[Review: King Tut's Glasgow Food]

King Tuts Wah Wah Hut is arguably one of the best music venues in Glasgow. It provides an intimate space in which new and upcoming bands can kick-start their career and strut their stuff to the "I listened to them before they were famous!" lot, and my visit to King Tuts was for just that. I was there a few weeks back to support my talented other half perform in his band, Not The Messiah.

 

Not The Messiah

Not The Messiah are a heavy metal band, sorry guys if I've got this wrong but the ins and outs of music genres gets far too confusing for me. As usual though, the boys smashed it- they were so tight and awkward little Gareth is so funny. They were finalists in last year's Metal 2 the Masses competition and play often in Glasgow. If you wanted to check them out, you can do so on YouTube here, and if you like what you hear you can give them a 'like' on Facebook here and keep up to date with their latest news.

Anyway, as much as I love King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, eating here leaves a lot to desired. I arrived at the venue at around 7pm as I was unaware that the doors to the gig weren't until 8.30pm, so I had rushed straight there from work without having my dinner. Initially, I only wanted a little soup and a sandwich but there was no soup left so what else for it eh?! Burger time!!

The  Burger

The menu only offered your standard beef, chicken, veggie or pork burger with the choice of adding on extra toppings for a sub-charge. The choice of toppings was quite extensive however and is great if you're quite a fussy eater and would rather stick to what you know- but that's not me. I would much rather have had a few creative options designed by a chef who knows what they're doing when it comes to pairing off ingredients with other another to design a funky burger.

In the end I went for my usual beef burger but for a bit of a change I added beef chilli and sour cream with a side of sweet potato fries that were included in the price of the burger. When it came, I was initially really impressed because this was actually the first burger in 5 weeks that I had ordered and the bun had sesame seeds on it- very exciting. I love sesame seeds. However, it was definitely a knife and fork effort. The more I dug into the burger, the less impressed I became, it was definitely too greasy, too messy, and too much. The chilli on the other hand, was lovely. It wasn't too spicy nor too watery, the consistency was thick and there was plenty of it but I would have much preferred to eat it with rice. The burger was quite small in comparison to many other burgers that have cost the same, if not cheaper, as you can see from the picture- the fries came in a 'King Tuts' labelled mug with the burger beside them. The fries were good- perfect as they came with no sauce needed- crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy in the middle. Fries and chilli save the day! Overall, I'm giving King Tuts Wah Wah Hut a 5/10 and that's mainly for lack of effort! I realise that my average experience here was entirely my own doing as I created my own burger but the lack of creativity in the kitchen for not designing their own burgers and leaving it to eejit, wanna-bee food critiques like myself.

Ciao for now.