah, so high class.
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And then someone else came out to give us the menus.
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The restaurant opened one or two minutes before 11am and I got a picture of the first guy in the queue making his order at the cashier.
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People in the queue were also given goodie bags.
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In the bag were a T-shirt, sunglasses and other Five Guys swag.
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When it was our turn at 11.15am, my daughter and I ordered two burgers, two milkshakes and a large Cajun fries. We both opted to add bacon to our milkshakes.
Ours was order #15.
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There was a rather random giant box of peanuts in the restaurant. Because the peanuts seemed to be free, I took some.
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While waiting for our food, I took a selfie with the guy who was a first in line. He's a 14-year-old American student from the United World College named Ryan.
He said he started queueing at 4am. I asked him when the second person in the queue showed up. He said 7am. Both he and I laughed.
I asked whether his parents knew what he was doing. He said yes.
Any regrets, I asked. He said no. Ha!
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It was almost 11.30am by the time we got our food. The milkshakes came earlier. The burgers and fries took a while longer.
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The burger came a little wet and crumbly. It was messy to eat but tasted okay. My daughter said Shake Shack is better.
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I enjoyed the milkshake because of the bacon bits in it.
It was the first time I ever queued for the opening of a restaurant and Five Guys made it fun with its friendly staff and unexpected free stuff.
I went back to have a look at the place at 4pm after a movie and was surprised to see no queue outside the restaurant.
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So it seems Five Guys may not be as popular as Shake Shack.
Now we just have to wait for In-N-Out to come to Singapore.