“It tastes like Hungry Jacks”, I say, after biting into it.
“You’re right. I guess it’s been years since I’ve had Hungry Jacks”, says Eliot.
The bacon cheeseburger from Five Guys is so much like Hungry Jacks (Burger King for some) that I would probably not be able to tell the difference.
So, what does this mean? It means its juicy, “flamey” and pretty satisfying, but not crotch-grabbingly good. Although the Angel location of this chain isn’t too busy, I guarantee you the Covent Garden outlet has its usual queue spilling down Long Acre. People go nuts for this burger… Have they not had Hungry Jacks? Or, are people secretly going nuts for Hungry Jacks but are ashamed to admit it? Does this mean I could serve a McDonald’s cheeseburger in an edgy piece of foil wrap from some corner of East London and have the hipsters raving about it? I wonder.
With a double patty, mind you, I don’t like burgers that come as doubles that do not announce themselves thus, it makes me slightly upset, but yes it’s tasty. There is plenty of juice and grease and filling – oodles of bacon – but I just cannot get past how much this tastes likes Hungry Jacks. It reminds me of the Nordburger I tried in Adelaide, which was very HJ too, but better, it was a better version. It tasted more expensive.
Chips are dirty and scruffy. Good. Scruffy and dirty are prized things for chips to be. There are no shakes though – alas, alack! – but this is made up for by the futuristic touchscreen post-mix drink dispenser. I pound on that Dr Pepper icon a little too eagerly. And I get a free refill. Uh huh.
Five Guys, all named Jack, and all hungry.
