Christmas dinner in a bun is not a new idea, but Burger & Beyond has added the detail that matters most to a lot of people: gravy. The burger group’s limited-edition Christmas menu launches on 17 November at its London and Brighton restaurants, and its Christmas Burger arrives with a pot on the side for dipping, dunking or pouring.
The festive specials
The Christmas Burger stacks a buttermilk fried chicken thigh, a sausage and stuffing patty, baconaise, shredded cabbage and Brussels sprout slaw and red onion and cranberry jam in a demi-brioche bun.
Alongside it is the Prawn Toast Cocktail, which merges two retro favourites. Brown butter fried brioche is topped with North Atlantic prawns, classic cocktail sauce, iceberg, dill and lemon.
The specials are available in Shoreditch, Soho and Borough in London, and on Ship Street in Brighton, until 24 December.
Packages for groups
For Christmas parties of six or more, Burger & Beyond has festive food and drink packages from £30 per person. The first includes a welcome drink and two courses, with a starter, main and side. The £50 per person package adds a third course and three drinks, with draught beer, wine, Prosecco or soft drinks.
The group menu includes the festive specials as well as signatures such as the Cheeseburger, Bacon Butter Burger and Krispie Fried Chicken, with desserts including Sticky Toffee, Apple Crumble Sundae or Chocolate Brownie and Ice Cream. Groups can add 90 minutes of bottomless draught beer or Prosecco for £30 per person.
Larger bookings will also receive festive scratchcards, with prizes ranging from money off to free meals for four.
Burger & Beyond has built a loyal following with its burgers, fried chicken and modern spin on classic comfort food, and this Christmas it is applying the same approach to the season’s most familiar flavours, pitching itself at anyone happy to swap roast turkey for fried chicken, stuffing and gravy.
Why it matters
Group bookings are where a festive menu earns its keep. Office groups want something easy, priced per head, that feels a little different from a hotel buffet or a set turkey lunch. A fixed package with bottomless drinks and a novelty burger is built for exactly that booking.
It is part of a wider wave of festive limited editions this month, from Domino’s new Bourbon Glazed Pulled Pork pizza to the free golden hot pots at Rosa’s Thai, as restaurants compete for a share of the season’s spending.
Christmas bookings are open at burgerandbeyond.co.uk. Details and image via Burger & Beyond.
