The Sister Of Smokey

Once again my Burger Wellington mission was thwarted in my quest for a beef burger. This time, I’d taken a fancy to Little Beer Quarter’s Eat Y’Self Fitter. Sadly, LBQ have decided not to open at lunchtime whilst we’re still at Covid Alert level 2. Bugger. Around the corner from LBQ, however, is perennial favourites Burger Liquor. They’re an establishment that sells both burger and liquor, hence the name (as many full-time burger joints only sell fizzy drinks and shakes).

It’s another chicken burger, entitled The Sister Of Smokey. The Smokey, of course, is one of their standard burgers, and very tasty it is too. The Sister is a chicken alternative to the beef of smokey, but otherwise seems to emulate it in most other details. It’s described like this: Buttermilk fried chicken with prosciutto, pink onion strings, triple cheese sauce and Alabama white sauce in an Arobake sage bun. The Garage Project beer match is Raspberry Cabaret, which is a sour beer. I’m not a big fan of sour beers, so I switched out to BL’s house lager.

It looks like this:

This was a good burger, The chicken thigh was quite thick, so took a bit of biting through, but the burger maintained its integrity despite this, and the crispy onions were tasty too. There could have been more prosciutto – another slice would’ve really given the burger more of an alternate flavour. As it was, it was barely discernible. The main letdown was the fries – shoestring chips that should have been crispy, but turned out to be a bit droopy. I scored this another 7/10.