Patty & Bun, Soho

With people disappearing from work nights out with increasingly regularity to "grab a Patty & Bun" and slowly becoming self professed addicts, I knew I had to check it out to see where it ranked on my "London Burger List"(which exists only in my head- although sounds like a good idea for a blog post soon!). Last Saturday Freddie and I were on a mission to buy him an entire outfit for a party that evening (last minute is how we roll) and needed some fuel so popped in. Of course, the was a queue outside...

Being tight for time we decided to get our burgers to go and find somewhere to sit and eat them, rather than face the 1 hour + queue. Inside the music was loud and the decour was cool with long wooden tables and low hanging lights. We quickly placed our orders and within 10-15 mins were presented with our burgers- which for two burgers, a portion of chips and two drinks was around 20 pounds I think. Not cheap, but not expensive either.

Burgers in hand, we set about trying to find a bench to wolf them down on. This actually wasn't as easy as anticipated and we were wandering aimlessly for a bit before we stumbled on some kind of zen urban garden which more than fitted the bill. The gardens are just off Duke Street (Brown Hart Gardens is what they're called apparently- thank you Google) and are a perfect place for some alfresco dining. And now for a photo of me awkwardly holding our patty and bun bag...

Nice view- and the gardens look nice too...!

We sat down to chow down. I was pretty much ravenous at this point so was getting quite excited. As was Freddie clearly..

Now for the main event- the burger. I went for the 'Ari Gold' which I later realised had almost a cult-like status in the London burger scene. It was basically a cheese burger encased in a brioche bun. Luckily I like sauce cos this burger very, very saucy- smothered in the stuff. But man, it was good. I can see what all the fuss is about- the meat was really tender and just typing this I want another one! Only a slight gripe in that my bun tasted a bit stale but Freddie assured me his wasn't so I'm assuming this was just a blip. The chips with rosemary salt were also really tasty- pretty similar to Honest Burger if I'm honest. I must admit I was impressed and would definitely come back. Still don't get the Entourage reference though...