Smoke & Pepper

Sam “SJ” McCarthy

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Oct 7, 2025

3

We did travel quite far to Leyton to try smoke and pepper as they have their viral Flying Dutchman burger which is inspired by in-N-out’s very own Flying Dutchman burger which essentially is a cheeseburger that uses grilled onions as a bun. From what I know it’s the only fast food restaurant in the country that does anything like that and they have free branches in the country I know they have a couple in London with two in East London and one in west. I also got Chicken tenders covered in Algerian sauce, sweet potato fries, strawberry milkshake and a non-alcoholic mojito called Bora Bora. The food The chicken tenders were cooked well they were crispy and quite hefty in size. I normally love some Algerian sauce and I did like the tender initially but for me Algerian sauce is quite intense and I don’t like too much of it. But these were absolutely smothered in them so it became a bit sickening after the first one and I couldn’t finish them because there was way too much sauce on them. The Flying Dutchman burger was okay i definitely think it’s overhyped and that’s coming from someone who loves grilled onions. The onions weren’t that caramelised even though I asked for it to be extra caramelised, the patties weren’t very seasoned, the onions tasted like the outer layer that is normally hard when left on, was left on so parts were soft and other parts were hard to bite through. There was an obscene amount of oil from the burger so it was a hot mess after a couple bites but what made it okay was the peppers that came with it and the fact I added pickles without it, it definitely wouldn’t be worth the trek at all. The fries were good, and their homemade sauces were actually really good. The Bora Bora drink was sweet and refreshing I really enjoyed but the strawberry cream milkshake could’ve been left out because it wasn’t anything special a bit too thick. Overall I think I got the wrong items and if I got different ones I would’ve had a more enjoyable experience but it’s also quite far away from me to say that I will be visiting again any time soon. Rating 6.2/10