London
has in recent years has seen the rise of the gourmet burger. No longer content
with the offerings of McDonald’s or Burger King, there are now restaurants
where Londoners can enjoy more gourmet, premium quality burgers. Such examples are Byron Burger, GBK and Honest Burgers.
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Greedy Cow Burgers & Steaks 2 Grove Road, London, E3 5AX |
My latest dining
experience was at Greedy Cow, a restaurant specialising in burgers and steaks in Mile End, East London; a couple of my friends
had previously visited the independent restaurant and had good things to say
about the burgers. Anyone who used to venture down Mile End or study at QMUL
a few years back (like I did) will know that the area was in need of development. The recent
regeneration of East London has finally spread to Mile End, and locals as well
as the university students have a bit more dining choices (other than the
chicken shops and 99p pizzas!).
It’s a cosy place (read small), with the ground floor having previously
been a shop unit and the upper floor converted from a flat; however I believe
that the place could fit about 50 – 60 people. My friends and I had arrived at
opening time…..it was after our usual Saturday NTC Class (so we had already
burnt the calories we were gonna stuff ourselves with right?! We train to eat x). Within 90
minutes it was bustling, with friends, couples, other groups and families
coming to eat.
Greedy
Cow not only does standard burgers; it offers steaks and meat of a more unusual
variety….. you can check out their full menu here. Anyone up for camel burger
or wild boar?!
Me
and my friends (there was 8 of us altogether) stayed with the safe options! For
starters, we shared BBQ ribs and crab balls and I had also mint tea to warm me
up after our workout in the park:
For
my main I had the Mexican beef burger (well done), which was topped with sour
cream, guacamole, salsa and jalapeno peppers. I also added an extra rasher of
bacon to my burger order and shared onion rings:
This
burger was so nice.....I actually raved about it days after I ate it! I usually have my burger well done (I like my
beef dead and cooked through), but there is sometimes the concern that the burger
ends up being too tough. Not my Mexican burger. It was well done, without being
tough or greasy.
My
burger left my stomach satisfied, but I’m girl who loves her dessert – in fact
my motto is ‘there's always room for dessert’! Especially when cinnamon is involved:
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Seasonal fruit crumble & vanilla ice-cream mmmmmmmmm........ |
The Seasonal Crumble was freshly made, consisting of cinnamon infused apples and plums with a side of vanilla ice-cream. A sweet finish to a good meal.
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Rachel had chocolate & pistachio ice-cream |
My morning workout was not in vain.....after settling our stomachs and having a nice natter amongst ourselves, I walked home. This was greatly assisted by the fact that there was no more rain and the sun made an appearance mid afternoon. Any cold was shaken off by my semi - brisk pace.
Greedy
Cow has left a good impression on me, in particular the Mexican burger. It’s a
nice cosy burger place that caters to all. Maybe next time I’ll be a bit more
adventurous and try out one their more exotic burgers……..
Yum :) I need to sample this place for myself! x
ReplyDeletelondon does has some amazing restaurants! i definitely want to go back just to try out all those restaurants and the good food:) if it comes to burgers a lot of people just know mc donald's or burger king... which is kinda sad. we do have some restaurants which offer burgers here and there but my fave one just got closed!!:(
ReplyDeleteps. i just catched up you vacation posts, the pictures are amazing!! the place you've been to looks like paradise:) it really looks like you had an amazing time:)
lots of love xx
those food Pictures looks really yummy.
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Great review the food looks delicious x
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The Greedy Cow is such a cool name for a restaurant. I wonder if he we have them here in America. It looks sooo delish!
ReplyDeleteAnd the seasonal crumble..omg. -mouth watering-
xo, N
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