Minimum Vowels, Maximum Burger: BRGR.CO's Hanger Steak Burger

Sometimes, I struggle to think of a title for my burger review posts on here; there are some posts where the name of the burger or establishment just lends itself to a snappy title, others - like BRGR - are harder. In the end I just played on the name, which sounds like some daft internet address. I mean, BRGR.co? Did they use that because someone else already has the name 'Burger.co' or was it just because they couldn't be bothered to use vowels in the main name? Anyway, enough musing over crap like that and more talking about burgers.

The menu was quite novel in that it had a few burgers - plain, cheese, chilli, cheese and bacon and stilton - which you could have in three different patty choices. This gave happy pangs of rememberance to the legendary Amsterdam outlet Burger Bar, against whom all my burgers are rated. In the case of BRGR you could choose blade steak, hanger steak or rump steak, with a corresponding increase in price for each. I'm not a huge fan of rump steak burgers so I went for a hanger steak stilton burger and because I was feeling a bit fat that day, paired it with some cheese and chilli fries.


The fries, interestingly, came first. As I've always seen fries as a side dish not a starter I was surprised by this but I'm glad they did as the burger was somewhat tardier in its arrival. I had almost finished my fries when it appeared on the table next to me, so good timing in the end I guess. The chilli cheese fries were certainly very nice, with freshly made chilli and a plentiful blanket of cheese.

The main even was the burger though, and after the disastrous effort from Shake Shack a couple of weeks before, my faith was restored. Although the first bite was sweet - I think there was an abundance of relish at one edge - the rest was excellent. The patty was juicy and meaty, well seasoned and presented in a toasted bun which isn't something I regularly see on the London burger scene yet is most welcome. The stilton had not been used in such a quantity that it dominated the taste buds, instead it gave a hint of salty yet strong cheesiness which was well offset by the sweet, tangy caramilised onion relish. That toasted bun, along with the salad, contributed a nice crunch to the proceedings as well. Overall it was really well balanced, and is probably the nicest stilton-adorned burger I've eaten.

My only real fuss was the salad - it came on the side and this is a bit of a bugbear for me, if you want your burger served with salad, put it in the damn bun and don't leave it for me to construct... if I don't want an item of salad I'll tell you not to include it! This however, is me nit-picking and I don't want this one to end on a sour note as, if you can see the big rating mark just below this paragraph, this is one of the top burgers in town. BRGR aren't one of the main names you will come across in the London burger scene, but they're well worth going out of your way for.

BRGR Hanger Steak Stilton Brgr: 8.75
The Details:

BRGR.CO
187 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8ZB

www.brgr.co

Burger reviewed: Hanger Steak Stilton Brgr, £10

HVNP Burger Rankings (June 5th) :

1. Bleecker Street | Black | 9.25
2. Patty & Bun | Ari Gold | 9.00

3. BRGR.Co | Hanger Steak Stilton Brgr | 8.75
4. Honest Burger | Bacon Tribute | 8.50

5. Dirty Burger | Dirty Bacon | 8.25

6. Lucky Chip | Royale with Cheese | 7.5

=7. Byron | Chilli | 7.25

=7. Byron | Father Cheesemas | 7.25

=7. GBK | The Don | 7.25

10. Burger & Lobster | Cheeseburger | 6.50

11. Shake Shack | ShackMeister | 4.00