Author Archives for Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Here I am holding a massive F Off sandwich in Madrid. Apparently it’s one of the biggest in Spain, and it’s a weighty, glistening, 8 inch heap Galician bread, ham and molten cheese. You know what’s coming. Yes, I recommend you try it. The zapatilla (meaning sneaker, because it resembles one in size) is *the* dish to order at Melo’s Bar in Madrid. Now I know it looks a bit overwhelming, but share it and it’s fiiiiiiine It’s a local kind of place – 1970s decor, old men in flat caps sipping beer, rowdy students, and tables littered with plates...
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
What’s all this! A black bun?? With a pink wodge of fish? Not the usual burger I write about on here, but it’s a good one. You may have seen me banging on about loving Lisbon. I may have said I want to wear the Portuguese flag around my neck, like a cape. I still do. I’m so into Lisbon that I persuaded some pals we should go back to the city, try out the bars of Bally Ally (that’s Bairro Alto) and then head north to see Placebo play in Porto (more on that later). But before all that,...
Saturday
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London’s most prestigious burger blogger (er no, not me) has created his own burger menu. Burgerac is my fav London burger detective, and his taste in music is almost as good as mine. He’s not a Bruce Springsteen fan (I’m working on it) but he is all about great tunes. What a relief! London now has sweet ass burgers, in a chilled pub, with excellent music. It’s Burgerac’s new venture – Burgershack – at The Royal Oak pub in Marylebone. I’m not writing nice things because he’s my pal. I’m writing nice things because these burgers are really excellent. They...
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
I realised something in Lisbon. I am a nightmare to travel with. Not because I’m dozy, or lazy, or tight, or uninterested. But because I like food. Hell, I love food. I love it so much that when I go away I create endless lists of places I want to eat and drink, and then I start doing things like making grid charts of where I need to be and when. And timetables. And maps, with stars and scribbles all over them. And stickers. Then the lucky person I’m travelling with gets dragged from meal to meal, like a bad school trip. And then I make them...
Sunday
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The view. The view, the view, the view. Oh and the croissant loaf. Location Alfama is regarded as a desirable part of Lisbon, where all the wealthy used to hang. They abandoned the area to fisherman in the Middle Ages (they were scared of earthquakes), but sadly Alfama was one of the only parts of Lisbon to survive the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the city in 1755. Nowadays it’s a hilly warren of pretty churches and cafes. Head down one of the side alleys, past rows of floral granny pants drying in the sun, and you’ll find Memmo Alfama,...
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
LX Boutique stands for “Lisbon Experience” and this babe of a boutique hotel gave me just that. Location If you’re looking to enjoy the nightlife of Lisbon (and why wouldn’t you, because it’s MEGA) then this is the hotel to stay at. Located at the bottom of a very steep hill in Cais de Sodre, it’s a short clamber from the bars of Bairro Alto (the hip and happening part of town), and then at the end of the night you can just roll back down the hill to your bed. Handy. Across the road (approximately 20 metres from the...
Wednesday
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A few weeks back Jake Clemons played in the living room of a small town I can’t pronounce in The Netherlands. This all starts back in January 2014, when in the pit of one of Bruce Springsteen‘s Cape Town concerts I met a gorgeous Dutch girl called Ellen. Thanks to super advanced technology (the internet – it still baffles me) we’ve kept in touch, and eight months later I was standing in her home in Tegelen (it’s hard to say, and spell) surrounded by her closest family and friends. One of these friends is the brilliant Sanne – Ellen’s sister...
Saturday
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“Steam burger.” It’s the new taste of the world, apparently. I had to try one. I’d say in the simplest form, the steamed burger is an amalgamation of a small flat burger and a calzone. But without any of the good parts. The bun was sickly sweet, and the patty was a thin little sliver of what I can only hope was meat. The whole package was moist and damp. Actually it was wetter than that. It was properly soggy. The type of burger where you hurry to the loo after (pah, not like that!) to wash your hands because...
Sunday
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Fit pizza. Made by Springsteen fans. It’s time to talk about Pizza Pilgrims. As you may have seen, I’m verging on obsessed with Italy. Yes yes it’s a beautiful country, but the main reason I love it? The food. Carbs. I love carbs. Life is too short to not eat them. I can’t get to Italy each time I crave a pizza, so instead I head to Pizza Pilgrims in Soho, London. The Pizza Pilgrims are two brothers (Thom and James) who headed to Italy buy an Piaggio Ape van (jealous) and learn about making pizza. They stuck an oven in...
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Remember that time I ate five burgers in one day? Course you don’t. I do though, my jeans still don’t fit. That was National Burger Day 2013, a very exciting new day created by the people behind Mr Hyde. NBD is celebrated in two ways – either attending a massive outdoor burger event in London, or heading to one of these delicious restaurants for a 20% discount on their burgers. Following the event last year, I reviewed all the burgers in the most sensible way possible – with Bruce Springsteen songs. Unfortunately (Sad Eyes) at this year’s event I didn’t get...
