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Friday, June 12

Fast Food = Balsamic Strawberry Goat Cheese Panino? That's some Burgerville lovin'.

Remember when the hipster crowd used to say, "For serious"? I can just feel myself reverting back to those days when I think of this sandwich. It was quite a treat. Balsamic-soaked strawberries (to which I am already partial, having made a strawberry-balsamic basil salad recently), arugula, and goat cheese. Pretty dang good.

The tagline for the sandwich is, "Proof that vegetarians aren't crazy." I don't know if we want to be making blanket generalizations, but one thing that is not crazy is Burgerville's new seasonal specials. They already had me with their pumpkins and blackberries and hazelnuts and sweet potatoes. Now they want to up the ante by showcasing a new flavor each month? Dang, Burgerville - stop throwing yourself at me. People will talk.

If I recall correctly, it all started with the rosemary garlic shoestring fries and rosemary chicken sandwich. I thought that was in March, but maybe I missed a month. Then in May, we had asparagus: in a melty provolone and tomato sandwich (which wasn't quiiiiiite as good as it sounds, unfortunately - the provolone was as gooey as ABC gum), and as "golden-fried spears." Now for June, we have strawberry griddle cakes (or something like that), and then this sandwich.

That's it. End post. Wait wait - just one more thing you may not know about Burgerville - they will make ANY of their shake flavors with non-fat frozen yogurt instead! You just have to order it as a smoothie, and listen to make sure that's how they repeat it back to you. My coworker told me about this, and it's true andthey'rereallygoodokaysigningoffforrealnow...

5 comments:

  1. I tasted the strawberry goatcheese panino tonight--and it was sick! The manager said nobody seems to like it and gladly let me exchange for another item at no cost. He even said he thinks they're disgusting. My daughter thought it tasted like solid barf.

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  2. I want to eat this. Right now. I am preventing myself from licking my laptop screen.

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  3. Dear Anonymous,
    Sorry you didn't like the sandwich, and I'm glad Burgerville was so cool about letting you get something else! It certainly does seem like they're going out on a limb with their offerings.
    I happen to love the balsamic/strawberry taste, but I think that PB&J is the most disgusting thing in the world, so thank goodness for varied tastes, huh?

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  4. I had this tonight. I actually worked my schedule around it just to make sure it would happen before they are gone.

    So worth it. So good!

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  5. I had one yesterday and I loved it! I'm planning to make them tomorrow for a party.

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