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.

Sweet Sweet Fantasy Baby

we haven't quite started talking about restaurant food yet, but when we do, you better believe we are going to wax poetic about TEANY. teany is a cute little restaurant on rivington street that was originally owned by moby and is now owned by sparkly unicorns and magical elves who make really good vegan spinach dip. teany days are always the happiest days! sadly, we can't eat there every day - however, they DO sell some of their delicious teas so i can take them home and drink them ALL THE TIME.

the coconut tea (#50) is everybody's favourite (try it with a little soy milk and a lot of agave nectar), but there are lots of delicious options - even tea for the flu, hangover cure tea, and some crazy tea that was picked by monkeys. i'm fond of #54, apricot ginger peach.

it's worth noting that suzanne's "just like honey" rice nectar actually tastes just... like... hooooooneyyyy. use it to brighten up your rosh hashana celebrations! mariah carey would be proud.