If i could have a restaurant for a bedroom it would be Atomic Burger.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by skreczmer

Yep.

You read correctly.

This my friends, is where i would live if i could live in a restaurant. Atomic Burger

I feel it only fitting that i should do my write up now in relation to their support in the Gluten Free Bristol mission which some Bristol restaurants, cafes and businesses are finally jumping on board. Or in the context of this review, ‘finally jumping on the gluten free rocket.’ Not so much? How many space puns can i fit in a review?

The Bristol food bloggers had been planning this space mission of a visit for a while, and by a while – i mean as soon as i heard they were going to open a branch in Bristol the event was created in the space of a hyperbeam. Whatever that means. Fast.

Gluten free buns, comic book, cartoon, action hero memorabilia, catchy music and oh my godz a Barbie and Star Wars toliet. Ay Caramba! thats good.

I felt like i was five again. I never was one for barbie dolls. I was THAT kid that cut off the hair and twisted the legs till they fell off. Do you understand now why i am so crazy?

The menu is an array of delight. From an awkward allergy eater perspective, it is truly fantabulous. You pretty much have 50 % of the menu to choose from, which is very rare these days.

On taking our orders, my blogger friend Awkward Eater and i were addressed first, and informed clearly of everything gluten free that we can eat and everything we could not eat in the most friendly manner possible. To be told we could have a gluten free bun was just amazing. It’s rare to find.

So i damn well picked the Jake and Elwood burger (Blue cheese, bacon and onions), after weeks of deliberation staring, mind-numbingly, on the website. I had the menu link on stand by in my website browser for moments where i would think i made the wrong decision. I think many of the other bloggers can relate.

Our friend Nick (The Cider Blog) ordered the Fallout challenge, which is another thing all together. Triple burger stack with triple chilli fries. XXX Fallout Ghost chilli hot sauce. The deep fried double cheese & tomato pizza buns.

He completed it in 8 mins- the fastest! Need i say more. He went. He conquered and he damn well got the T Shirt.

At this point Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights was played over the sound system and i actually thought for 4 minutes and 29 seconds of my life (is it sad i know that without researching?), that i was in utter heaven. If there had been a karaoke system i would have been on the tables, dancing wutheringly. Other Kate Bush songs are available.

My Jake and Elwood arrived and excitement lit over my face at the prospect of eating a burger with a bun huzzah. Clapping my hands like a child, i dived in.

The gluten free bun was one of the best buns i’ve ever had, and it did look far better than the gluten buns! That’s pretty good going for an allergy option. They held together really well, tasted good and didn’t crumble. It was the element i was worrying about the most, a crumbly bun would have ruined that burger.

My burger was cooked really well- pink in the middle, and tasted superb against the tangy blue cheese, smoky bacon and sweet soft onions. The only fault is that i would have loved a bit more blue cheese… maybe i’m just greedy? ;) I did also find the bacon a bit to frazzled to my tastes but this is only a small criticism of the dish.

I think i was the only one to not order fries? Mad i may be, but the salad was nice and crispy, fresh and with a nice sharp standard dressing- albeit a bit too much for me.

Atomic Burger is a wonderful addition to Bristol, it fits in marvellously for the crazy people like myself to enjoy. As other bloggers noticed, there are still a few teething problems, some people got over cooked burgers, not enough sauce and a starter was forgotten, but once these inconsistency’s are rectified, this will be the ultimate destination on Gloucester road for burger and other Americanised cravings.

As they are fully on board the Gluten Free mission i will continue to go back and try all sorts- will keep you updated here.

This is the place for fun, nostalgia and excitement.

The place where you take a first date to because you’re not sure what to talk about. You’ll both end up looking back and remembering that moment where you both fell in love next to a Thundercats mural.

Check out other reviews from the bloggers here and here.

Cooking with a little thing i call ‘Magic’.

Posted on February 10, 2012 by skreczmer

I wish I was a magician. Or a witch. Maybe I’ve just been watching too much Harry Potter and because I have a kitten now, feel it impossible to not pretend I’m going to Hogwarts with my own Crookshanks in this icy weather.

