Defo a Tomlinson secret recipe though, they never let on what was in it and it turned up ready made in pots
Uncle Sams is SUPERB. Miles ahead of Grubbs.
no, the best chilli sause is at El Turkistan on the Old Kent Rd. FACT.
Can't agree with this. Grubbs is MUCH better - more variety, better burgers AND better chips, better ambience. Uncle Sam's is OK, but Grubbs rules.
Can't agree with this. Grubbs is MUCH better - more variety, better burgers AND better chips, better ambience. Uncle Sam's is OK, but Grubbs rules.
The story when I was working there ( '89 ) was that they'd had a staff competition,a few years before that, to come up with the best recipe and it had been won by an Indian lady who was working in the "head office" by 89. Back then they had 5 shops. Defo a Tomlinson secret recipe though, they never let on what was in it and it turned up ready made in pots (unlike the garlic mayo which was mixed on site!)
Veggie sandwich (i.e. a burger without the meat - none of this fried bean pattie crap) with extra chilli was a regular order. Cost about 60p in the late 80s. Thrifty
I'm a massive (literally) fan but clearly undereducated about the things that matter: what is a "Tomlinson secret recipe"? Why did the staff in the much-missed West Street branch used to slur out what you'd just ordered into rather low-slung Tom Jones Show-style microphones? And why did that place close? Am I the only one who, hugely unfunnily, always refers to it as Uncle SPAMS?
i have always thought it was mad that west street shut and all the other diddy ones keep going. uncle sams does have a totally bonkers range of locations.