YouTuber Sam Wilder is on a mission to find the best burger in the UK, and he thinks he’s found the best Belfast has to offer, revealing he loves one of the burgers he tasted
Sam Wilder thinks he’s found Belfast’s best burger(Image: Sam Wilder/YouTube)
A burger enthusiast thinks he has discovered Belfast’s best burger, calling the meal “fantastic”.
With the weather set to improve this weekend, thoughts will be turning to barbecues once more. If you don’t want to fire up your own though, one YouTuber recommended a burger that he “loved”.
Sam Wilder is on a mission to find the best burger in the UK. His gut-busting challenge will see him visit 54 locations in total, and he will try two burgers in each venue – the bog standard offering and one burger recommended by his subscribers or a member of staff.
The latest leg of the burger odyssey saw him visit Northern Ireland, where he spoke very highly of Smash Bros in Belfast’s Common Market.
There was one item on the menu that he loved and said he would eat again – the burger joint’s Chipotle Smash.
He described it as “basically the same” as the original urger except they included chipotle mayo instead of the company’s special sauce. It also came with pickled jalapeños and pickled onions.
Sam said: “That is a damn beautiful looking burger. It’s everything I loved about the first burger but then that chipotle mayo really packs a punch, then you’ve got pickled onions in there as well. And then those pickled jalapenos which give a really nice, hot tang to your mouth.
“It definitely adds a lot to it. The sheer amount of cheese I love, the sheer amount of sauce I love, it’s really, really well balanced, a nice amount of heat to it, it’s not too overpowering like one of the other hot burgers I had.”
He went on to give the “solid” burger 8.4 out of 10, placing it at the top of the Northern Ireland leaderboard, before finishing the clip by thanking Smash Bros and lauding them for an “epic name”.
Smash Bros, which opened in the market in 2022, has become a hugely popular spot. The menu contains just four burgers but Sam also spoke highly of the bog standard burger.
It comes with a double patty, double cheese, onion, lettuce, pickle and Smash Bros’ special sauce.
Sam said: “And this looks like an absolutely phenomenal smash burger. A lot of smash burgers we find don’t seem to put the lettuce inside them so I’m intrigued to see how this actually helps it. You’ve got these incredibly nice caramelised edges, loads and loads of cheese.
“I really like the sauce first of all. The sauce is definitely mustard-based. The pickles and the lettuce add so much too much and those caramelised edges are gorgeous. Fantastic bun, fantastic beef, the pickles in there really help cut through it, this is a very very good burger.”
He concluded by saying that it was one of the best standard burgers he has had so far on his quest, scoring it 7.5 out of 10.
Smash Bros was up against Bunsen, with the firm’s double cheeseburger scoring 7.6 and the standard cheeseburger earning just 6.3 out of 10.