The country has gone mad it seems, for fairy tales and magic. BBC has their Magicians programme, ITV with their Penn and Teller- Fool Us, and the two new films that show very different versions of Snow White coming out soon (Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror Mirror). Maybe I have been watching too much HP but I’m thinking the world’s gone mad crazy wanting to be magic. Like me. Insert smiley childish face.

These television programmes and films show that it’s not just a particular audience that magic inspires, it truly is because ‘magic’ appeals to everyone. Everyone loves a good secret or in terms of cooking, ‘concoction’. When I was young I remember being amazed that my mum could produce all these types of foods and ingredients, and you can’t help thinking we’ve kind of developed a ‘witch nature’ with all our casserole dishes and the means to keep all our different aromatics in our pantries. Like most magicians and practicing witch’s, I like to experiment in the kitchen, and although things don’t usually seem like they would work from the outset sometimes, you have to always stick to the game plan and hope for a miracle, or indeed ‘wait for the magic to happen’.

So there I was, armed with nothing in my bank and hardly anything in the fridge either; apart from the staples and an abundance of oriental sauces, (We got them a few weeks ago in our ‘we WILL make Chinese from stratch phase’) So I got out my cauldron- sorry SAUCEPAN. Yes- saucepan, and started making a oriental soup with some Italian pancetta.

Half way through I was beyond doubting this would come out well, but alas here I am with a recipe entitled with arguably the best magician in all the land- Houdini.

It works, firstly because I made it work but secondly because actually the aromatics that infuse pancetta such as fennel, peppercorns and nutmeg really do already exist in oriental cooking. So, go figure.

Magic in reality (and in food) really is a good bit of lovely faith and sometimes-good coincidence eh?

So if you’re feeling frugal and in good faith, why not be Houdini for a day?

Houdini’s Kind o’ Oriental Soup

Groundnut or flavourless Oil

1 or 2 spring onions

100g of cubed pancetta or any form of Lardons

2 Cloves of chopped garlic

A diced small cube of ginger

100g of Green Beans chopped (or darling, whatever greens you have in your cupboard!)

1 vegetable stock cube (To make 1 ½ litres of stock)

2 tablespoons of Japanese gluten free soy sauce (I actually use Clearspring’s Tamari soya sauce)

2 Tablespoons of Fish sauce

1 dollop of Gluten free Oyster sauce.

1 packet of fine Rice Vermicelli noodles (or which ever you fancy!)

Black pepper

Squeeze of lemon or Lime

Directions:

Before you start cooking on the heat, make sure you get all your ingredients out ready and prepared- it’s so much easier when making oriental food. So chop up your ginger, pancetta, garlic, and greens. Get your sauces and stock cube at the ready.

Put a glug of olive oil in a deep pan on a low – medium heat. Add in your pancetta, ginger and garlic until it all sizzles wonderfully.

Prepare your stock with boiling water in a jug, add in the fish sauce, oyster sauce and soy sauce. Give it a good stir.

Pop your stock in the deep pan with the pancetta, ginger and garlic, followed by the greens.

Season with a bit of black pepper and lemon/lime

Let all the ingredients come together for a good 20 minutes on the hob, stirring and tasting occasionally.

Add in your packet of Vermicelli noodles and leave to cook for 5 minutes.

Season, once more to your taste.

Serve your noodle soup in a big bowl and eat in cold weather for true magical comfort.

No breakfast for the wicked

Posted on February 7, 2012 by skreczmer

My fiance doesn’t eat breakfast. Well. There is only a few exceptions in his point of view, it’s either Eggs Benedict or Eggs Florentine; the latter being a favourite of mine i have to say. Every other option however is a complete no go unless it involves eating a caramel waffle from Starbucks. I do try to enforce healthier options, or even just something so he does eat breakfast, but some people just can’t do the damn meal.

It’s one of my favorites. I love waking up to a new day, with my tea and toast armed.

You can make it whatever you want it to be really and for me, it makes the whole waking up experience just a bit more pleasurable.

So the day after i made the Lemon and Manuka honey meringue pie i had some left over egg yolks and made this beauty:

Gotta love leftovers.

Your breakfast of choice?

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