Archive for December 2nd, 2006
French Toast Platter at Real Food Daily
Here’s the French Toast Platter. The french toast was OK, but not great. In fact, my french toast is better, and this statement is backed up by my unbiased vegan husband. Theirs was just fine, but I think they made a poor bread choice. It just seemed sort of soggy and maybe even a little gritty. A thicker slice of sturdier bread would have been much better.
The potatoes came absolutely smothered in their cashew cheese melty sauce. The server even said, “I’m sorry, he’s not usually putting so much cheese…” when he set it down in front of me. They were pretty tasty, though. Stewart had the same potatoes sans cheese and declared them boring. The tempeh bacon was salty and bordering on too crunchy - it was nearing cardboard in terms of texture but I still ate it all.
Here is Stewart’s plate, The Weekender:
You can see the same french toast, the same tempeh bacon (peaking out in the back there), the same potatoes… The difference here was the tofu scramble that he ordered with avocados and cashew cheese. It looked a little watery and he said there were too many onions. He declared mine to be the better meal.
December 2nd, 2006
Supreme Burrito at Real Food Daily
Here lies the Supreme Burrito. Brown rice, cashew melty cheese, crunchy tempeh bacon and various veggies served with a caesar salad. The burrito was really tasty, and the salad was decent but went mostly untouched.
Stewart had the Thanskgiving Teaser which came out not only dark but blurry as well, nevertheless:
It consisted of roasted vegetables, mashed sweet potatoes, their own version of tofurkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce. He seemed to enjoy it, even though when he tasted it he said, “This is really good stuffing” and I pointed out that he had just tried the tofurkey.
Perhaps the best part of the meal, however, was sitting directly to the left of this shot: Yes, the one and only celebrity we saw in LA, and it could not have been a better one if I do say so myself…
Mr Ed Begely Jr.
He spent the whole dinner telling his wife (girlfriend?) some strange story about Paul Riser and Peter Falk. Yay LA.
December 2nd, 2006
Smoked Teriaki Tofu Wrap at Grassroots
The market part was rather small, with some thoughtful food choices in the tiny grocery section. The supplement section seemed huge in comparison, but I didn’t spend too much time there.
The deli counter, though not even fully vegetarian, had many interesting vegan choices. I ordered a Teriaki wrap but was told that they were fresh out of the teriaki tofu. Instead, the man behind the counter suggested their smoked tofu and said he could add teriaki sauce. I was not only happy that he was able to make a suggestion, but impressed that they seemed to have many different interesting varieties of tofu on hand.
The wrap was really very tasty. The brown rice they used was soft and nutty, the vegetables seemed really fresh, the avocado was perfectly ripe, and the tofu was wonderful. I’d get this for lunch again in a heart beat.
Too bad I don’t live in Pasadena.
December 2nd, 2006
Cheesy Muffin Breakfast, with tea
Simply slather the cut sides of a halved english muffin with cheesy sauce and fresh baby spinach and pop them into a 350º oven, directly on the rack, until toasty. Yum.
December 2nd, 2006
Thai Peanut Noodles with Kale, Carrots and Tofu
Peanut butter, soy sauce, sugar, and “spicy” - sometimes I use hot chili oil, sometimes I use chili sauce, sometimes I just use chili powder. Mmm.
I tossed the rice noodles with the sauce, some sauteed kale, shredded raw carrots, and sliced Golden Sesame Tofu from Whole Foods, which I great when you want tofu and don’t want to go through the bother of pressing it and flavoring it.
December 2nd, 2006
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