High Voltage
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It's less than 2 miles from my sisters house . . . FUCKING A
Burger Thread. Yes!
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Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Is your sister going to get a surprising rise in the number of times you visit her?
High Voltage
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Not at £1.99_9p / ltr and 200+ mile round trip she's not - although a visit in the schools summer holiday period is on the cardsIs your sister going to get a surprising rise in the number of times you visit her?
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Ok so Wendy's Camden....
I Had;
Dave's Single Burger - Very nice. Actually taste the ingredients rather than just the sauces. (But I need to try the bacon cheeseburger to see if I'd like that more.)
Fries - without doubt the best fries I've had in a while.
Jacket potato with cheese n bacon - a disappointment. Potato looked unappealing but tasted ok. Hot and fluffy. The cheese sauce was beyond synthetic tasting. The bacon was in strips and a bit limp. Not the crisp evenly distributed bacon crumbs I was expecting and hoping for.
Vanilla smoothie - basically milkshake you eat with a spoon. Nice on a 40 degree day but I wouldn't go out of my way for.
Staff
Helpful and attentive.
Sorry no pics. I had demolished the burger before I even thought about it.
I Had;
Dave's Single Burger - Very nice. Actually taste the ingredients rather than just the sauces. (But I need to try the bacon cheeseburger to see if I'd like that more.)
Fries - without doubt the best fries I've had in a while.
Jacket potato with cheese n bacon - a disappointment. Potato looked unappealing but tasted ok. Hot and fluffy. The cheese sauce was beyond synthetic tasting. The bacon was in strips and a bit limp. Not the crisp evenly distributed bacon crumbs I was expecting and hoping for.
Vanilla smoothie - basically milkshake you eat with a spoon. Nice on a 40 degree day but I wouldn't go out of my way for.
Staff
Helpful and attentive.
Sorry no pics. I had demolished the burger before I even thought about it.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
They have a special they do occasionally called a portobello mushroom melt. If it’s on get one. Better than a baconator.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Am I going to do this? Am I going to talk about McDonald’s? Fuck. I’m going to do my one massive pet hate and talk about McDonald’s in the burgers thread.
Just had a Big Mac. In the grand league tables of burgers. I don’t change my mind. It was fucking terrible.
But to put things in perspective I pad £5.90 for a ‘large’ meal. Now most places I’ll go burger fries and a drink will likely set me back £15. (Fwiw I’m not doing this all the time. Once a month. Maybe) So let’s put it into perspective. For £6 I got what I expected and you probably won’t find much better for the same price. Although I’m not a fan of fast food places so don’t have much to compare too.
Just had a Big Mac. In the grand league tables of burgers. I don’t change my mind. It was fucking terrible.
But to put things in perspective I pad £5.90 for a ‘large’ meal. Now most places I’ll go burger fries and a drink will likely set me back £15. (Fwiw I’m not doing this all the time. Once a month. Maybe) So let’s put it into perspective. For £6 I got what I expected and you probably won’t find much better for the same price. Although I’m not a fan of fast food places so don’t have much to compare too.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yeah never mind the splitters. it's got its place for its price.
I had a McPlant the other day along side a quarter pounder meal. I've actually got the app on my phone which gives you discounts and it was 99p. It clearly wasn't meat, but as McDonald's doesn't taste like proper food anyway, it was remarkably faithful.
Had to order a new burger press sadly, mine has gone missing in the move. Which means it will now turn up. Having a BBQ tomorrow and might well come it to play depending on if the last people confirm in the morning. But there is 3kg of pork to be cooked.
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Bun was average, but a good bit of meat. Don't shop in Aldi that much any more since we moved, but their high fat mince is still cheap!
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High Voltage
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Ended up having a Baconator(?) meal from Wendy's last week and sister had the veggie option with added avocado.
Was ordered through Uber eats and as it was my first (and only order until I return to Croydon) it was substantially discounted even allowing for delivery cost and tip
It was everything, and more, that I'd hoped for in the 34 YEAR wait since my last one - the only let down was the chocolate shake or drink, whatever, a McDonald's shake is better but a thick shake from a (UK based) OK diner knocks them all into a cocked hat
Was ordered through Uber eats and as it was my first (and only order until I return to Croydon) it was substantially discounted even allowing for delivery cost and tip
It was everything, and more, that I'd hoped for in the 34 YEAR wait since my last one - the only let down was the chocolate shake or drink, whatever, a McDonald's shake is better but a thick shake from a (UK based) OK diner knocks them all into a cocked hat
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BoatieBird
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My local pub is offering a yorkshire pudding burger 
Gromit
International Man of Misery
The idea is one of much greatness.
That execution leaves a lot to be desired.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Those chips look pretty good too.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
The sick fuckers, mess with a great idea and turn it into that travesty
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Did you remark that you wanted a burger, and you were not putting in a bid for the premises?
That is fucking outrageous!
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
They have the look of being frozen chips.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Service station job?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Trying a new local pub for lunch. Was quite passable once the salad was removed.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
It's not the same without the "removing the salad" ritual, though.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
See I like salad. Just on the side where it belongs.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I always remove the salad and eat it first.
strung out
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I agree. Plenty of somewhat justified criticism of Five Guys for their prices, but for a non sit-down burger, they're the best I've had. The hot dogs they do are excellent too.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I keep meaning to try one, but the prices seem to be similar to a proper sit down meal and my partner doesn't eat burgers so feels like an indulgence to go just for myself. I obviously need to find a reason to indulge myself.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Had a few in the pandemic takeaway, very good, also decent fries which they were generous with tooI keep meaning to try one, but the prices seem to be similar to a proper sit down meal and my partner doesn't eat burgers so feels like an indulgence to go just for myself. I obviously need to find a reason to indulge myself.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Five Guys are consistently decent. And as you say I don't mind paying a bit more for something good.
I also like that you can just order a burger with whatever toppings you want, rather than having to decipher a menu full of stupid burger names
