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🇸🇪 @levi_bistro ★★★☆☆
Levi Bistro is a relatively new bistro restaurant on Södermalm in Stockholm. They have a focused menu with five main courses, one of which is their Levi’s Burger. During our visit, it came with a thick 180 g beef patty, cheddar, pickles, white onions and their own Café de Paris mayo. It was served with fries and a dipping sauce and cost 285 SEK (30 USD).
The burger was pretty large, just like a bistro burger should be, and we liked its old-school appearance. The bun looked great and was soft and pliable, holding everything together impressively well. The beef had an airy and juicy texture, and after a couple of bites we suspected that it had been ground using the Blumenthal method, which was a nice detail. It could’ve used more salt and pepper, though, to make the beef flavour stand out more. The cheese sat almost like a blanket on top of the patty, and we would’ve preferred it to have melted into the beef more for extra creaminess. Both the white onions and pickles could also have been cut a little thicker for more texture. The salty pickles tasted nice, but a little more acidity would’ve helped lift the flavours. The Café de Paris mayo was tasty, and while we appreciated the mustard notes, it was a little too dominant. That said, it added an interesting flavour profile that worked well on the burger. The fries were slightly over-fried and crunchy, but were saved by the excellent hot seasoning that had been applied generously. The accompanying dip, which could best be described as a more grown-up burger sauce, was a perfect match for the spicy fries.
Levi Bistro serves an interesting and tasty, albeit somewhat expensive, bistro burger that we liked. There are a few details that could be fine-tuned, but we always appreciate restaurants with their own vision of what a really good burger should be.
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