Even a bad veggie burger patty can be a vehicle of delicious flavors and textures by way of its fixings. Though a bad burger/good fixings shouldn’t be an eatery’s goal, fixing compensation can certainly sway a battle.  In that same vein, a veggie burger’s bun also plays a very important roll. These two factors play out in this next battle, the…

Burger Brackets Ketchup, Part 3: What’s On Your Burger?

Peacefood Cafe uses a packaged patty.  Kind of a bummer, I know.  Though I ought not to even include packaged patties in my brackets in this day and age, I have already included them in several past battles.  I can’t discriminate now as my standards in veggie burger awesomeness keep evolving.  So I’ll tell you in a low voice that Peacefood’s cheeseburger contains a soy and wheat patty (topped with Daiya which I always omit now).

And I’ll tell you loudly that this patty is served on the most dreamy house-made focaccia bread with avocado, garden blend sprouts, jalapeno, lettuce, pickles & caramelized onions.  Yummy.  The bread and the fixings could sway this battle… 

Oh and across from me: the Pumpkin Cashew Quiche: mashed Japanese pumpkin, homemade cashew cheese, kale and tofu. It was very delicious though I scoffed about the choice. 

La Vellutata is newish in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It is in the path of my morning walk to work and I watched it come to life, looking forward to its opening.  Though I am sort of confused about its cuisine (It originally called itself Italian.), they offer healthful vegetable-centric casual eats.  They’ve got a few house-made burgers on their menu and offer a great seat for people-watching.

My choice, their Curry Burger: a corn-y, black bean-y patty with mashed avocado, tomato, coriander, and something they call Black v-Mayo.  It was tasty, but very wet… with the avocado mash, black mayo and patty all dominating with one combined mushy texture. It definitely would benefit from a different texture in there. But those Indian spices, once again, help pack a flavor punch.

The black mayo was a bit off-putting visually. It was more gray. And I realized I don’t much enjoy gray food.

Peacefood wins by way of its bun and fixings!