#FastFoodFriday: Burger King New Veggie Burger Review: It’s Just a Potato-y Burger

With Impossible Burger trending in Singapore, it’s no surprise that non-meat burgers are now the thing to go for nowadays.

Impossible Burger tastes so much like real meat that in a report, the writer was “not sure that most people would be able to tell a well-cooked Impossible 2.0 apart from regular hamburger in a blind taste test.”

According to the folks from Impossible Foods, they “cooks, smells and tastes like meat from cows, but is made directly from plants—for people who love meat.”

But at a price of over $20 per burger, it’s not exactly friendly to your wallet though it helps the world to some extent. Like what Superman (???) once said, “Saving the world isn’t cheap,” and I’m not going to argue with a man who can shoot lasers out from his eyes.

So, instead of trying the Impossible Burger , we’re going to be reviewing Burger King’s new veggie burger instead.

After all, it’s cheaper and it’s fast food, which means we can slot this into today’s #FastFoodFriday.

(Let’s be clear lest we got complaints: we did receive a media tasting for the Impossible Burger, but we didn’t go because our boss sucks)

Now, we’re of course not going to compare a BK burger with a $20++ burger, but how does it fare on its own?

Burger King Veggie Burger

If you’re as ill-informed as me, you’d think that there’s actually a veggie burger in Burger King menu since 1819.

Apparently not.

This new Veggie Burger just arrived to our shores on 7 March 2019, and it seems like they’ve only started to promote it from 20 March 2019—which is like two days ago.

According to Burger King, this burger would only be available for a limited time, and its patty comprises potato, corn, sweet edamame and carrot, and is layered with tomatoes, lettuce and mayo.

I don’t know about you, but when I see “potato”, I kind of expected what to expect.

But anyways, let’s not second-guess and move on.

First Look

Here are exactly what people in the office said the moment they see it:

AhBoy89: So small?

XiaoBeach73: Yeah, so small, like your…

BuffLord95: I can eat it with one bite

Editor: Did you buy from Burger King or you buy from a Mama shop?

If our words can’t create an image in your mind, here’s a picture for reference:

We forgot to put something beside it to showcase the size, but it’s like the diameter of a McDonald’s Cheeseburger.

I wasn’t expecting it to be big, but I wasn’t expecting it to supper-sized instead of lunch-sized.

Maybe I’m just not used to small burgers, but anyways.

A wise man once said that less is more, and so I gave it a try with a small bite…

Taste Test

…and almost 1/3 of the burger was gone.

Either my mouth’s too big or the burger’s too small.

But how does it taste?

I’m actually inclined to say that the patty tastes like hash brown (the KFC version, not the McDonald’s version) initially, but on the second bite, I take back my words.

It’s not hash brown, but pure potato.

To be honest, I thought the “corn, sweet edamame and carrot” could somehow take away the potato-y taste, but the potato is so overpowering that I won’t even know that other ingredients exist unless I look into the patty.

I can’t say that it tastes bad—potato as a patty, especially with its crispy skin, might not be a carnivore’s favourite, but it actually goes rather well with the tomato and lettuce. However, it’s still lacking a punch—it’s just not favourful enough despite the sweetness of the mayo.

If you’re expecting to taste remotely like meat, you’ll be disappointed, because it’s unlike Subway’s veggie patty: this is more like potato patty instead.

But is it worth a try?

Unless you’re a vegan who’s accompanying your carnivorous friends to Burger King, you might want to consider their other burgers instead.

But if you love potato, this might actually work for you.

For me?

No.

I’m not a vegan and I’m not a potato head.

Rating: 2.5/5