Last week on this show we heard about the breakfast to die for – and at 8000 calories, you probably would if you ate it all. Well this week we heard all about the burger served up by a restaurant in Chelsea which rejoices in the name “HONKY TONK” – lovely! Well the head chef of this magnificent eating emporium,  Chris Large, has come up with the world’s most expensive burger consisting of a 280g burger patty made from 220g of Kobe wagyu beef, minced with 60g of New Zealand venison to “balance the fat content”. At the centre is a black truffle Brie that will create a “liquid pocket” once it has been cooked. If that doesn’t sound like enough, the patty has been seasoned with Himalayan salt, served with a Canadian lobster poached in Iranian saffron. Topping the meat is yet more meat: bacon coated with maple syrup, along with beluga caviar and a hickory smoked duck egg covered in gold leaf. The bun is seasoned with Japanese matcha, which is a kind of powdered green tea, and mayonnaise, and then also coated in gold leaf. The garnish is a mango and champagne jus with grated white truffle.

Frankly I think it sounds disgusting and at an eye watering £1100 or £1237.50 with service included – chips are extra – I think I’ll go back to the likes of Burger King or McDonalds.

Of course being a Tuesday, Margaret Mills popped by to regale us with the story of the ghost of an American Airman said to haunt the site of an old second World War airfield close to Saffron Walden. If you missed it you can listen again by clicking on the link below: –

Right I’m off  – for a burger maybe!
Scott