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No mess, no fuss just brilliant burgers!!! If you get a chance you gotta do it The candied bacon is a party in your mouth!!!…
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I went for a trek out to the Brockley market on a Saturday specifically to try this burger, some say it's London's best, and after sampling around 20 …
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Suffice to say, the London burger game is strong both in brick and mortar institutions and more-so on the streets but even so, Mother Flipper still ho…
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9 Reviews on “Mother Flipper”
Suffice to say, the London burger game is strong both in brick and mortar institutions and more-so on the streets but even so, Mother Flipper still holds strong among the best. Flipping burgers is an art form which should not be taken lightly and Mother Flipper certainly understand this placing care every step of the way from sourcing the best ingredients to compiling a burger they can be proud of. The creme de la creme however is the double candied bacon flipper as the sweet swine addition takes the traditional cheeseburger to another level. Once exclusive only to Brockley Market (which they still call home), Mother Flipper can now be found across London, most notably trading with Kerb. Also follow me on Twitter @annixontong and @wetrykai and on Instagram @annixontong. wetrykai.wordpress.com
Potentially my most favourite burger in London. The candy bacon special is made from coarse mince patties, loaded with squirt of magical MF special sauce and American cheese. Topped with pickles, home-candied brown sugar bacon, shoestring fries to give a perfect crunch and gently squashed in a toasted brioche bun. sophielovesfood.com
This burger is infamous for being tasty but when I ate it :/ it tasted like a normal cheese burger only difference is that it had more pickles which is a very good idea!! Cause I love pickles 😀 it was very hard to find brockley market :'( why only Saturdays 10am-2pm?? I’m not a morning person sniffles~
I could give you a list of excuses as long as my arm as to why it’s taken me so long to visit Mother Flipper to give you the low-down on their burgers……but I doubt you care.The simple fact is I have now eaten Mother Flipper burgers, and I get to give you my perspective on them. Tally ho!Price:Mother Flipper Cheeseburger – 6Dirty Barbie burger – 10Presentation:Upon opening the anonymous, white label burger boxes, you’re presented with a lightly sweating bun encasing a rough-edged burger, oozing with juice and sauce. As with other burger offerings such as from Patty & Bun and Burger Bear, opening your burger packaging . It *almost* brought a tear to my eye.Toppings:The Mother Flipper cheeseburger is deceptively simple. Topped with american cheese (which is cloched on the grill to weld it to the patty and the bun), the burger sits on an onion/lettuce ‘slaw melded with ketchup and mustard. A solitary, thick, crinkle cut pickle sits at the heart of the salad, and gives an instant hit of nostalgia – classic American cheeseburger style.The Dirty Barbie is, as you’d expect, covered with a pile of dirty toppings. BBQ-braised onions are sweet and sticky – being pre-cooked and then applied before being steamed with the bun means they’ve had time to assimilate some serious flavour. Candied bacon mixes with the BBQ onions and the double hit of sweet and salt combines – if anything, it’s the cheese that’s the casualty, being dominated by the other two toppings.Below the patties, ketchup and mustard combine to add a sharp riff to the mellow BBQ notes, and this balances what could otherwise be a very rich burger.Beef:The beef used in the Mother flipper burgers is 28-day aged chuck from Scottish Black Angus, mixed to a proprietary recipe by a West London butcher (they chuck in some rib cap to add juiciness). It’s added to the chrome grill as a ball, and left to form a crust for a couple of minutes (meaning the juices run UP through the burger, rather than out onto the grill), before being smashed down to form patties. Watching the grill boss set to his work was poetry in motion. Smashing is not a new technique, but it is technical – you have to apply even pressure across the burger patty in order to ensure the maximum surface area touches the grill whilst ensuring even cooking throughout – so the Mother Flipper grill boss uses a double handed smash technique to achieve this.Once smashed, the beef is liberally sprinkled with salt and pepper, and the patties are left until a thick, caramelised crust is formed and the juices start bubbling through to the top of the burger. They are then forcefully scraped off the chrome and flipped, to be topped with cheese, bacon, onions etc.All the technique shows in the delivery of the burgers – the beef is medium pink in the middle, well seasoned, and with a brilliant savoury/umami crust. Both the single-pattied cheeseburger, and the double-pattied Dirty Barbie are consistently cooked and seasonsed.Bun:Glorious sesame glazed demi-brioche (and completely egg free). The Mother Flipper buns are lightly toasted on a dedicated bread toasting machine (that’s serious business as space behind the Mother Flipper stall is at a premium). The bottom buns are dressed ready for the burgers to be added, but the top buns are placed on the patty, on the grill, and steamed under cloche to both soften them, and ensure the toppings/cheese are welded together. This adds a much needed element of structure to these juicy beasts.Overall rating: 9.5/10These are very, very good burgers, as many of you have been telling me for quite a long time. The burgers have to walk a fine line between the loaded, juicy toppings and beef, but still delivering an edible street food experience – without it ending up all over your lap and shirt. And they do this brilliantly.The Dirty Barbie, for me, packs a similar punch to MeatMarket’s black palace burger albeit with BBQ overtones, but still delivering a massive savoury, beefy hit, and for 6, the Mother Flipper cheeseburger has to be one of the best value burgers in London – alongside my long-time favourite Lucky Chip.I am thankful that the planets have aligned and it has become a part of my life, and now part of this blog.Mother Flipper are popping up all over the place at the moment, but your best bets to catch them are:- Kerb, King’s Cross – Friday lunchtimes- Camden Town Brewery – Friday evenings- Brockley Market – Saturday lunch/afternoon hamburger-me.com
If you want to sample the delights of Mother Flipper you have to get here early, so if you find yourself here before 11, then this is prime time to secure yourself a spot in the queue!Since it’s breakfast, we opt for a breakfast muffin of 5 each with another 1 worth of candied bacon! It’s freshly made in front of us, requiring a 5 minute wait but once it arrives, oh it’s worth it!The bacon is sweet with a bit of crunch, the sausage patty rich and with a lot of flavour. The only down side (And this is where they lose a 0.5 mark) is the American cheese slice which is cloying and doesn’t add anything to the flavour! But all in all, it’s great and the next time I’ll be trying a bacon cheeseburger. inher30s.com
I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I went in search of Mother Flipper and I was not disappointed. The first bit was an OMG moment and now I see what all fuss was ????! It was the best burger I had in a long time, I can’t wait to try the candied bacon on my next burger ????. Just find it and go ????……..
I have never dragged myself out of bed early enough to grab a Breakfast Muffin from Mother Flipper, having sold out the last few times I have tried.This time I was in luck and went all the way with the optional Rosti and Candied Bacon. My first bite was so delicious I instantly scurried away to avoid having to share more than a mouthful with my girlfriend. The sausage was perfect and the sweetness of the candied bacon, which Mother Flipper is well known, works extremely well. She found me with egg dripping down my chin and hands, I found it very hard to not go back for seconds.I will from now on be arising as early as possible on my precious Sunday mornings to trot to Wapping Market for what is my newest favorite breakfast.