My cousin wrote me the other day to tell me about an amazing veggie burger she had from Trader Joe's, the marsala burger, and sadly, we don't have a TJ's here in Austin. Can you believe it?! When I was in grad school, that was my only walking distance grocery store, so I definitely OD'd on it, but I sure do miss that one down the road from us in the 'Burgh. Maybe Pamburger can send me some of them from the new store at home...don't laugh, she did send me oodles of those Indian veggie meal starters, and they're good! Although I do feel bad that TJ's basically just stopped selling Tasty Bite and started making their own version. I digress.
As I've mentioned before, I am a working mom (we all are, but the kind who goes to an office), but I have Fridays off to hang with Slider. Yesterday, the two of us hit up our neighbor and second home, Whole Foods, to test out the veggie burger. Believe it or not, even though we spend like every other day there and almost every dollar of our paychecks, I hadn't ever tried the veggie burger. Pamburger is obsessed with the grain burgers in the Florida Whole Foods, which I agree are good....kind of dry and gross but good in that weird vegetarian way...but these are different. They serve 'em up at the Grill (the Whole Foods here is HUGE) "restaurant," where I ordered mine to go. Sorry, no picture for this one. This is their harvest walnut field burger.
Grade: C
What I liked: Pickles! They were so awesome and cut thick, that was a crowd pleaser. I also think that when I'm in the mood for veggie burger junk food, I would probably hit this one up again, but it felt pretty not good for me, which is one of the bonuses I actually enjoy about eating veg. Fries were pretty good too.
What Missed: I touched on it above. Just too fried and thin for me. It was frozen originally, so that explains it, but I guess I was just disappointed. Doesn't it just stand to reason that Whole Foods should make and AMAZING veggie burger? This was definitely not it. Crispy and not terribly flavorful, save for those awesome pickles.
What Slider Liked: He was into the swiss cheese on this burger. He kept pointing and making his signature "huh" noise until I'd give him more. He did take a few bites and liked it...and apparently he's not allergic to walnuts, so that is good news too. Fries. He ate a bunch on the walk home.
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