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Fans queue for hours in the hot sun for In-N-Out burgers

Wristbands were handed out to those in the queue and each person was limited to one burger. (Photo courtesy of Yue Jie)

Curious foodies stood in line as early as 7.30am in the sweltering heat to get a taste of American burger joint In-N-Out’s legendary burgers.

In-N-Out Burger’s first pop-up store in 2012 at Circular Quay saw its 300 burgers snapped up in five minutes.

The fast food chain’s second pop-up store at Timbre@Gillman on Wednesday saw a similar level of enthusiasm.

News of the burger sale broke on Twitter and in a print advertisement in a local newspaper.

Student Yue Jie, 20, began queuing at 9.30am. He estimates there were 50 people in the queue before him.

Yue told Yahoo Singapore he was trying the burger for the first time and came to Timber@Gillman by himself.

Yue said he found out about the event through Twitter and wanted to see what the hype was about. It helped that he was nearby where the event was happening.

“To be honest, I’m the last person to queue for food. I had a medical review for National Service this morning which is a 10 minute walk away so I decided to drop by,” he said.

In-N-Out representatives gave out wristbands which limited each person to one burger.

The wristbands were snapped up at about 11am, when the pop-up store opened.

Customers had three options to choose from: Double-Double, Animal Style, and Protein Style burgers, which cost between $3 to $5, with set meals costing between $5 and $7.

Representatives at the store did not have exact numbers on how many burgers were prepared for the day.

Customers place orders at the In-N-Out buger pop-up store, Singapore. (Photo by Yue Jie)
Customers place orders at the In-N-Out buger pop-up store, Singapore. (Photo by Yue Jie)



Worth the wait?

Two Caucasian men were spotted walking out of the pop-up store looking dissatisfied at around 1pm. One of them commented loudly that it was "disappointing" and "wasn't worth the wait" as he walked past the queue, which still had more than 70 people waiting to get their hands on the burgers.

The two declined to speak to Yahoo Singapore when approached.

Two polytechnic students, who gave their names as Jonathan and Alif, both 22, decided to queue up for burgers because they did not have any classes to attend. They arrived at 9.30am and got their burgers around 12.30pm.

"It's the first time I'm trying it, and we had nothing to do anyway," said Alif.

"The food wasn't too bad, and it was quite affordable too," Jonathan said. "Actually, now that I think about it, we waited quite long."