Not for Vegetarians: Chili’s Grill & Bar

This is a restaurant known for its meat. A little bit a American and a little bit of Mexican come together at this place and my friend Farhad Patel (aka rich Parsi) craved for their ribs, and I tagged along. It was tough finding something vegetarian here but then I settled for the most basic…

[Update: It has Eggs] Tempura Cheesecake at Bleu Monkey

This has to be the revelation of my 2 years here. Most Cheesecakes don’t have egg. With sprinkles and delicious fruit sauce, the cheesecake was delicious. The interesting touch was it being deep fried. Must try. Unfortunately, the Cheesecake at Bleu Monkey HAS eggs. Unknown to the chefs and people serving, their recipe book lists…

Bruegger’s Black Bean Soup

Soups are a bit tricky in the US, reason being that if it isn’t a vegetable broth soup, even the tomato soup isn’t vegetarian. Brueggers has good soups, I like their tomato soup and even the Butternut Squash, when i tried their black bean soup I was amazed. The soup was like the daal makhani…

Friendly’s Five Scoop Shakes

We keep going to Friendly’s when we desire shakes and fries. I convinced my friend Farhad Patel to join me in this sugar high with milk. So here’s what he had: (Farhad’s shake) On the left: Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Cookies and Cream. (This was mine) On the right: Strawberry, Purple Cow,…

Lasagna Fritta at Olive Garden

Olive Garden has a lot of great tasting vegetarian Italian. Love the ambience and the food. The Lasagna Fritta is like Mozerella Sticks but softer and better. It’s fried with Italian tomato sauce and cheese. Check out older posts from the Olive Garden.

Veggie Enchilada at Papa Gallo

The sauce, Verde, was not spicy; there was a weird sourness to it. The dish itself was filled with Asparagus that I had no clue about else I’d have replaced it with green pepper–what I thought it’ll have. Removed the asparagus and the mushroom and ate this with the guac and cream which part of…

Six Cheese Toast

At the CopperTop Tavern. It’s basically garlic bread nicely done.