A CHEESY treat is currently on the menu at Reading’s Honest Burgers … but it won’t be there for long.
The restaurant on the corner of Reading’s High Street and King Street has teamed up with Homewrecker Pimento Cheese for a special collaboration, only available until May Day holiday Monday.
They call it a firecracker of a burger, and we can see why.
It is a fried chicken breast in a crispy crumb coating, with a dollop of creamy Homewrecker Pimento Cheese, fused with a BBQ mayo, lettuce and pickles.
Honest Burgers say the collaboration aims to fuse a Southern Amercian staple with British honesty, creating a fusion of authenticity and quality.
Homewrecker was founded by expat Jane Davis, originally from Savannah, and now in Leamington Spa. She craved a taste of home, and on finding none she created the pimento cheese brand.
Jane says she took her cheese to her local and got the chef to put some on her burger … and the Homewrecker has been on the menu ever since.
It is a blend of grated cheddar cheese, cream cheese and piquante peppers, with Homewrecker’s secret spice mix.
It has a pleasant zing to it, especially fused with the brioche bun the burger is served in.
The pickles we could leave – nasty things – but the rest was devoured far too easily.
This really is a terrific combination and it is a shame the Honest Burgers collaboration with Homewrecker is for one month only.
It costs £15.20, and comes with Honest Burgers rosemary chips, or if you prefer, coleslaw or salad.
For the same price, you can enjoy the Reading Burger. This is a beef burger instead of a chicken one and comes with Waterloo and Heckfield cheeses, apple slaw, tomato and chilli chutney and rocket leaves. is unique to the Reading branch.
The cheeses come from dairies just under seven miles from the branch.
Honest Burgers is at King Street in Reading. For more details, or to book a table, log on to: honestburgers.co.uk, or call: 0118 214 5550.
PHIL CREIGHTON
