Burgers & fries prices
Discussion
kev1974 said:
I paid $25 (USD) for effectively a whopper meal in a Burger King the other day. It was inside an airport in Asia though, with very little "western food" competition.
Which country.Cant be Singapore, food in Changi airport is cheap for an airport... but a beer will cost you SG$20.
C70R said:
MeatLiquor's beef burgers are pretty good, without being '10/10' special. However, their buffalo chicken is probably the best chicken burger I've ever eaten. Absolutely perfect, right down to the spicy buffalo sauce. Their onion rings are also excellent, but I'm not hugely struck on their other sides (particularly the 'hippie' fries, which are dripping in spicy oil...). On the value point, I didn't really notice them being significantly more expensive than the likes of Honest/Hache.
As an aside, I've had a few dealings with Mr MeatLiquor - while he's one hell of a character (and larger than life in person), he's also very passionate about his food and the quality of his ingredients.
One of my favourite "posh" burger places. One of the few that has a decent variety of sides, unlike Honest or P&B that are limited to chips and maybe one chickeny dish,As an aside, I've had a few dealings with Mr MeatLiquor - while he's one hell of a character (and larger than life in person), he's also very passionate about his food and the quality of his ingredients.
Love their dead hippie burger, gooey and messy but the patty is perfectly done, with a hint of pink in the middle.
bulldong said:
I’m in zurich in a restaurant and a burger is CHF34.95 (£28).
I spent most of the last 18mths alternating between Lausanne and London, and the way the Swiss tax (and charge for) restaurant food will never cease to amaze me. A pair of fairly mediocre burgers and chips, with a couple of basic starters and Diet Cokes at a middling cafe on the lake in Lausanne was almost 100CHF. 
By contrast, I was in Cape Town for a few days last week and it's almost impossible to spend your money on food. Freshly-made lunchtime salads were £3-4, 800g of 14hr-cooked beef ribs with a couple of beers was <£20. Outrageous.
Anyone tried www.dipandflip.co.uk or http://www.goneburger.co.uk ?
At a gig in Brixton tomorrow night, and will need sustenance beforehand
At a gig in Brixton tomorrow night, and will need sustenance beforehand
Podie said:
Anyone tried www.dipandflip.co.uk or http://www.goneburger.co.uk ?
At a gig in Brixton tomorrow night, and will need sustenance beforehand
Dip and flip are brilliant. Only issue I have with them is that they use fAt a gig in Brixton tomorrow night, and will need sustenance beforehand
king brioche for their buns (can brioche fk off already, fooking sugar loaded stale crap). Apart from that their burgers are pretty good, especially the fried chicken one.Haven't tried the other one.
Vaud said:
Thesprucegoose said:
hes slightly incorrect it is actually same carbs as normal bread........just usually more fat. yum
And sugar. And egg. Brioche buns have far more calories.Fresh bread contains 1-2% sugar (basically the sugar contained in flour), brioche contains 4-6%. I'm pointing out this is fresh bread, some manufacturers add sugar as a preservative. The carbs in bread are mostly starch, which are considerably better than sugars.
However the current trend towards Brioche is because sugar acts as a preservative so they can keep it longer. Fresh buns will taste stale far sooner which forces kitchens to order stock more frequently (pretty much daily for bread).
Thesprucegoose said:
you're still incorrect,no more 'sugar' in brioche than a normal bun, the extra additions of eggs and butter, starch is glucose bonded so no better than normal sugars just slightly longer to digest and enter blood... total carbs are less than normal bread.
(Almost) every brioche recipe has more sugar, not least because it was always a richer, sweeter breakfast bread. You can make it without but it will take longer to rise.Look at the ingredients and sugar levels of a bun on any supermarket web site.
Vaud said:
(Almost) every brioche recipe has more sugar, not least because it was always a richer, sweeter breakfast bread. You can make it without but it will take longer to rise.
Look at the ingredients and sugar levels of a bun on any supermarket web site.
yes didn't realise how high sugar is so deleted my post to want to detract thread.Look at the ingredients and sugar levels of a bun on any supermarket web site.
In the last few days I've had MeatLiqor (dead hippie), Five Guys (double cheeseburger) and Shake Shack (double shackburger with bacon).
(Deliveroo is both a godsend and the bane of my life at the moment...)
Must say that I'm starting to fall for Shake Shack. Much less greasy/heavy than 5 guys, meet cooked really well, and for some reason the bread tastes so much nicer than most other places? The crinkle cut fries are super crunchy, just how I like them. Tiny bit cheaper than 5 guys too.
Dead hippie remains a favourite though, the mustard cooked burger is just a cracking idea!
(Deliveroo is both a godsend and the bane of my life at the moment...)
Must say that I'm starting to fall for Shake Shack. Much less greasy/heavy than 5 guys, meet cooked really well, and for some reason the bread tastes so much nicer than most other places? The crinkle cut fries are super crunchy, just how I like them. Tiny bit cheaper than 5 guys too.
Dead hippie remains a favourite though, the mustard cooked burger is just a cracking idea!
Can someone kindly point me in the direction of the best DIY burgers thread? Can't find it. Discussing shop bought DIY burgers.
edit: found https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
edit: found https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Edited by Horsey McHorseface on Thursday 11th October 23:39
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