Shake Shack originally from New York arrived in Covent Garden in July. I've resisted the hype so far but as I was working in the area, thought I would give Shake Shack a try.
As expected anywhere in Covent Garden during lunch time is busy, Shake Shack, you queue up, pay, and they give you a buzzer to let you know when your food is ready, then you collect your food from the window.
I ordered the "Smoke Shack", Cheesy Fries and Peanut Butter shake.
As I was waiting I could see all the smiley customers beaming as they received their orders. But what I saw actually saw was tiny burgers going past me, and all I was thinking was hopefully my burger will be bigger.
The "Smoke Shack" is a cheeseburger with bacon, chopped cherry peppers and shack sauce. I like the contrast of slightly spicy pepper with smoky bacon but the burger patty, I ordered a single. The burger was a bit smaller than I expected. It reminded me of a McDonald's burger. Their cheesy fries should be eaten straight away; eaten in rather than being taken away as the cheese sauce congeals which isn't pretty. So far wasn't impressed. Peanut butter milkshake, which I was really excited about, since their name was Shake Shack, this has to be amazing... especially since it's over £4 for a milkshake!!!
The milkshake was uninspiring, it was just a milkshake nothing worth writing about.
All in all, I wasn't inspired by my trip to Shake Shack, and since this meal cost me over £14 (on what I have no idea, as I was a little hungry afterwards). As I was eating I was thinking I should have gone to Five guys instead or McDonald's. Maybe the burgers in America are bigger because these aren't normal American sized portions.
