Sometimes you don’t try a restaurant for no reason and you’re surprised at the good food when you end up at that restaurant since you’ve been to the other ones one too many times. Thatbwas me at the Republic Cafe in Manchester, NH. Having tried most of not all decent restaurants in Concord and Manchester,…
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A brunch toast with avocados
Avocado Smash On Balthazar toast with tahini, heirloom cherry tomatoes, feta, sunflower sprouts & e.v.o.o. This is a common vegetarian brunch option. Restaurant: Balthazar, NYC
Hummus served as an art presentation
Restaurant: 900 Degrees Neapoltian Pizzeria, Manchester NH
Caprese “The No Greeens” Salad
For all the salads that I’ve had, I didn’t have a salad with no greens, till I came across the Caprese Salad. A simple Italian salad that’s slices of tomatoes with mozarella, some dressing and basil. Customizing this traditional salad I ended up adding some fresh onions, goat cheese and a buttermilk dressing. The salad by…
Farm goat cheese tomato tart
When the nicer brunch places have vegetarian options, they make them fancy. At the Pavilion on Union Square, this tomato tart looked delicious and with the lavender seeds and the greens was in fact quite good. The portion was filling. Pastry topped with poached tomatoes and goat cheese topped with greens and seeds – simple,…
Baklava Ice cream: Two awesome desserts in 1!
Vanilla ice cream blended with baklava and honey – the best dessert combination!
Ramen Fries
Very different to regular fries but basically some soft cooked noodles inside fried batter.
The worst veggie burger ever
Ramen burger sounded like a great concept. The idea of stuffings inside two layers of noodles intertwined is fascinating to say the least. Ramen burger is the rage in New York. Long waits at the restaurant, longer lines at food festivals, however, the lack of a vegetarian option kept me away; till a friend found…
Guac & chips – Cuban style!
The presentation was a pleasant surprise – Banana chips with guac! Restaurant: Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, Oralndo, FL
Crispy and woody mushroom
Every once in awhile I go to one of the higher end restaurants and Upland was one of those. Limited on a vegetarian menu I did not want to try their pizza. My friend recommended the Whole Crispy Mushroom and although I don’t like mushrooms, I went for it. This was interesting. It was huge…
Fussy Vegetarian 