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Speak-not-so-easy at The Butcher

On Friday night, I went on a bar crawl. No, this was not for fun – not for fun at all. It was pure business, I can assure you: research for upcoming reviews for the World’s Best Bars. It’s a tough job, but… oh wait, I’ve said that before…

But since I needed to be sober enough to actually remember the places afterwards, I decided to try and kill two birds with one stone and head to The Butcher for a burger, after which the plan was to negotiate my way past the too-glamorous-to-work-in-a-burger-bar door people into the fabled speakeasy. Only it wasn’t that simple. I’d heard you needed a password. It turned out you needed a reservation instead. And no amount of “but I’m a journalist” would persuade them otherwise. Well, fair enough, I suppose, but it felt like the wrong kind of exclusivity…

Meanwhile, I was still hungry, so I ordered the truffle burger and chips and cut my losses. It was big and alcohol-absorbing, which I suppose was the idea, although the bun was airier and more squishable than it first appeared (which was probably a good thing because it appeared to be huge). The meat was a little more well done than I’d have liked, but was topped with a super-sized dollop of black truffle paste. I think I’d have preferred it with slightly less, and slightly whiter, truffle and slightly more other flavours from various sauces. But that might just be because of my love-hate relationship with truffle.

The chips, on the other hand, were genius. Poor Burgermeester gets a lot of flak for not serving chips, and in that respect – but that respect alone – The Butcher scored points. At under €10 for most burgers and €2.50 for chips, it’s affordable fast food, too.

I’ll go back – purely for research purposes, like I said. But next time, I might skip the burger and go straight for the speakeasy cocktail bar. Always provided I can get a reservation, of course…

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The Butcher (American)
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