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| - So having been a vegetarian for many, many years some may think that it's not quite right for me to be reviewing burger places. To those people I would say:
"You are wrong and how dare you stand in the way of my quest to bring the best in veggie burger advice to fellow herbivores all across the GTA!?"
Okay, so I probably wouldn't say exactly that but you get my point. There needs to be a voice for the voiceless, i.e. this cruel world of ever more delicious burgers in which vegetarians have traditionally been left out! Am I that voice? Who knows, but I'll give 'er a go!
I went here about a month or so ago as part of Yelp's Burger Brigade and made sure to call ahead and check to see that there was a a vegetarian option They said yes, so I trekked over. Sadly, I did not end eating a burger regardless. Why you may ask? They don't actually have a veggie burger option. It's a portabello burger thing. And I hate, HATE mushrooms and couldn't choke one down if you paid me a small fortune to do so.
So it's a fail. As much as I want to be nice and as cool as the folks at Burger Legend are for welcoming all the Yelpers to this event, I really feel the need to warn folks that a mushroom on a bun is not a suitable vegetarian option when it comes to burgers. A soy patty / meat analogue is ideal. A bean burger or one of those odd but often tasty mixed vegetable things works. Portabello mushrooms in between two buns does not and never will. I've consulted several people, vegetarians and non-vegetarians and those who are not mushroom averse. All have agreed with me. It's just not a veggie burger, plain and simple.
Am I being a bit harsh with Burger Legend? Probably and for that I do apologize. Everything I've heard and read tells me that that have solid burgers for meat eaters but I'm grading on a different scale. Mushroom burger doesn't do the trick, it's not legit. Doesn't taste like a burger, can't do the same things with it and it just isn't a real alternative. Sadly, this isn't the only place that does this. I'll have to deal with those in the very near future as well!
Give me a better option and I'll be more than happy to give you guys another go. The poutine I had there (veg gravy) was pretty decent and I would give it another shot. Now how's about an actual veggie burger?
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