00:00Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Welcome to the latest episode of LPEats. Now
00:10as you'll know, we're on a mission to find the best burger in Preston. And unfortunately,
00:15the weather's not really playing along. Burger's supposed to be good vibes, supposed to be
00:19summery, barbecue, that kind of thing. But we're having a pretty grim start to July,
00:25so the weather's not playing ball, but spirit's high. I'm going to go across Preston today,
00:30head over to a place called Boo. Looks a very, very chic burger place, very modern, very
00:38kind of like, you know, one of those places you get in modern town centres. So I'm really
00:42excited to try it. Food looks good, menu looks really good, so I'm not going to let the weather
00:47hold me back, I'm not going to let the weather bring me down because I'm dead keen to see
00:50what the burgers at Boo are like. We've done a couple in the town centre so far, this one
00:54promises to be good as well. Come with me, let's go try Boo, see what it's like.
01:06Hello burger fans, my name's Jack Marshall. When I left here, I was walking to Boo, raining,
01:11not very pleasant start to July, feeling pretty underwhelmed by it all. Weather had me down,
01:16needed something to cheer me up and no spoilers, I mean, we are literally about to cover it,
01:20but boy, did I find something to cheer me up. Headline of this whole thing is this is one of
01:25the best burgers I've ever had. There's no way to sugarcoat it, Boo has one of the best burgers
01:31I've ever had. It was incredible, it was everything you want from a burger. Now we'll come to the
01:36individual scores in a minute, but I just want to start by saying this was outstanding, I'd really
01:42urge anyone to go and try it for themselves. If you're a burger fan, if you're a meat fan,
01:47if you're a regular person, if you're a vegetarian, go and try it, it will convince you
01:51to come back to the meaty side of things, because oh my goodness, this thing was incredible.
01:57Now we'll start from the meat, it had everything. It had that proper beefy flavour, which I know
02:03lots of people will have obviously, but some of them don't. Proper beefy flavour, it was like a
02:07classic smash burger, so it was like, it wasn't overwhelming, but it had the juiciness as well,
02:12it had like a lovely salt and peppery taste to it as well, and a lovely buttery juiciness coming
02:17through it. Everything about it was just classic and bang on and perfect. There's no way you could
02:23have looked at that and say, I can find something to improve on that. It was a five out of five,
02:27no notes, perfect. That's exactly what you want from a burger. Second, the moisture of the whole
02:32thing. Now I've mentioned how juicy the burgers themselves were, so that was really good, but
02:38add on to that, the fact that it had like melted American cheese, I really love the salty gherkins
02:42on it as well. It had their homemade burger sauce on it as well. This whole thing just came together
02:48flawless, perfect, exactly the right amount. It wasn't falling apart, it wasn't making the bread
02:53soggy, but it was there. It was like juicy enough to, you know, contribute to the meal itself and
03:00not just be like, oh this is just meatiness and the flavour of meat or whatever. There were other
03:04things coming in as well, but nothing overwhelmed anything else. It was balanced really well and I
03:09know that sounds really hoity-toity and snooty when we're talking about a burger in the middle
03:13of Preston, but it did, it balanced really nicely. Everything about it really, really kind of like
03:18worked. Five out of five for that, ten out of ten so far, brilliant. Extras. Now this burger on its
03:24own didn't come with fries or anything like that, but they had something called ziggy fries, so I
03:28thought let's have a bash, we'll have some ziggy fries. They were really nice, they were like crinkle
03:32cut, but in a really weird way I've never seen before. They were delicious, but I'm marking them down
03:38here, four out of five for these, because they were lukewarm, they weren't like hot and fresh, that's
03:44the only way I mark them down. They tasted delicious, I loved the shape, I loved the crispiness
03:49of them, perfect apart from that. As for the salad on the burger, as we've touched on, salad was really
03:54fresh, really nice sauces, everything about that, perfect. Four out of five for that, I'm going to mark them
03:58down because the chips are a little, not cold, I'd be harsh to that, but they were lukewarm, they weren't like
04:02piping hot. Now on to the vibe in the place, I'm giving them a 3.5 out of 5 for the vibe in the place, because
04:09I mean, I get that the whole point of it was very minimalist and black and white and simple
04:15and that's it, just you know, we're keeping everything really simple, but the whole vibe
04:22in there was just a little lacking in atmosphere, so that's the only thing I'm marking them down on.
04:26Everyone was there friendly, they were dead quick and efficient system, whatever, got my food pretty
04:30quickly, that was all great, but I don't know, it was just lacking a bit of personality to it, but that
04:36might just mean other people might go in there and love the fact that it's dead minimalist, that's just a
04:39personal thing, this is my rating, so 3.5 out of 5 for that. And then finally on to the value now, don't get
04:44me wrong, this was an expensive burger, I spent £13.45 on the whole meal, which was the burger,
04:50the fries, the ziggy fries and a can. It's a lot of cash, it's a lot of cash for a meal, you couldn't be
04:56doing that every week, you couldn't be doing that, you know, you'd be doing that once a month at most
05:00I reckon, but the way, the reason I'm going to give them the score, which I'm going to give them, which
05:06I'll tell you in a minute, is because this was so good, it overrode the fact that this was more
05:11on the expensive side, but it didn't have been so good, so in the end it was almost worth it, and I think
05:16when I'm giving them a score, I'm going to give them a score of 4 out of 5, I think to myself, would I go
05:20back, would I pay that again, and I would, I'd happily pay that again, it was so good, genuinely, I can't
05:25emphasize this enough, go and try it for yourself, so anyway, final scores, they've got a 21.5 out of 25,
05:32which is a brilliant score, really, really good, I can't fault this place, apart from the slight lack
05:37of atmosphere and the fries being a bit lukewarm, it was stunning, like I say, I'll be back, check it
05:42out yourselves, let me know what you think, let me know if you think I'm talking absolute rubbish, let
05:47me know if you agree, check it out, that's the review for Boo, thanks so much for watching.
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