Intro
Kia Ora guys. I’m (Andy) back from the land of the long white cloud, and needless to say I am ravenous. I have to give honorary mention to Fergburger in Queenstown, everyone knows about it, but that’s a damn fine burger!
Kettners was next on our list, a couple of our mates had told us it was pretty decent, so let’s see if they have a f***ing clue what they’re talking about. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a burger with a background pianist. Classaffair.
Kettners
Intro
Street Kitchen have just opened up their third site in Shoreditch (check out their website to see other sites (and times!)). We were long overdue to visit these guys for a review as we had heard amazing things about all their food. The Shoreditch Airstream is based next door to the Tesco, opposite Pizza East, and only a stones throw from Shoreditch High Street station. It’s in a giant red tent (kind of) with a few other great street food stands keeping them company. Don’t worry, there are heaters!
Street Kitchen
We had a great chat with Nad, who has worked for Street Kitchen since inception, and you can tell he has so much passion for what he does.. But is this shown through the quality of food? Read on to find out
Luke Fernando for his superb knitted burger entry! We have never seen anything like it!
Take a look below. Thank you everyone for your excellent submissions. It was a tough decision but Luke’s creativity just nailed it for us.
Superb
Bun, patty, cheese, streaky bacon, and a pickle
Intro
They often call Fouberts Place just off Carnaby street the Hawaii of Oxford Circus. Honestly, I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because of this Hawaiian themed burger joint? Or maybe I just made it up. Who knows? Hawaii themed bingo ensues: the shirts (check), surfboard (check), lei (check), ukele (check)….
Kua ‘Aina
Haha yeah. I am sure you are asking yourselves. What the F*** is a carrot doing there? Read on for the review…
Pop Up specialists Two Nights Only are back for round two after their successful first outing in September last year, where they surpassed all expectations with the infamous Forty Burger (from which the Thirty burger was born!).
James Morgan, previously of Wenlock & Essex and Chris Todd are collaborating on what will be, and we guarantee this, a phenomenal burger. TICKETS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT but as we love you all so very much we have TWO FREE TICKETS worth £80 to give away (details below) for the first night on March 17th.
The London Burger
Competition Details
It’s easy to enter, all we want to see is your best artistic interpretations of burgers! This can include anything from drawings, poems, pictures, paintings, accessories, up to you really. Just follow and tweet us @burgaffair, including #burgaffaircomp in your tweet, or email us at burgaffairofficial@gmail.com with your submission by March 8th and we will announce the winner of the two tickets (two tickets go to one winner for the event on the 17th) on 11th March. Once the competition is over, we will post the best entries.
Dates: 17th & 24th March
Time: 18:00 till late
Venue: Bedford and Strand, 1A Bedford St, London, WC2E 9HH
Price: £40 per ticket
On Sale: TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT (Updated 2/3/13). For more info check out 2NO’s Twitter and Facebook pages.
Menu
Starter
Surprise, to be revealed on the night!
Main
The London Burger – based around smoke
Rinkoff’s 2no horseradish poppy seed bun
American cheese
Ginger Pig smoked streaky bacon
Hand pressed 8oz Billfields 2no Forty Patty – 45 day aged British Hereford rump, Creekstone farms USDA Angus chuck, Scotch fore rib, Scotch fillet
Hoxton Pickles: smoked bourbon, black garlic and dill pickles
Onions
Lettuce slaw
Chili cheese fries with cheese in a can and black garlic mayo
Side
Oxtail Doughnuts
Dessert
Chocolate Pot
Drinks
Kraken rum cocktails
Hobo Craft Czech Lager (@hobobeer)
Old Dominion Beach House Golden Pilsner (@FordhamBeersUK)
Suppliers/Sponsors
Intro
After a slight hiatus, and an underwhelming last attempt, the Disco Bistro residency at the Rising Sun was next up for a burger review. Absence makes the heart grow fonder an’ all that, so we were raring to go. It’s basically next to St. Pauls, so the fact we were smashing burgers on the first day of lent shows you what religion we follow. So much history, you could almost imagine St. Paul himself popping round the corner to get stuck into a cheeky burger here.
Disco Bistro
Salivating? Read on..
Intro
A strange place to place a burger joint, around Russell square/ Holborn. For me (Andy), having worked in Holborn before, the whole area is devoid of any personality (excluding fleet river bakery). It would be interesting to see what this place is like. Their strap line claims “sexy burgers” amongst other things. Who came up with that?
Burger & Shake
The Burger and Shake review is just a click away, below…
Intro
So we decided to wrap up our 2012 burger experience with some awards for the stand out burgers in their fields. We do not have awards to give out as such, and we want to recognise some of the major players that just missed out too. In our movie theme, we present you THE FIRST BURGAFFAIR AWARDS (hold for applause). Scroll to the bottom for our Burger Of The Year.
Intro
We fancied going slightly ‘off the beaten track’ for this one. Although it doesn’t sound that appetising, the menu of meat and the appeal of double cooked chips on the menu sounded pretty strong. Opposite the Hoxton Pony, deepest darkest Shoreditch is where Beard To Tail live. Review time!
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Read on…
Hello and Happy New Year!
We have extensively reviewed our league table over the last few days and have made big changes to the standings for a number of reasons:
1. The Wenlock & Essex 30 burger is no longer on the menu and the chef has since left the restaurant, so we have removed this from the league table.
2. The chef at Admiral Codrington left months ago, and the burger is not the same as it was. We have therefore removed from the league table.
3. BBQ Whiskey Beer no longer exists, so has also been removed from the standings.
4. For the remaining, there have been some big changes to the scores. What is important for us is consistency. We have been to the majority of the burger joints more than once and some have disappointed us, but some have surprised us.
The three reviews of the burger joints we have removed from the league table are still available to read however. We are not deleting any posts.
We therefore have a BRAND NEW best burger in London, ELLIOT’S cafe by Borough Market. GO FOR IT
The Burgaffair continues…
