Tommi's Burger Joint

Update: They are closed atm, but looking for a new location and will re-open in Marylebone and East London soon (April. 2013)

Update II : Tommi's Burger Joint is re-opening soon. FINALLY! The adress is 30 Thayer Street, I will update you as soon as I know when they will open exactly. It's burger time!  
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What a burger! The place is so small you hardly see it, but it's a shame missing it! Tommi's Burger Joint is a super cool burger bar in Marylebone, very New York, very casual. Brick walls, high bench seatings, a busy place with only 4 burgers on the menu (written on paper bags). Order your burger at the busy counter and the friendly staff will bring it to you. Choose between a normal-, steak-, cheese- or veggie burger. Plus they have a large choice of sauces you can pick, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, BBQ sauce and more. The taste of the cheese burger was amazing, so tasty, so juicy. The meat is slightly pink in the middle, the bun super soft and the salad super fresh. Next time I will try they steak burger with Bernaise sauce (I heard that's the best).

I can only recommend going there, it's just ways better and cheaper than any fancy burger chain where you spend too much for a simple burger. 

PS: you can bring your own booze!

Cheese Burger

The Breakfast Club

...good morning lazy Sunday, I could really need a good breakfast right now.

A good place to have breakfast is definitely The Breakfast Club. I have been there quite often so far, there are several branches, one in Soho, Liverpool Street, Hoxton and an other one in Angel. I mostly go to the one in Soho and here you need a lot of patience. At the weekends the waiting time can be really long, people are queuing round the corner. The things we do for a good breakfast.
Although it is called The Breakfast Club, they are not only serving breakfast. They have delicious burgers, wrap and sandwiches.

Here are some of my favourites: Apple and cinnamon french toast, smoked salmon with scrambled eggs, avocado with poached egg, pancakes with berries and vanilla cream...and even the classic eggs florentine are great.

The place itself looks quirky and retro...photos on the wall, toys on a shelf and vintage street signs. It is definitely not chic! I heard that some people where not very happy about the staff, but I only had friendly waiters so far...

If you like good good breakfast and don't mind waiting...let's go!

Address:
33 D'Arbley Street, Soho
W1F 8EU London

the breakfast club during the week, rather empty

fruit bowl and avocado with lime and poached egg on a multigrain toast

scrambled eggs on toast (eggs florentine in the background)

Bill's

Bill's: delicious and unusual breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes.

You cannot stop looking around: the interior is amazing, it looks like a food shop with all the colourful cans, bottles and jam glasses on the wall. And actually you can really buy all those delicious groceries. 

They have a big choice of food, I couldn't figure out what kind of nationality Bill's cuisine is, because they have an endless variety of different cuisines. 

Italian pasta, American burgers, Libanese hummus and pita bread or African-portuguese piri-piri chicken, just to name a few.

For breakfast they have all typical types of eggs, like scrambled eggs, eggs benedict/florentine or  full english breakfast. Furthermore they serve unusual dishes as french toast with banana, strawberries, toasted walnut yoghurt and maple flavoured syrup. A new branch just opened in Soho the other one is in Covent Garden.

Address:  Bill's
       
Covent Garden
St Martin's Courtyard,
London WC2E 9AB                                                                                                                                                    

Soho

36-44 Brewer Street,

London, W1F 9TB

lamingtons

fascinating unique and creative interior

want to buy something?

poached egg, avocado and mushroom on toast...

what kind of cuisine do you fancy? this collage is created with photos taken by Bill's website

Burger time

Every now and then everybody feels the desire to eat a good burger I guess. But instead of going to a junk-food chain, you should rather try it at home.

There are so many variations of burgers, I made the typical meat burger. If you are a vegetarian, use a veggie burger as an alternative. You can add various things like avocado or bacon. It is the perfect recipe if you have friends over and just put the ingredients in small bowls, so every one can choose what they want on their burger. Ever tried a lobster burger? Or a tuna sashimi-sesame burger? LOVELY!

This recipe is just an inspiration and all you need is:

Burger bread

Beef burgers/Veggie burger

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Cheese

Then just wash the salad and the tomatoes, grill the beef burgers in a pan and let some cheese melting on top of them.  Meanwhile cut the tomatoes into slices.

As soon as the meat is done, open the burger bread and fill it with the lettuce, the cut tomatoes, the meat with cheese and some ketchup. Close the burger and ready is your burger. Enjoy!

raw beef burger, tomatoes, lettuce and cheese

the grilled beef burgers with cheese on top

ready to eat

Some inspirations...

tuna sesame burger ( eaten in NYC)

best lobster burger (eaten in NYC, Brinkleys)