Burger buns had been troubling me for a while. I would order a burger and find the bread so unwieldy that I often had to discard the top layer. Then, much as I like burgers, I also find them messy. Mayo and cheese ooze out of all sides, the patty in between tends to ease off the bread, and the ketchup goes rolling down the side of the plate. These were some of the reasons why, despite feeling somewhat burger-hungry the other day, I opted for sliders. And I was happy to find that sliders come with all kinds of patties these days.
The names are attractive, too. An eatery called Xero Degrees, which has multiple branches in the city, has named its sliders after popular series and films. Peri-peri flavours most of its sliders, though the patties differ. Indiana Jones (₹275) has a stuffing of herbed cottage cheese, with a cheese slice, caramelised onions, mushrooms and a piece of iceberg, while Sacred Games (₹323 ) has a peri-peri marinated chicken breast, with chipotle, liquid cheese, onions and iceberg,
Being a fan of young Sheldon, I asked for a Big Bang Theory slider (₹299). I have never seen the much talked-of Friends, and out of curiosity also ordered a Friends slider (₹335) slider. Each box came with three sliders. The former consisted of peri-peri marinated aloo patties, cheese slices, onion and iceberg, while the latter had a crispy fried peri-peri chicken, chipotle, liquid cheese, iceberg, and onions.
