Shrimp burger from Shrimpy - shrimp up your life

I love a good deal so when I found out that you could get £5 dishes at Camden I decided to sign up to the Munch Club.

The offer is happening now until 13/2/2022 which can come in handy if you are in the area and hungry.

Participating traders in Camden Market, Camden Market Hawley Wharf and Camden Market Buck Street will be offering specific dishes for £5 which can be found on their websites.

There were so many to choose from so I narrowed it down to four places which were all self paid and Shrimpy was one of them because the prawn burger with samphire just looked unique.

As well as Camden, you will also find them at Spitalfields which was where I first came accross this brand.

For the burger, you can choose to have your shrimp fried or grilled. The fried one comes in a crispy coating.

Overall, I prefer the shrimp fried because it keeps the shrimp moist and bouncy.

The grilled shrimps and bun were a bit overdone because they were black and bitter as well as really chewy.

It also comes with a choice of garlic tarragon mayo or mango chilli sauce.

Personally I prefer the mayo but the burger also tastes great without the sauces because the salad consisting of sliced pickled cucumbers, fennel and tender samphire was really good.

Shrimpy is everywhere now. I first discovered them at spitalfields and have been meaning to try them.

They were participating in the munch club at Camden so I decided to check them out.

It was really hard choosing which one to dine as there were so many options but Shrimpy was on the list.

Tried two burgers, one with fried shrimps and the other grilled.

The fried one was stunning, big pieces of shrimps but then the coating was quite thick so you get that lovely crunch.

The grilled one was not so good, the prawns were overdone, dehydrated, black, chewy and bitter.

The buns were a bit too burnt for my liking.

What makes these buns and Shrimpy unique is that they use Samphire and the salad in the bun was refreshing with thin slices of cucumber and fennel.

Overall, it was good apart from the grilled shrimps so I would advise getting the fried shrimps.