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Brioche buns with burgers...

219 replies

NotTheFunKindOfFeminist · 17/07/2021 21:36

Why oh why has every pub, restaurant, and street food vendor decided that burgers should now be served in brioche buns?

Brioche does not go with burgers! Burgers are savory and brioche is like cake!

Did the Uk get a load of brioche in our Brexit deal or something?

OP posts:
ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 18/07/2021 00:49

YABU
it's not a new thing and we've always had it at home.

brioche is delicious with savoury stuff. apart from burgers I love it with cream cheese & salmon or parma ham and also with crispy bacon & maple syrup.

Horst · 18/07/2021 05:59

Horrible things. I was looking at a holiday menus the other night. Saw ostrich burgers thought oh yes love a good ostrich burger then saw fucking brioche bun. So that’s off the list grrr he’ll give it to me even in a plan old boring rolls that’s fine just no bloody brioche.

ToffeePennie · 18/07/2021 07:09

Anyone who eats a cake as a burger bun needs their head checking. I agree they are disgusting and one of the main reasons why I refuse to go to any burger place to eat out now. It is, as you said OP, like eating a burger on a slice of cake. Turns my stomach.

FredaFox · 18/07/2021 07:26

Love brioche , less dense than a floury bap
Not keen on the pretzel buns that are now trendy
Brioche every time for me

Aprilx · 18/07/2021 07:28

Burgers are better with brioche.

thegcatsmother · 18/07/2021 07:33

I an not a huge fan of any type of burger bun, so ask for a naked burger.

Brioche should be eaten with unsalted butter and apricot jam, or nutella.

3Britnee · 18/07/2021 08:10

Yesterday 23:09 @godmum56

3Britnee
Brioche does not go with burgers!

It does! I thought it didn't until I tried it. Bagels do too.

yes they do but it becomes a much bigger meal then.

So? Have less chips or a smaller lunch Confused

newnortherner111 · 18/07/2021 08:13

I agree OP, but unlike most of the awful recent things about this country, not one I attribute to Brexit. Or even why we have imposed economic/travel sanctions on France this week.

MrsToothyBitch · 18/07/2021 08:13

Love a brioche bun with a burger. Much nicer!

tartanblanketdog · 18/07/2021 08:15

I just find burgers are generally a let down - they go and sound all fabulous on the menu but rarely meet my expectations - I'm just going to boycott them from now on - brioche doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

Dontsayyouloveme · 18/07/2021 08:28

tartanblanketdog have you tried the gourmet burger from M&S?!!

Beeth0ven · 18/07/2021 08:37

I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE 😂

tartanblanketdog · 18/07/2021 08:41

@Dontsayyouloveme

tartanblanketdog have you tried the gourmet burger from M&S?!!
No what makes it gourmet? I used to even go to extreme attempts of making my own patty mincing combos of rump, brisket and bacon and making a fancy pants Russian dressing - it just never hits the spot - I have good burger memories from a South American chain in Cambridge and a childhood burger joint - I’m always trying to recreate the flavour. I should give up!
Wheresmrpenguin · 18/07/2021 08:42

If you don't have them with burgers, how else do you eat them? Genuine question.

Chunkymenrock · 18/07/2021 08:50

YES! Brioche is sweet, loathe it with a burger.

AnyFucker · 18/07/2021 10:43

I have just thoroughly enjoyed bacon and egg on a brioche bun Grin

tartanblanketdog · 18/07/2021 10:50

I quite like a Brioche bread and butter pudding.

Bythemillpond · 18/07/2021 10:53

I think it is an American thing.
Like putting maple syrup on the same plate as bacon

Dontsayyouloveme · 18/07/2021 11:41

tartanblanketdog no idea but I’m really fussy about shop bought burgers and these are the only ones I’ll eat! They’re gorgeous!

purplesequins · 18/07/2021 11:43

brioche usually contsins egg. not great for people with allergies.

LeanneBrownsLonelyBraincell · 18/07/2021 11:48

Well I like it.

So there.

TheAwfuITruth · 18/07/2021 12:04

YABU. I make my own brioche burger buns, they are delicious

3Britnee · 18/07/2021 12:07

Don't look up those places that use doughnuts as buns then 😂

Hadalifeonce · 18/07/2021 12:09

Toasted brioche all the way😁

MrsTumbletap · 18/07/2021 12:24

Completely agree!