Haute-N-Ready: Burgerville's Golden-Fried Asparagus

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By JOHN LOCANTHI
Welcome to Haute-N-Ready, in which John Locanthi, Willamette Week’s trencherman of leisure, tastes the hastily made, modestly priced food of the common man. 

Fast Food Thanksgiving.
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Burgerville's taste good all by themselves—the flaky crust gives it a welcome tempura character—but the garlic aioli that comes with them is also quite nice. 

Of course, there’s a catch: a regular order (five spears) will run you $3.75. That’s slightly more than twice the price of a regular order of fries at Burgerville, with just a little over half the calories. Some might argue that’s spending more for less, but that would only be true if fries were more than just carb-laden ketchup scoops. 

Burgerville’s golden-fried asparagus spears are not for fry-lovers; they’re for us, the ambitious, the adventurous, the humble fast-food connoisseurs yearning to eat something deep-fried and green.
Combo meal done right.

 

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