ALL The Christmas Burgers
Carol concerts? Christmas trees laden with baubles? The sodding Coke advert? No, it turns out that nothing says Christmas quite like a burger. Which is why any place that’s any place are falling over themselves to produce Christmas burgers, with some of the tastiest creations hitting London’s restaurants in the run-up to Christmas. Here are some of our favourites.
Haché
Imagine all of Christmas packed into one burger, sprouts and all. Well that’s what’s on at Haché. The burger (and we’ve tasted it and can agree it’s delicious) takes two patties, one a traditional turkey and the other made of sausage, all topped with crispy bacon, tangy cranberry ketchup and a brioche bun and sat on a bed of fried Brussels sprouts. Best served with a their Haché Kimchi Frites and washed down with a bottle of red. It sets a high bar for the Christmas burger genre, and what’s more its for a good cause, they’ll be donating £1 from the sale over each Christmas in a Bun to the Albert Kennedy Trust, who work hard to support young homeless members of the LGBT community.
Where: 37 Bedford Hill, Balham, SW12 9EY
Website: www.hacheburgers.com
MeatUp Burger Kitchen
Wandsworth-based resto MeatUp has popped up in Chelsea over the festive period to showcase these insanely festive burgers. With ‘Build-Your-Own’ at the forefront, visitors will have the chance to personalise their burger with patties made from a secret blend of short-rib, brisket, sirloin, ribeye, chuck and bone marrow. Buns come in all sorts of colours, form the Christmas rouge seen above to charcoal cobbler’s made with charcoal-infused rum, vanilla, orange and lime and served up with flowers. What’s more, the process allows for burgers to be served rare (if this be your wish) which is something that’s pretty far and wide to come across. So, you lucky things, Christmas has certainly come early for the burger lovers!
Paternoster Chop House
Oh Santa Baby! Could this be the most Christmassy burger of the lot? Quite possibly! The Saucy Santa Burger, available at The Chop Houses at Paternoster, South Place, and Butlers Wharf, overflows with turkey patty, pickled red cabbage slaw, pigs in blankets and cranberry ketchup (who even knew that was a thing?!) Either way, if we were able to eat Christmas burgers all year round we so would.
Where: Warwick Court, Warwick Lane, London EC4M 7DX, United Kingdom
Website: www.paternosterchophouse.co.uk
