David Chang adds plant-based 'Impossible Burger' to Nishi menu

Bleeding veggie burger company Impossible Foods — a Silicon Valley darling that’s raised more than $150 million from big shot investors like Bill Gates — has found its first restaurant to actually serve its plant-based, lab-derived meat: Momofuku Nishi. Founder and biochemist Patrick Brown started the company back in 2011 to create veggie-based burgers that "bleed," and tomorrow, July 27, it will finally debut to the public at Nishi, as a partnership between Brown and Momofuku emperor David Chang.

The Momofuku chef actually heard about the burger about a year ago and decided to seek it out. Chang explains: