Joining the likes of nearly every fast-food chain around the world, South-African chicken slingers Nando’s will be launching a vegan burger. The ‘Great Pretender’ will be available in Queensland as of next Tuesday, though you can get a free taste 11am tomorrow at Nando’s Festival Towers in Brisbane’s CBD as part of a promo for the new burgs.
“Unlike our veggie patty, the Great Pretender’s texture is very similar to a minced chicken burger patty, and it caramelises and smells just like meat when it’s cooked,” Nando’s head of food Mario Manabe said. “On top of this, the colour and coarseness of the protein itself and the juiciness of the patty have all been tweaked and re-tweaked to make the Great Pretender an absolute winner.”