joustmaster
offcumdun
cheese on the bottom?
Burger Thread. Yes!
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'm tearing up the rulebook here.
joustmaster
offcumdun
its pushing life to the limit..
you've also made me stupidly hungry.
I'm off to the shop.
badseed
Mighty but thin.
I've a tendency to agree - American plastic cheese serves one purpose in life: hamburgers. Swiss cheese also okay. Cheddar, even melted is not the best complement for burgers when milky processed is way better.[/QUOTE]
Sliced Mozarella works well too.
Haha, awesome vid!!
Excellent choice of ingredients but brown sauce??? whaaaa? This aint a bacon sandwich man, or a fry up! And no salad?
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the review Global Stoner, it's the boy's birthday next week and we said he could choose somewhere for lunch.
I will try to steer him in the direction of Franks!
I will try to steer him in the direction of Franks!
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
8oz Dexter Beef Burger from The Lazy Cow Stratford... http://www.burgerlad.com/2014/07/the-lazy-cow-stratford-8oz-dexter-burger.html
Callie
Pivoting
I am angry that we don't have Wendy's in the UK
come on dude, you could make that yourself
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
So last nights burger was pretty tasty...but then I'd expect that for £14!
Franks Hamburger House
There were lots of intresting sounding burgers on the menu, but in the end I kept it simple (and large) by opting for the Express Lift Tower (named after a Northampton landmark). I know there is a lot of disagreement on this thread about the need for cheese and bacon, but I like it.
First up the patties themself were lovely. At 6ozs each, with I suspect little shrinkage, two of them made of a decent sized burger. Meat is locally sourced. They were very juicy, which is nice, although when eating this much meat I don't mind them a bit drier.
The cheese was also lush. I'm not actually sure what it is, there were plenty of other cheese options on the menu, but the generic cheese was a great melter, not to strongly flavoured, but a much nicer texture then stardard burger cheese.
The bacon was also obviously quality meat and worked really well. Enough of it to add to the taste, but not overloaded, which is good when dealing with a burger this size.
The bread...I know cibatta isn't always a popular choice for burgers, but was on the softer side for this kind of bread and I thought was ok. My main critasisim is that it would have been nice if they had slightly bigger rolles for there double burgers. I wasn't able to quite eat the whole thing without in falling apart which is a massive burger fail for me. I have no doubt the same roll would have worked fine on there single burger offerings.
Fries were great, skinny, but not crispy, more like a hybrid between what you'd expect with a burger and traditional chip shop chips. As you can see the salard was hardly worth commenting on.
I give it 7 out of 10. Not but because there was much wrong with it, but I do expect a £14 burger to pretty special. Next time I think I think I'll go for a smaller one and have some of the lovely looking ribs as a starter.
Honestly... why are you not writing for our website!?
BL - you can have my burger 'reviews'
but i wont defer from here. I want my Urban homies to read it here first.DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Haha, awesome vid!!
I decided to forgo salad and chips as it was late and I was too hungry to wait for fries/go buy gherkin
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
BL - you can have my burger 'reviews'
Excellent! Just email them over with 4 good pictures and we'll publish them! Thanks.
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
The big, fatty piece of bacon poking its tongue out at me put me off a bit
That is WELL fatty. Pricey as well. Do you ever get discounts or free burgers as you write reviews or would that be seen as low level bribery?
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
The big, fatty piece of bacon poking its tongue out at me put me off a bit
That is WELL fatty. Pricey as well. Do you ever get discounts or free burgers as you write reviews or would that be seen as low level bribery?
It put me off too!
I've had freebies from Frankie & Benny's and TGI Fridays. Also got a free Flaming Grill challenge waiting for me whenever I want it. Like Krusty the Clown said: Ohh, they drove a dump truck full of money up to my house. I'm not made of stone! <sobs>
Edit: Also Taste Inc sent me a load of free stuff and the author of The Takeaway Secret sent me a signed copy.
Your dedication to the cause is admirable 
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I've got a friend with a long running blog and because of Google search rankings gets loads of free stuff to review.
I don't get to eat posh burgers often enough
Maybe if we could blag more free ones
The big, fatty piece of bacon poking its tongue out at me put me off a bit
Looked awful - i agree (I still think that even if it came from St Johns in Bishopsgate, bacon never has a place on a burger.)
An excellent review, by the way Burger Lad. Well done
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
I've got a friend with a long running blog and because of Google search rankings gets loads of free stuff to review.
I don't get to eat posh burgers often enough
Maybe if we could blag more free ones
I'll see what I can do. Any of you on Twitter?
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
Looked awful - i agree (I still think that even if it came from St Johns in Bishopsgate, bacon never has a place on a burger.)
An excellent review, by the way Burger Lad. Well done
Thank you Sir!
Burger board meet?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
fify
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I think we're quite a spread out bunch sadly.
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Yeah that's because of all the burgers.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
and middle age for some of ye
the Kettering and Wellingborough roads boast at least 7 fine independent burger emporiums
Obviously we need to meet somewhere fairly central... Northampton perhaps?
the Kettering and Wellingborough roads boast at least 7 fine independent burger emporiums
Burger Lad®
My Burger Finalist 2014
I used to live near Market Harborough but now Cheltenham. It's not that far for me and the GF has family up that way too so works for me.
