EmeraldCity VeganEats
We've been wanting to visit Odd Burger's new Vancouver location since it opened in late November of 2024. When visiting Edmonton last May, we didn't find out until our last day about their Edmonton grand opening and thus ended up missing out .. oops 🙁 I'm happy to say we were finally able to make it out this past Friday!!! Oh my goodness, this place rocks and really makes me yearn for a vegan fast food place in Seattle-area. I love how friendly the staff was and, how customizable your food can be. When ordering, you can place your order with the staff or use one of the two kiosks available to patrons. The kiosks are big, bright, speedy, overall just super easy to use!
Their breakfast options are available all day (nice!). We went with a Maple Crunch Breakfast Sammy, great sandwich combination of the english muffin, hash brown, tofu and, melty cheese! My wife ordered the Chickun Cordon Bleu, delicious hand formed seitan chickun filet, with ham, cheese and a perfect amount of mayo, enough to keep the bread from being dry but not so much that it was overwhelming.
I chose the Bacun Famous Melt with a chickpea patty. So, this gives me an opportunity to detail how attentive and sweet the staff are. I mentioned earlier how customizable your options are. So, for example, if you wanted a gluten free option, when using the kiosk .. there wasn't a separate listing for a gluten free sandwich, instead you choose the type of patty and type of bun that you'd prefer (in addition to other aspects that you can customize). In this manner, you select the type of sandwich you're looking for but then select the gluten free options. I'm not gluten free but I was really curious to try their chickpea patty. A few minutes after we placed the order at the kiosk, one of the staff came over to verify if I didn't mean to order a gluten free bun as well (given that I had chosen a patty that happened to be gluten free) as well as asked about the bacun (as that too has gluten). I can't speak enough for that level of care and attention to me, as a customer .. *wow*!
I'm glad I chose the chickpea patty, it did not disappoint, had a wonderful flavor and crisp bite, coupled with their house-made bacun and secret sauce 🤤. Well, what's not a secret is how delectable the sandwich was!
We ordered two additional items, one of which was the Smokey Pulled Jack Tater Tot Poutine. This is easily large enough to feed two people, all kinds of flavors happening there ... some kind of poutine magic! Last, but definitely not least .. the Strawberry Shortcake Sundae. I need to emphasize that Strawberry Shortcake was one of my favorite desserts growing up and even way before veganism was a thing, this dessert wasn't the easiest to get right because it takes the right balance of ice cream to strawberry goodness and the cake, the amount and consistency of the cake is always what makes or breaks this dessert. Well, if I'm being totally honest ...this was 1,000% spot on, exactly as I remember my favorite dessert to be from back in the day. There was plenty of cake .. but not too much, and it was just the right texture to balance with the dessert, no joke!
Odd Burgers has a number of locations throughout Canada. Locally, there's the one in Vancouver and another in Victoria. There's also a location in Calgary, one in Edmonton with another on the way, as well one in Regina (Saskatchewan) and quite a few throughout Ontario. That's good news because if you're visiting Canada, chances are there's one nearby to check out. I've heard rumblings that they might expand one day in Washington, no idea if that'll come to fruition or not but ... fingers crossed!!!
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