Ah, a fourdollar gourmet hamburger.
Just looking at the picture makes my cholesterol go up (and yes, we have McDonalds and Jolibee hamburgers here in town). The prices are about the same as in the US, but most people only eat the smaller hamburger. The side dish can be fries, or rice.
Of course, you could just make one yourself: Recipe HERE and HERE
This site has links to Vegetarian Burger recipes...
Ironically, here the beef is terrible, and expensive.They do have some local beef, but the best beef is imported from Australia and is expensive.
We do eat Water buffalo meat (Carabao)which is a bit cheaper, but tough. (We usually eat chicken, pork or fish).
If you want American style lettuce and tomatoes, they are expensive because they are grown in the mountains in Baguio, and brought down each day. The local tomatoes are "roma" (small pear shaped tomatoes which in the US is used in sauces). And our onions are red skinned onions.
But we can't make veggie burgers either because we don't have tofu or most of the beans/peas either, only lentils and string beans.
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