I have been trying to eat in The Meat Wagon since my friend Luna sent me a post from Helen (Food Stories) after she experienced the bobcat burger. The problem is that Yianni (Meat Wagon’s owner) isn’t all the time in a specific location so you have to check his website and twitter account (themeatwagonuk) periodically to see where he’s heading and enjoy his version of street food.
The Wagon parked at the beer garden
I was able to track down the wagon twice to The Florence a really nice pub near Brixton, the wagon was parked at the beer garden, the specialties of the day were burgers, philly cheese steak, and chilli dogs.
The Florence
In my two visits I tried to go for the triple (burger, philly steak, and chilli dog) but only was able to eat the bobcat burger, a cheese and bacon burger, and the philly cheese steak, the bobcat burger comes with green chillies and cheese, apparently Yianni tried different types of cheese until he found the perfect one to go with his burgers, but my favourite is the cheese and bacon, the bacon is crispy and the flavour is amazing. The queue was huge to order the burgers, the thing is that the buzz the wagon is having in the blogging and twitter communities is huge, so if you track him down I recommend to go quite early to avoid problems.
The Bobcat Burger
The verdict, the hunt wasn’t in vain, this burger is quite good, awesome flavours, it’s the kind of burgers for traditionalist that wants no more than cheese and bacon on it and let the patty speaks by itself.
The damage, 6 pounds for any burger, chilli dog, or the philly steak.
The conclusion, AWESOME... I can’t wait to try it again, the philly steak was really good but the burgers are amazing, this is definitely another level, it doesn’t look like you’re eating street food. I will give them a 7 in my scale and for street food the Meat Wagon has a 10 just flawless.
The huge queue I experienced it was exactly as the one in the Seinfeld episode “The Soup Nazi”, thanks god Yianni is not as moody as the soup Nazi.
George Costanza: Medium turkey chili.
Jerry Seinfeld: Medium crab bisque.
George Costanza: I didn't get any bread.
Jerry Seinfeld: Just forget it. Let it go.
George Costanza: Um, excuse me, I think you forgot my bread.
Soup Nazi: Bread, $2 extra.
George Costanza: $2? But everyone in front of me got free bread.
Soup Nazi: You want bread?
George Costanza: Yes, please.
Soup Nazi: $3!
George Costanza: What?
Soup Nazi: NO SOUP FOR YOU!
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