Restaurant Project: Tiengarden

i've wanted to go to tiengarden FOREVER. finally ariela agreed to go with me, although she's been there before. it's a novelty for ME.

tiengarden is a vegan joint on allen street. i was really super excited about going, but ended up kind of non-plussed. this may be because i went for a semi-early lunch, and i don't get really excited about food until after 3:00.

ariela got cold sesame noodles, which were pretty to look at and pretty damn tasty.


i had this bok choy/tofu/carrot/mushroom concoction, which was great, but a lot of bok choy and not a lot of the other stuff.


tiengarden was good, but not as good as i'd anticipated! i give it a b; no plus or minus, just a b. what vegan delights are in my future? only time will tell..

Restaurant Project: Lan Cafe

the other day elena rounded up the troops and made an announcement: there are 127 vegan restaurants listed in new york city on supervegan.com, and we haven't been to all of them! what's WRONG with us?

so let's get started!

our first stop was lan cafe, a vegetarian vietnamese place on east 6th street. it's a tiny little place i don't think i'd notice from the street, but once we got inside we loved the atmosphere and um, pretty much everything.

i forget what this soup was called, but it had okra AND pineapple in it and was sort of hot and sour? maybe? recommended.

look at all those things that aren't normally in soup but turn out to taste good there! who knew?

we got this lemongrass marinated tofu, which was too pretty not to take pictures of.


and THIS is some freaking lovely tea.


verdict: four stars, full bellies, very happy. this can only get better.