Making My Stomach Hurt Via My Eyes

(Photo from Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moishe's, and Rainbow | Serious Eats : New York.)

Good Christ. If this was a quiz and I had to guess what these were, I'd have said (from the top left, going clockwise):

• vegan cookie (raw)


• mutant crab cake


• close-up of batter crumb from bottom of Long John Silver's combo meal box


• vegan cookie (burnt)

I'm obviously a falafel ignoramus. I'm assuming they taste much better than they look.