My Top Ten London Burger Guide

After visiting 50 places 50 different burgers I think is time to do a retrospective analysis to see how the quest is progressing and what are the results so far. 

Burger Time

My top 10 in a galaxy not so far away… 

Hawksmoor 

Korean style Kimchi Cheeseburger, have to say every bite was glorious, the spicy fermented vegetables done properly playing with the melted cheese superb. 

Kimchi Time

Goodman 

Their simple burger which you can upgrade with several toppings like sautéed mushrooms, cheddar, bacon and even fried egg. Another perfect score for the runner up, the crispy bacon with the cheddar just awesome. 

Goodman Burger

Bar Boulud 

Daniel Boulud spin off of his NYC restaurant, with the same 3 burgers, same style, same Yankee, Frenchie, and Piggie, but also on special occasions a fabulous burger comes into play just like the Moroccan burger I had in their anniversary a great burger. 

Yankee

The Admiral Codrington 

Burger Masterchef Fred Smith gastropub, never stop to impress with his creation and special burgers, the special Iberico burger I had was perfection in a bun. 

Iberico Special

Rivington Grill 

Simon Wadham takes on burger, the Luxury one with all the trimmings, perfectly executed and great flavour. 

Luxury Burger

Brasserie Malmaison 

The Mal burger, beef supplied by Donald Russel cooked to perfection, but the melted gruyere with the special tomato sauce makes the difference. 

Mal Burger

Bistro du Vin 

The indoor bbq grill A.K.A. Josper Grill gives the BdV Burger another dimension, classic approach with bacon and melted cheese complete the scene. 

BdV Burger

Opera Tavern 

A slider made it to the top ten, but is a hell of a slider, Iberico pork burger with foie gras, melted manchego, and aioli, you will be proud to be Spaniard while eating this baby, be prepare to eat more than one. 

Iberico Pork Burger 

MEATLiquor 

The city saw how the buzz created by the blogging community and doing things right took Yianni to another level, after a food truck, some festivals, and a pop up, we got a permanent location, be prepared to queue for a while as the buzz is as strong as the early days, the Bobcat burger is an icon in the city. 

Bobcat Burger

Elliot's 

The small restaurant in Borough serving a consistent and pretty good cheeseburger, the mix of cheeses they used, sourced from the market is to die for.

Elliot's Cheeseburger

Burgers remind me the Seinfeld episode “The Parking Garage” 

Jerry: Why do I always have the feeling that everybody's doing something better than me on Saturday afternoons? 

Elaine: This is what people do 

Jerry: No they don't. They're out on some big picnic. They're cooking burgers. They're making out on blankets. They're not at some mall in Jersey watching their friends trying to find the world's cheapest air conditioner

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Burger Wars Episode XXIII: Tapas Burger

The new kid on the block is Opera Tavern, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Covent Garden. With an excellent selection of Iberico charcuterie, cheese from Italy, Spain, and France, fish and crispy squid, short rib, lamb leg, and pork belly. But I went only for one reason they have a mini Iberico pork and foei gras burger. And when they say mini they mean it, is a tapa burger.

The Place

Inside

The bar

Arrived to the place, sat in the bar, ordered Padron peppers, and the burger. The peppers were quite good, I love Padron peppers and is quite difficult to mess with that. The burger came just a bit after, looked almost like an amouse bouche, the taste, excellent, Iberico pork, foie gras, melted manchego, and an aioli, a combination of heaven, no fries, just two jalapeno peppers as a side.

Padron Peppers

Mini Iberico Pork Burger

The verdict, excellent burger, good flavour, and amazing creativity, be prepared to eat more than one.

The damage, 5.50 pounds for just the burger, no fries.

The conclusion, definitely one of my favourites in London, my only complaint is that the burger is too small, I would love to have a full size version. If you’re around the area is worth to try. I will give them 9 in my scale.

Pork reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Bris” where Kramer is obsessed with a pig man.

Kramer: Excuse me. What happened to the man, that was in this room before?

Resident: I don't know what you're talking about.

Kramer: You know.

Resident: No.

Kramer: This doesn't look familiar to you?

Resident: Sir?

Kramer Look, I know what's going on. Oink, oink.

Resident: I really have some patients I have to attend to.

Kramer:  Look, you little quack, I know you had a half man half pig holed up in that room, there. Now where is he?! Where is he?

Resident: Half-what?

Kramer: You know what - bacon, sausage, deek-a-deek-a-deek tha-tha-tha-that's all folks.

Resident: Oh, the pig-man. They moved him down the hall.