Jumping Jack Jalapeño Burger - The Bath House, Exmouth

Where?: The Bath House, Exmouth; a Hungry Horse Pub (owned by Greene King).

What?: Jumpin’ Jack Jalapeño Inferno Burger

How much?: £7.99

The Verdict:

Hungry Horse is the latest Gastro-pub to get on the Burger bandwagon.  Now sporting a range of gourmet burgers, this is not the most expensive burger available but it certainly is one of the hottest items on their menu.  There is nothing better than eating something so spicy it leaves burn marks on your face, and if you want the ultimate test of manliness, this is definitely one for you.

The menu describes it as ‘Not for the faint hearted! A beef burger, Farm Assured chicken breast, melted cheese and onion rings topped with our jalapeño inferno, pepper & onion fireball topper’

Unfortunately the Onion Rings didn’t make it on to the plate, but the chicken breast was well cooked and the beef burger tasty if not a little overdone.  What the onion fireball topper was, I’m not sure as there didn’t seem to be one of those either.  The peppers ended up on the side of the plate rather than in the actual burger itself, so it didn’t really look like the picture.

Served with chips and an average tasting salsa for dipping, it satisfied a hole and burnt the hole too.  No real Ales apart from the Greene King IPA.

The Bath House is a family pub, with orientation towards kiddies and their desire to run around in circles.  Service is always friendly, but at busy times there can be quite a wait for food. There was an air of panic in when we arrived as it was on  Bank Holiday and the table behind us were complaining about the time that their food took to arrive.  We crossed our fingers, but were very happy with the outcome.