True, it’s a tasty option. However, it is not strictly vegetarian as the bean patty is fried in the same Vegetable Shortening as the Chicken Nuggets and the Chicken Royale. Also, the French Fries go into the same Shortening as well. In my knowledge, the Veggie Whopper is the only Burger King option that they market as “suitable for Vegetarians”. I think I’ll have a Bean Burger for lunch now:) Peace

Interestingly, the world’s biggest hamburger chain does not sell a red meat burger in India. They are probably not worried about India’s vegetarianism because vegetarians do eat in places that sell meat, goat in this case. They might be concerned about false accusations that the red meat is beef. That would be the end of McDonald’s business in India.

“food for those with disposable income” could be considered the niche chains like McD’s and Pizza Hut are trying to fill there. my grandparents LOVE pizza hut and use our visits as an excuse to order it. interestingly, i never eat chain food in the states (as others have said) unless absolutely forced to, which usually means i am in an airport and starving. i’d rather MAKE my dinner than order it.

interesting the way things swing: in the US, home cooking is the coming into vogue while in India, it’s dining out, ostensibly at “Western” places.

Yes! I think my favorite memory is taking a cross-country trip w/ my grandparents and trying to explain the “veggie whopper” to a bunch of beef-loving employees in Montana. Too funny that it was listed as the “Jain burger”; they called it the “Indian burger” (not on the menu, though) where my grandparents lived just outside of Columbus.