The Byron "Big D" 8oz premium burger | Food. By Mark.

January 14th, 2010 by Food.By Mark

The Byron “Big D” 8oz premium burger

So… I want to keep this short and sweet as I only just wrote about Byron. Today, Byron launched their brand new premium 8oz patty developed in conjunction with O Sheas in Knightsbridge, and I had reserved two at the Byron Soho branch earlier in the day. This burger could only come one way, in “classic” form, in their plain white bun with fixings of a slice of tomato, lettuce, red onion and mayonnaise with a long slice of pickle on the side. At 7.45pm, we supposedly had the last two premium “Big D” burgers and our waitress already knew our main order. We chose french fries and courgette fries on the side and I had my usual root beer float. 18 minutes was the only way. And at a time probably close to that our burger arrived, followed a minute later by the sides. Photography ensued. 100% Jack O Shea chuck went into a patty that is taller and thinner in width than the flatter 6oz Byron patty. A great shape within their bun, fitting with their simple fixings. And then came the first bite… it was done… medium-well… and another bite came deeper into the burger. It was still medium-well… My heart sunk. The meat was beautiful, which goes without saying for O Shea’s, and I wanted it to be juicy oozing medium rare. Did I have the choice to have it cooked for 15 minutes? In any case, the other burger we ordered was supposed to come medium. I suppose as per Byron spec. I’d love to give this another go… perhaps in a brioche bun, with a slice of gruyere, and a bit of grease. Another time. It is just my luck. This could be a fantastic burger.

Irrespective of this unfortunate case of slightly overcooked meat, in my humble opinion Byron do make the best easily available burger in London. And I am going to have to go back and give this one another go.