I Should Be Souvlaki

And they’re off! Yes, the Burger Wellington part of Wellington On A Plate kicked off on Friday. Due to the increasing popularity of this section of WOAP, it has now been completely separated from the rest, as there was just too much competition for the WOAP dollar and restaurants were finding that their non-burger offerings were being spurned in favour of meat-filled (or otherwise) buns.

We attempted to join in the fun on the opening night, but due to a cock-up on my part I’d reserved a table for the wrong night, so tonight’s was the first of this year’s offerings. We were heading out to see Hayley Sproull, and decided to stop in at Little Beer Quarter, a bar which specialises in (you’ll never guess!) beer! They also do wine as well, so Nicola was able to have a glass of rosé .

LBQ’s offering is called I Should Be Souvlaki (see what they did there?) and is described as follows: Ground Preston's lamb patty, with whipped Zany Zeus feta, rocket, pickled zucchini, and herbed tzatziki mayo, topped with beer-battered fries in a housemade soft sesame lagana bun, served with zucchini fries. I failed to stop and take a picture of it, so here’s the stock picture from the WOAP site:

 

The Garage Project beer match was The Devil’s Lettuce, but I’d already ordered something else by then so I didn’t try it.

How was it? Well, the lamb patty was tasty and cooked pink, and fitted the bun size well. I found it a little dry, and despite the addition of tzatziki mayo, the whole thing was a bit dry. It was also carb-heavy, with the chips included inside the burger…I’d have left them out, myself. The zucchini fries were good though. The bun maintained integrity throughout, always an important feature. Overall, pretty good, and I scored this burger a 7/10.