If you wait long enough then everything comes back in fashion, both the good and the bad.
It’s a travesty to see mullets, super baggy jeans, tie dye t-shirts and ‘dad’ trainers once again surge in popularity.
In contrast, I’m glad to see a lot more people birdwatching, wired earphones, beans (especially in glass jars) and thick patty burgers.
When it comes to burgers, over the last few years it feels like every menu now features a burger with a couple of thinly smashed patties and thicker patties have fallen by the wayside.
But the signs are there that they’re coming back in fashion.
Firstly, the arbiters of style, British Vogue say that thick patties are back in.
And secondly, Cardiff’s newest burger joint, Burgers On My Brain, focuses on thick patty burgers.
Located in Dalton Yard, a cosy covered outdoor event space just off the top of Crwys Road, Burgers On My Brain has only been open for a few weeks. Currently operating on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, it’s run by the former owner of Chronic Fried Chicken.
When it comes to making a good burger, the crucial starting point is buying good ingredients and not messing around with them too much. So, Burgers On My Brain is in a good position as they use dry aged Welsh beef from legendary Cardiff butchers Oriel Jones and potato buns from Newport bakery Nos Da.
On the menu, is a choice of three cheeseburgers, and two different fry options. I can understand why the menu is so compact as it’s all prepared singlehandedly by the chef-owner Tyler, who was working full tilt on the Sunday we visited
On tap, there’s normally local draft beer from Caerphilly’s excellent Dark Element. But, they’d just sold out when we arrived, so Tyler kindly let us bring in a few cans from Cathays Beer House around the corner. We sank a couple of lovely pale ales from Burnt Mill and Left Handed Giant.
When it came to our burgers, the intensely beefy dry aged patties combined the juiciness of a thick patty with the caramelised crust of a smashed patty. It was excellent but I’d have probably liked the option for it to have been cooked medium.
A bacon cheeseburger (£13.50) combined a soft yet sturdy and not too sweet potato roll that well held the thick patty topped with crisp smoked streaky bacon, a good poke of melted cheddar, tangy burger sauce and the balance of a little bit of raw white onion.
A Carolina (£12.50) saw the melted cheddar topped beef patty combined with sweet and punchy honey mustard barbecue sauce, pink pickled onions and a token scattering of lettuce.
Super crisp skin on loaded fries (£7.50) were dusted with umami chicken salt and topped with heaps of crispy bacon nuggets as well as generous drizzles of burger sauce and honey mustard barbecue sauce. Dirty and delicious, I regret sharing a portion with Mrs G.
We had a belter of a lunch at Burgers On My Brain and it’s up there with the best burger joints in Cardiff. We were told that they're planning on sticking around in Dalton Yard for the long term and this makes me very happy indeed because it’s great to have somewhere like Burgers On My Brain on our side of the city.
The Details:
Address - Burgers On My Brain, Dalton Yard, Dalton Street, Cathays, Cardiff CF24 4HB
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