It is Restaurant Week here in Charlotte, so my wife and I mad a semi-annual pilgrimage to The Capital Grill. A nice Cabernet. Blue cheese wedge salad with huge chunks of bacon, a 14oz NY strip (house dry aged) with mashed potatoes and green beans sautéed with tomatoes. Flourlesss chocolate cake w/ fresh raspberries and a fresh cup of coffee. Mmmmmmm.
I've been wanting to try one of these since I first heard of them. They are now available in my area. I went to Liberty Burger, next to the Dallas Cowboy's new Headquarters. The place was new, and I went at 2PM, so it was pretty empty. I was by myself, so I ate at the bar. The bartender, Richard, took good care of me. I had one of their half-dozen or so local craft beers they keep on tap, and he gave me a free sample of one of their "Adult Milkshakes." Both were excellent. Now, on to the main event... The Give Back Burger, which is made with an Impossible Burger meatless burger patty. Mine had pepper-jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles and mayo. All on a gluten-free bun that was actually pretty good. First bite... tastes like a good beef burger. They only serve it medium well or well done, to make the texture work. And, it worked. Richard told me that anything less cooked than medium well has a mushy texture, so they won't serve it that way. Honestly, if I did not know in advance that I was eating a meatless burger, I wouldn't have guessed. Since I did know in advance, I was looking for something wrong. But, I really couldn't find anything significant. So, I have to give this two thumbs up! It wasn't just a good meatless burger, but a good burger, period. CD
You keep this up CD and you're gonna be made an honorary citizen of CA. I thought there was a state code requiring any burger sold in TX to have minimum 50% beef content.
I am still a committed carnivore, well actually an omnivore. I just had to try this burger. I had to know if this thing was as good as what people all over TV and the interwebs said it was. Science! CD
Well, if someones gotta take the hit, better you than me I reckon. At least you didn't have sprouts on it. Glad it worked out okay.
I had never heard of Liberty Burger so I looked them and found that the meatless burger place is only located in beef country. These are strange times we live in.
Liberty Burger is a DFW chain -- with one location in Jackson, WY. The Impossible Burger patty is popping up all over the country, a little at a time. Impossible Foods makes the meatless "meat," and restaurants cook it as they wish. A guy I know online is a vegetarian for health reasons, and he had a meatball sandwich made with the Impossible burger... Um, stuff. He loved it. CD
Hot smoked sausage with mixed bell peppers, jalapeños, garlic, mushrooms, onions, zucchini, and yellow squash. Trying to empty out the refrigerator.
That's a lot of vegetables in there. Who's going California? Looks really good. Thats my favorite way to cook and eat fresh veggies. I balanced out my no-meat burger by eating an all beef hot-dog last night -- NYC style. Kosher dog, yellow mustard, and sauerkraut. Lays potato chips on the side, with a cream soda to wash it down. CD