Yesterday I spent a lovely sunny Saturday in London, having two lovely meals with friends; the first of these was at Boom Burger on Portobello Road.
Boom Burger is relatively new to the London burger scene - it's a tiny little restaurant/take away with only about 5 tables, serving Jamaican style burgers, salads and sides. It's nothing fancy at all - you order at the counter, everything is served in plastic diner-style baskets and plastic cups, but what it lacked in fanciness, it made up for in tastiness!
I had the Boom Burger (with cheese and bacon jam), plantain fries, and a side of the bizarrely named Stamp and Go (who knows where that name came from!) which are saltfish, chilli and herb fritters!
The burger was great - soft brioche bun, salty sticky bacon jam, and lots of gooey cheese. It was a really juicy burger; the one thing I would have liked is for it to be more pink in the centre, but that's a small gripe! The saltfish fritters were amazing and incredibly moreish - the fish was meaty and packed full of flavour, and the jerk mayo added heat and creaminess which went perfectly. The best thing of all was the plantain fries - they were soft and fluffy but with the most incredible outside - it almost tasted like they had been caramelised as they had a sweet crunch almost like the top of a crème brûlée! The sweetness might sound as if it was strange with a savoury dish, but it wasn't overpowering and just made them so different and interesting! I think they're almost better than sweet potato fries!
Fran and Olivia both got salads, and Fran got some plantain fries on the side; however, I think I definitely made the right choice with the burger as the salad wasn't particularly awe inspiring...you can tell their effort goes into the burgers and the sides and the salad barely gets a look in...
The red snapper looked tasty and well cooked but it was such a small piece and the salad next to it was just leaves and tomato - it could definitely have had far more interesting ingredients in order to make it live up to the other flavours on the menu!
All in all a really good place to eat - great burgers and amazing sides, but just don't order a salad!!
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