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2010-01-18
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I'm a vegetarian, but I still crave the rich filthiness that a burger can offer you. Happily, most of the purveyors of burgers in this city are happy to provide some vegetarian alternative. Freshness have gone for one of the simplest: a bun, a mushroom, a slice of onion, a slice of tomato, and a piece of lettuce.Not for them the complexity of retextured vegetable protein, or something deep-fried until it vaguely resembles meat. No. Just something that, if you had a mind to it, you could prob
Not for them the complexity of retextured vegetable protein, or something deep-fried until it vaguely resembles meat. No. Just something that, if you had a mind to it, you could probably assemble in the comfort of your own kitchen for a fraction of the cost.
And yet... and yet there's the addition of whatever the secret sauce is that Freshness use, plus the fact that they bash that burger in the microwave for a few inexplicable seconds, and the whole point of going out to eat is you don't have to make any effort, and ... well, it's hard to say what the appeal is, but it's a wonderful burger.
It's not a filthy, greasy burger like the great, late, lamented Atomic Patty would produce, where every bite felt like you were furring up your arteries slightly more. No, the whole experience is clean and almost gentle, but with that rich, almost-meaty taste of mushroom there for you. I disgusted my girlfriend by trying to hoover up the last dregs of the liquor dripping from the mushroom, but then she hates fungi.
Plus, it's not an enormous lump of food like a lot of the other joints in town, so you don't feel like you're going to burst afterwards.
Downsides: the staff can be a bit sluggish, even when you're the only customer. The fries are really nothing special, and the place is a bit cramped. It would be no fun when it rains, I imagine, so this is really only a place to pop to for something better than McDonalds if you're at the racetrack, or if you're in the area anyway.
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