Despite nagging the head honchos behind the Fat Hippo family to bring a restaurant to Durham, it has taken me a bloody long time to visit. Adding a 3rd eatery to their roster, Fat Hippo Durham has taken up residence on Saddler Street which is fast becoming a mini-mecca for the Durham Foodie.
Way back at the beginning of the year, I stumbled on a tweet from my lovely twitter buddy Helen (@honestlyhelen) and she was talking about Marmite. Skip forward a few dozen tweets and we were bending the ear of the burger gurus behind Fat Hippo and finally convinced them to make a burger we had dreamt up.
Every foody’s dream isn’t it?
Situated on Shakespeare Street, The Fat Hippo Underground is, as the name suggests underground. A sister restaurant to the Jesmond stalwart Fat Hippo, The Fat Hippo Underground is a new expansion in a site that has been home to Starters + Puds and a Polish restaurant.