Author Archives for Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Saturday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Just the mention of Verona made me break out in a sweat. I’m a die-hard Italy fan, but I had never visited. And I never really wanted to. Why? Well I don’t like all that clichéd romantic stuff. Red roses, serenades, hand in hand street strolling? I’d rather hold an ice cream thanks. But as the old saying goes, you often find love when you least expect it. And Verona soon wooed me. This northern Italian city is sublime – crammed with history, surprisingly inexpensive bars and restaurants, and so accessible and easy that even the most useless holidayer couldn’t mess up a...
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Who looks at porn online? I do. I look at burger porn every single day. The internet is littered with it – from Instagram, to Twitter, to whole websites such as Pornburger. Every day I’m seduced by pictures and videos of soft bouncy buns, juicy patties and dressed up lettuce causing me endless excitement and satisfaction. But sometimes, it goes wrong. And bad burgers do happen to good people. I don’t want to write up every bad burger experience on here using the word “shit” twenty times because I’m so disillusioned that I can’t think of much else. I don’t want...
Thursday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
Let me start by saying this. I f*cking love Lisbon. I am flying that Portuguese flag, high. I’m considering wearing one on my back, like a cape. Lisbon has everything. EVERYTHING. Now I love Lisbon so much that I will soon be writing one epic blog post on what/where to eat/drink/see/do. In the meantime I’m going to tell you very briefly about a burger I had there. Here it is: This burger can be found in Mercardo da Rebeira, an indoor market place that has recently been converted into a hub of trendy food kiosks offering everything from Portuguese ham...
Sunday
Published by Hannah BurgersAndBruce
What makes a good burger? Soft bouncy bun, the kind that doesn’t tear at the slightest prod? Juicy medium rare patty, with a specific meat to fat ratio? Gooey cheese, salty and generous enough to drape over the lettuce, but not so much that it takes over? And so it goes on. You know what should be top of that list in these thrifty times? Value for money. I’ve been mulling over this for months. I live in London and too often I find myself in pubs. Not a bad place to be, but pubs can be guilty of overpriced...
Thursday
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“Enjoy life like a giant panda.” That’s the motto in the panda packed Sichuan region of southwest China. According to locals, to enjoy life like a giant panda you must limit yourself to three key activities:1) eating 2) relaxing 3) having sex once a yearTempting. In parts. On my visit I embraced number one on the list. If you ever find yourself in the city of Chengdu, China (I sort of hope you never do) then make yourself feel better with a Sichuan street burger. With any luck the burger will distract you – for a couple of minutes at...
Monday
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Eat a burger, go to a gig. The two come hand in hand for me, and for several others I’m sure. One of those “others” is my dad. So when we went to see Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes play in Shepherd’s Bush, it was a natural decision to have a burger together before. My poor dad. He sees how many burgers I eat. He loves burgers. I love burgers. We meet up, and we should eat great burgers together. But instead we ate the shittest of the shit, one of the worst burgers I have ever tried in...
Monday
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Boom! A (relatively) new burger has exploded onto the London burger scene, and it’s as boom as the name suggests. Out west in Notting Hill, burgers are now being served with a loud Jamaican twist at BOOM Burger. Order at the counter choosing from the beefy and bacon jam “boom” burger, jerk chicken burger, fish burger, cheese burger and a Caribbean-esque veggie sweet potato and chili jam burger. Take a seat inside or out, and tuck in to one of the top burgers in London, head bouncing to the beat of some seriously good reggae tuneage. The Boom burger’s (£8)...
Sunday
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This seemingly unimportant burger became much more significant when Springsteen joined the stage with The Rolling Stones in Lisbon recently. I get through a lot of burgers. I’m too embarrassed to tell you how many. Let’s just say about 50% of the burgers I eat make it on to here. I need to choose the very best, the very worst, or the very relevant. And this burger is now relevant. The Algarve is the region in South Portugal – not Lisbon, I know – but two hours down the road, and somewhere where E Street Fans, or Bruce himself, may...
Thursday
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There was a crotch thrusting, fist clenching, lip twitching sweaty night of passion in Italy this week. Don’t worry, it’s not how it might sound. But it was just as exciting. Always fond of a jaunt to Italy, and with Springsteen’s touring schedule up in the air for the foreseeable future, I booked tickets to Padova, and eagerly headed off to this northern Italian city to see another of my “childhood favourite” artists perform for the first time. “Billy Idol?!” One friend exclaimed. “Isn’t he dead??” Nope. Still rocking…still thrusting. Feeling the need to defend the latest, slightly obscure, Italian...
Monday
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As a Springsteen fan I often feel surrounded by mediocre, lack lustre versions of his songs. Pale imitations. Clumsy forgeries of masterworks. But not always. One Welsh singer-songwriter has spectacularly, and very successfully, nailed it. Recording an album of covers can be one of a musician’s most challenging tasks: how do you remain true to the original while making it you own? Martyn Joseph would appear to have the answer. His album of Springsteen tracks Tires Rushing by in the Rain – replanting the American highway into Britain’s roadmap – has generated what the modest Joseph labels an ‘overwhelmingly positive...
