National Burger Day may be a UK event, but Donald Trump is there, too, if only in name. The third annual celebration of the one-day (Aug. 27) event includes 20% discounts on burgers at hundreds of UK restaurants鈥攆rom burger bars to ethnic concepts鈥攑lus a 鈥淪treet Feast鈥� Thursday evening at Dalston Yard in northeast London. The 拢15 admission price (sorry sold out) allows diners to sample mini burgers (ranging from 2.6 oz. to 4 oz.) from 18 restaurants (including Philadelphia鈥檚 PYT) plus desserts from the delightfully named Crumbs & Doilies and Scoopsy Daisy.
The Donald Trump Burger is the National Burger Day entry from London鈥檚 Lucky Chip Burgers (which features Kevin Bacon, John Belushi and vegan Woody Harrelson burgers on its regular聽). The Trump Burger is cooked medium, with the restaurant warning that 鈥渢here might be some blood coming out of it,鈥� according to the聽. The topping include applewood-smoked bacon, American cheese and a 鈥渞eally, really rich鈥� bourbon-vanilla barbecue sauce. Grilled onions will be neatly arranged on top a la The Donald鈥檚 hair, and it has pickles that 鈥渨ill leave a sour taste in your mouth.鈥� The 105 gram (3.7 oz.) burger will be 拢6 at Thursday鈥檚 Street Feast.
National Burger Day is the creation of Mr. Hyde, a daily email from entertainment and lifestyle site聽, and Big Eater, which describes itself as 鈥渁 regular meet-up of people on Twitter; eating and drinking involved.鈥�
In addition to Lucky Chip and its Trump Burger, participants and burgers at the Aug. 27 Street Feast will be:
B.O.B.鈥檚 Lobster;听B.O.B.鈥檚 Burger: a 40-day dry-aged patty, Iberico ham, sauce foyot, and jamon dust.
Bad Egg;听Korean Pulled Pork Burger: Rare breed beef patty, Smokehouse Korean pulled pork, gochujang and baby gem lettuce.
Bleecker St.;听Bleecker Animal Style: beef patty, American cheese, extra sauce, pickles, tomato, lettuce and grilled onions.
Burger Bear;听Super Angry Grizzly: 45-day dry-aged patty, American cheese, smoked pancetta, curried pickled jalape艌o relish and scorpion bacon jam.
Busan BBQ:听Chili Cheese Slider: 28-day rare breed beef patty, soy bulgogi sauce, American cheese, jalape艌o popper, kimchi and scotch bonnet relish.
Chai Ki by Roti Chai:听Toddy Shop Slider: Dry-aged beef and pork patty, bacon chilli chutney, kasundi mustard and smoked Cheddar.
Duck鈥橬 Roll;听Confit-Comme Ca: Mulard duck patty, foie gras, pickled girolles, crispy corn, Roquefort and bitter leaves.
Dip & Flip:听Green Chilli: Beef patty, fried green chillies, American cheese, ketchup, mustard, white cabbage slaw, pickles and lashings of gravy.
Dirty Burger;听My Hyde Burger: 鈥淒esigned by YOU and revealed on the day.鈥�
Honest Burgers;听Karma Cola Burger: Ginger Pig dry-aged beef patty, Karma Cola braised short rib, smoked applewood Cheddar, house pickles, green chilli coleslaw, braised cola gravy.
HotBox;听Piggy Burger: Dry-aged beef patty, American cheese, pulled pork collar, white onion, crunchy pickle and scotch bonnet BBQ sauce.
Le Bun;听Foie Gras and Summer Truffles: Aged brisket-and-chuck patty, foie gras, shaved summer truffle, truffled beef jus and American cheese.
Mother Flipper;听Bacon Special: Aged beef patty, candy bacon, shoestring fries, American cheese, pickles and MF Special Sauce.
Nanban;听Sasebo Stamina Slider: Shoyu-buttered beef patty, cola-braised pork belly, American cheese, burnt-garlic mayo, ginger-pickled onion and gochujang burger sauce.
PYT Burger:听Pickleback Slider: Custom beef patty, applewood bacon, fried pickle chips and Jameson glaze.
Slider Bar;听Bangkok Burger: Red paste 鈥渕ustard fried鈥� beef patty, som tam pickled Thai cucumbers, Asian herb salad, crispy sweet basil, kaffir lime leaf, crushed peanuts and nam prik pao 鈥渟our chilli鈥� relish.
Smokestak;听US v. UK: USDA brisket vs. Hereford dry-aged patty, smoked bone marrow and candied red onion.
