Almost Famous Burgers Restaurant Review, Manchester

Another place that was recommended by the blogging community for food in Manchester was Almost Famous Burgers. Although I was still quite full from dinner I knew that I couldn't pass up a burger and fries. The place was quite dark and gloomy but very trendy with graffiti on the walls, metal pole room separations and even a giant gorilla. The menu is limited but you are bound to find something you like if you are into meat, specifically burgers. I went for a River Phoenix burger which was a double cheeseburger with bacon, bbq fried onions, frazzles, baconnaise, chipotle ketchup, redneck bbq sass and chillies but I didn't have the chillies! Matt went for the Butter Blood and Bleu burger, a double cheeseburger with rare flatiron steak, chorizo, chillies, grilled onions, peppercorn and bleu cheese sauces and mustard mayo. We accompanied these monsters with a mix of normal and sweet potato fries.

These burgers were outrageous, both very juicy and full of flavour. The combination of stuff, although piled high and hard to get your chops around, were exceptionally well put together with great complementing tastes. I cut mine in half to tackle whilst Matt decided to get his knife and fork out. Our fries were sprinkled with a bit of spice and when I asked for ketchup they only carry spicy ketchup. There was no relief for me!

I wish I had had more room to finish my burger as I made a poor effort. It was a great burger joint that I'd revisit but it still doesn't knock my favourite off the top spot.
Have you been to Almost Famous Burgers? I hear they've opened in Leeds too!

Meat Mission, Shoreditch - London

When it comes to eating out in London, me and Matt like to do our research. We've already been to Meat Liquor, the sister restaurant of Meat Mission, so we thought it time to try out its Shoreditch counterpart.

 

When you walk into the restaurant it is very similar to a gothic church with a bright stained glass ceiling, church pews and hymn boards. It is much brighter than Meat Liquor which has you to eating in the darkness. The space is large and the staff are very friendly.

We ordered our food, mine was a boring cheeseburger whilst Matt decided on a mushroom Philly cheesesteak which as you can see looked amazing and I am told tasted very good too. I started eating mine and was very confused as to why it seemed spicy and why my lips started to feel on fire. I decided I couldn't eat it and put it down to a fault of my own not asking for something off that I usually get off.

I ate the fries and all was well until I had a look at the menu again and saw there was a green chilli cheeseburger on the menu. I asked the lady if this is what I had been given and she checked with the kitchen and it was! She offered another burger but by then I was full on chips so she just took the burger off the bill.

Its was a shame I didn't get to enjoy my burger as the few bites of meat I had tasted very nice. I know they do amazing burgers here so this experience didn't put me off, it would just make me speak up quicker so I could eat a full burger!