Entries tagged with 'vegetarian'
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I tend to drink beer on its own, but wine with food, which is why wine bars appeal to me so much—that particular blend of restaurant and bar that encourages sampling from small plates. I stopped by Park Slope's
Brookvin to sample their vegetarian wares.
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I've made my stance on faux meat pretty clear in the past (hint:
I don't like it) and I've never been to a Pan Asian restaurant I've liked. This made my choice of Wild Ginger, a vegan, pro-faux restaurant serving such enticing-sounding dishes as General Tsao's Soy Protein and Tofu Teriyaki Sizzling Platter a little suspect. What was I thinking? Luckily, turns out that amidst all that nonsense, there are some actually tasty lunch options.
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Who would have guessed that
"Sal's Favorite" sub ($8.50) at a place called
M&S Prime Meats would be a vegetarian sandwich?
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Balkankia, around the corner from Restaurant Row in Hell's Kitchen, purports to go beyond just generic Mediterranean food. As its name suggests, it hopes to encompass the food of the entire Balkan region. Their menu provides a helpful map for people (like me) who may not be sure what that entails: north as far as Romania and Moldova, south the Greece, west to Slovenia, and East to Turkey. The food ranges from small salads, called
meze in the Turkish style, through heavy stews and gratins.
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Based on Beer Table's tiny kitchen, with a hot plate and a convection oven, you wouldn't guess that they could produce such good food. I've written before about how some bars here in NYC are putting out food that's way above the level of traditional "bar food", and Beer Table is a prime example of that.
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Shojin-ryori, the predecessor to kaiseki cuisine devised centuries ago by Buddhist monks (and the basis for the food served at Kajitsu) has been a purely vegan cuisine from its outset. There are no wizard-like attempts to transform vegetables into meat-like products, no culinary mimicry, rather It's a cuisine that celebrates vegetables in all of their diverse glory. Kajitsu practices this tradition exceptionally well.
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I had heard people gushing about
La Sirene for quite a long time, as it has a stellar reputation for being a cute, French, BYOB date spot. And that it certainly is—but consider yourself warned upfront that it is decidedly a splurge, so perhaps you should take extra precautions to make sure you really like your date first.
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I've long heard that for authentic Indonesian I should head up to Elmhurst and check out
Upi Jaya, so on a recent January night I headed up to Queens, with Carey's exhortations to beware of shrimp paste and other hidden non-vegetarian ingredients ringing in my ears.
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If you've ever wanted your sugar snap peas to taste more like potato chips,
Minted Sugar Snap Peas ($6)* from
The Smile are the snack for you.
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The
Shira-ae ($5) under Hibino's "tofu" section of the menu looks like a big mass of green, which it is, but it's a little more nuanced than that. The chefs at this cozy, Kyoto-style Japanese corner spot simmer the greens in a dashi broth just long enough for the veggies to absorb its light, clean flavor while remaining crisp.
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