In search of the perfect (veggie) burger

You may or may not know this about me, but I don't eat beef or pork. It icks me out. Sadly, the last real hamburger I ever ate was from Hardees. I was 12. The year was...a long time ago. For some reason something about that last burger just put me off meat and while it bothers some people (Mr. HH being first and foremost among these, though I have no idea why), I've never looked back. I do eat veggie burgers and find them delicious. I'm not a fan of the Boca brand, as I think they taste weird (a bit metallic IMO), but I really like MorningStar Farms. In fact, I like most MorningStar Farm products. Even Mr. HH likes the riblettes. Indy will eat pretty much anything, so he's on board with whatever I put in front of him.
Many restaurants now offer a veggie burger, usually either Boca or MorningStar Farms. Indy and I went to McDonalds for lunch today and they now carry a veggie burger. Yay for me! It looked different in the ginormous photo than what I'm used to seeing, but for €1,10 (about $1.30) what did I really have to lose? I ordered Indy a cheese burger Happy Meal and a chicken burger (not really a chicken burger, just a small chicken patty on a bun) without sauce and myself a veggie burger ohne (without) mayonnaise. I loath mayonnaise and do not understand the European obsession with it. When you order fries in Europe, they ask if you want ketchup or mayo for them. Ewwwwwww! Anyway, we sat down and tucked in. The veggie burger was...not quite what I expected. When I think veggie burger, I think of something brown made from veggies, soy and stuff and resembles a typical beef burger. Sounds reasonable, right? Yeah, not so much in Germany. When they say veggie burger, they literally mean veggies. There were red peppers (slightly spicy), green peppers, carrots, corn and what I'm pretty sure was zucchini, all held together with some sort of...glue like substance that I think was corn meal, but I'm not sure. It was surprisingly good, but tasted nothing like what I thought it would. The texture was unexpected, as were the large chunks of vegetables, but overall, something I would eat again and was happy to have as an alternative to salads. BTW, you can see the veggie burger here.

Oh, here's a weird thing about McDonald's in Germany. You can't order cheese on anything unless it's an option (ie. burger or cheese burger). Indy likes cheese on his chicken sandwiches, but they will not put it on there. When I asked why, the cashier looked at me like I'd lost my mind and said "Because it's not an option on that." Well, that explains it. Or not. I mean how hard is it to slap a piece of cheese (which they HAVE) onto a chicken burger? So, maybe there's no button on the register, but why can't they charge for 2 extra ketchup packets and call it a day? That's another thing, you get once packet of ketchup with a menu meal or Happy Meal. If you just order fries or want an extra packet, they charge you for it. €0.25 per packet. Madness!