WITH THE coronation, the nation has been focused on everything British, but a restaurant company with a branch in Reading is hoping people will look over the pond for a treat.
Honest Burgers’ May special is the Texas BBQ Burger, and it’s a rootin’ tootin’ treat.
Dripping in not one but two sauces – Texas Drip and Fire Candy – the burger also features double American cheese, bacon, caramelised onions, candied jalapeno mayo, pickles and lettuce.
The sauces are from Tubby Tom’s, a company born not in the USA, but in Gloucestershire, fully in keeping with Honest Burgers’ philosophy of working with smaller producers where possible.
Established in 2014, Tubby Tom’s has come a long way since the firm’s first bottles were sold in a Gloucestershire farm shop. Today, the firm operates from a fully independent sauce factory with a Tubby Crew of six: still making everything by hand, with a little help from Tom’s mum.
Tom Hughes, the firm’s creator, is looking forward to people tasting his special creation.
“Get ready to taste the best burger ever created. I’ve eaten 11 of them already and can confirm is slaps (excellent – editor),” he said.
“One bite of this burger and you’ll be transported to a cattle ranch in Texas, whip in hand and spurs on the heals.”
Adam Layton is Honest Burgers’ head of food, and is delighted with this collaboration.
“Tom is the madcap creator of a thousand delicious spice rubs and sauces. He can’t sit still. Every day there is a new recipe and his creativity blows me away,” he explains.
“Tom’s Texas Drip BBQ sauce is ‘McDonald’s BBQ sauce in heaven’, spiked with a little espresso coffee.
“We tame his Fire Candy candied jalapeno hot sauce with mayo as a creamy counterpoint to the rich, syrupy BBQ sauce. It’s everything you want from a BBQ burger.”
There is one thing you might want … for this to be on the menu a bit longer.
It will be available in Honest Burgers’ High Street branch in Reading until June 5, and costs £14.50. It is served with homemade rosemary salted chips. It is £1 more when ordered via Uber Eats.
For more information, log on to: www.honestburgers.co.uk
