Have you heard of the famous/infamous new veggie meat that tastes and acts exactly like beef, and even “bleeds”? It promises to convert meat-eaters to veggie-burger fans…saving animals, the environment and our arteries all at once…

We all know how big hype is often mostly just that, but I was excited to try the new bleeding veggie burger at the Carlile Room in Seattle, though I’m not usually a burger-orderer of any type. 

So here is the famous burger:

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo at the restaurant, and instead my husband and I filled up the camera roll standing by a huge truck that was much much taller than either of us. 

I did take photos of the reheated 1/2 leftover burger from lunch today. It was good! My husband was completely fooled and said it was good and tasted exactly like a “real burger”. I don’t remember what beef tastes like after 30 years, but to me it tasted like a really excellent soy burger, which impressed me about how far non-meat burgers have come. Note the pink in the burger, I asked for it cooked medium-well done so it didn’t “bleed”. I wasn’t ready for that yet.