Good (Vegan) Eats
Jun. 3rd, 2007 06:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hiddenmuseI will preface this by saying that I'm quite omnivorous - but I do love some well-made vegetarian and vegan dishes.
Some of my favorite dishes come from a local restaurant called Herbivore (sorry, no website!) - where they serve the best veggie burger, lasagne and the best German chocolate cake that I've had in a long time! I've gone for brunch a couple of times, and found that the scrambled tofu is best when served good and spicy, like the Southwestern style. For me, though, it has to be consumed with a liberal application of the sour cream and guacamole provided! Still - really good food, and it has fooled omnivores in the past. (Maybe they were expecting to be served salads and slabs of plain tofu - and were shocked when they got "real food"!)
Also, I've discovered Maggie Mudd Ice Cream - a local ice cream shop. They serve some really good vegan, lactose-free ice creams - Maggie Mudd - Freestyle, with almond, soy or coconut-milk bases and some of the same flavors as the "full dairy" ice creams.
While I do eat the "regular/full-dairy" ice cream, I like trying the alternatives. Especially since it's a hell of a lot better than having to take an insane number of LactAid tablets in order to eat anything dairy! This is some most excellent stuff - far better than most of the non-dairy/soy-milk based ice creams that I've had in the past. I'd gotten a pint of the Memphis Mudd Pie flavor (Coffee flavored coconut milk based ice cream with chocolate cookies, fudge swirls, and a touch of southern whiskey) - and it took a lot for me to stop at just eating a few bites, since it was so damn good.
So, if an omnivore can rave on about the goodness of meat-free foods, then it's some good stuff. :-)
And yes, this would be an invite to come to San Francisco, to have German chocolate cake and veggie burgers with me!
Some of my favorite dishes come from a local restaurant called Herbivore (sorry, no website!) - where they serve the best veggie burger, lasagne and the best German chocolate cake that I've had in a long time! I've gone for brunch a couple of times, and found that the scrambled tofu is best when served good and spicy, like the Southwestern style. For me, though, it has to be consumed with a liberal application of the sour cream and guacamole provided! Still - really good food, and it has fooled omnivores in the past. (Maybe they were expecting to be served salads and slabs of plain tofu - and were shocked when they got "real food"!)
Also, I've discovered Maggie Mudd Ice Cream - a local ice cream shop. They serve some really good vegan, lactose-free ice creams - Maggie Mudd - Freestyle, with almond, soy or coconut-milk bases and some of the same flavors as the "full dairy" ice creams.
While I do eat the "regular/full-dairy" ice cream, I like trying the alternatives. Especially since it's a hell of a lot better than having to take an insane number of LactAid tablets in order to eat anything dairy! This is some most excellent stuff - far better than most of the non-dairy/soy-milk based ice creams that I've had in the past. I'd gotten a pint of the Memphis Mudd Pie flavor (Coffee flavored coconut milk based ice cream with chocolate cookies, fudge swirls, and a touch of southern whiskey) - and it took a lot for me to stop at just eating a few bites, since it was so damn good.
So, if an omnivore can rave on about the goodness of meat-free foods, then it's some good stuff. :-)
And yes, this would be an invite to come to San Francisco, to have German chocolate cake and veggie burgers with me!
