8ft Burger

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8ft Burger var från början ett koncept med små rosa burgarcontainers som vi på Burgerdudes hjälpte till att utveckla under 2018. Vi kunde såklart inte recensera dem då, men nu efter pandemin så har konceptet återuppstått på flera platser i Stockholm. Eftersom de numera inte enbart kör med containers och har uppdaterade hamburgare så är det inte längre ”våra” burgare de serverar, så det var dags för recension! Vi besökte 8ft Burger på Hornstulls Marknad och beställde en Single Burger Menu. Hamburgaren innehöll 100 gram kött, ost, sallad, lök, pickles, barbecuesås och majonnäs, och både pommes frites och dryck ingick i de 125 kronor vi betalade.

Burgaren såg lovande ut, och kändes bra när vi lyfte upp den, men första tuggan smakade mest bröd. Som en del av uppdateringen har de bytt till ett lite större och märkbart tyngre bröd som tog lite för mycket plats, vilket blev extra märkbart när vår burgare innehöll oväntat lite toppings. Själva köttet var saftigt och smakade riktigt gott med tydlig kryddning. Men smaken av barbecuesås fanns bara i vissa tuggor, och samma sak gällde majonnäsen, löken och deras pickles. Salladen var de dock generösa med. Resultatet blev en burgare där vi fick glimtar av hur bra den kunde ha varit, men där det mesta smakade bröd och sallad. Att våra pommes frites var underfriterade och översaltade blev som en ledsen prick över i:et.

Förutsättningarna för 8ft Burger finns där – det har vi ju själva sett till – men det finns flera detaljer i såväl recept som genomförande som behöver justeras för att de ska skina. Vi hade hoppats att de skulle hitta tillbaka till burgarna de serverade innan pandemin, eller till och med gjort något ännu bättre, men just nu är de bara ett av många ganska bra burgarställen i Stockholm.

In English

In the beginning, 8ft Burger was a concept with small, pink burger containers that we at Burgerdudes helped develop back in 2018. Of course, we couldn’t review them back then, but now after the pandemic they’ve relaunched in several places in Stockholm. Since they no longer are tied to the container concept and have updated their burgers we felt that they no longer serve ”our” burgers, so it was about time that we gave them a proper review. We visited 8ft Burger at the food market Hornstulls Marknad and ordered a Single Burger Menu. Our hamburger contained a 100-gram beef patty, cheese, lettuce, onions, pickles, BBQ sauce and mayo, and both french fries and a soft drink were included in the 125 SEK (12.5 USD) we paid.

Our burger looked really promising and felt great when we picked it up, but despite this our first bite mainly tasted of bread. As part of their update, they’ve switched to a larger and heavier bun that took over far too much. This was even more apparent seeing as they’d been very miserly with the other toppings. The beef patty was nice and juicy, and had been seasoned really well, but we could only taste the BBQ sauce in some bites, and the same thing could also be said about the mayo, onions and pickles. They were generous with the lettuce though. The end result was a burger that gave us hints on how good it could be, but that mainly tested of bread and lettuce. The fact that our french fries were undercooked and too salty was a bit of a sad ending to our meal.

8ft Burger has the potential to be great – we’ve seen to that, after all – but they need to nail several recipe and cooking details if they really want to shine. We had hoped that they would return to (or even improve upon) their pre-pandemic burgers, but right now they’re just one of many ”quite good” burger joints in Stockholm.

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