Tag: Vegetarian cuisine
More DNC Veg News – Foo Fighters At Rock The Vote!
More DNC Veggie News – Foo Fighters Performing at Rock The Vote! Yes, Wednesday, September 5, the Foo Fighters played an awesome 3 1/2 hours, 35 song set before an enthusiastic crowd of approx. 1000 people at The Fillmore. Ok, I know the Foo Fighters are not vegetarian themselves – BUT about 1/3 of their… Read More ›
Restaurant Review – Olive Garden
Olive Garden is probably not the first choice restaurant for most vegetarians/vegans, but let’s face it – we all wind up there sometime. Someone from your office will throw a birthday party there. Or you’re shopping at Carolina Place Mall with friends and they decide they’d rather eat at Olive Garden than the Food Court. … Read More ›
Don’t Panic! – Ordering At An Indian Restaurant
Indian restaurants can be a bit intimidating your first visit or two. You enter the restaurant, and your mouth waters – but you can’t really explain or identify what you are smelling. There may be traditional or contemporary Indian music in the background – you start to get into it, there’s some sort of weird funky one-string… Read More ›
Update … To Ghee or Not To Ghee
I called/emailed most of the Charlotte-area Indian restaurants today to see how willing they were to prepare a vegan meal. Woodlands, Situl, Bombay Grill, Copper, and The Blue Taj all said a vegan meal would be no problem! I did clarify that a vegan meal meant no butter, no cream, no paneer, no yogurt. Still… Read More ›
To Ghee or Not To Ghee
Whenever someone hears my partner and I cook mostly Punjabi food, the reaction is always the same. “You eat all that GHEE? But that’s SOO many calories! I could never eat Indian food – I’d be as big as a house!” an omnivore will exclaim, looking askance at my size 6 body and my partner’s slim… Read More ›
Restaurant Review – Thai Marlai
There are three things that come to mind when reviewing Thai Marlai in Cornelius: (1) service and friendliness of the staff; (2) loads of veg choices; and (3) freshness of ingredients. First, service. Sometimes ethnic places can be a little intimidating for me – I’m dealing with unfamiliar dishes or taste combos and am not… Read More ›
Why I Write Restaurant Reviews
I do intend to be writing posts other than restaurant reviews, but right now I am in the process of transferring reviews from my FB VegCharlotte page to my blog, as I think this will be a much more helpful and useful format. I’ve been asked before why I bother to post restaurant reviews, when there… Read More ›
Restaurant Review – Ginbu 401 – Chinese/Sushi
In March 2012 VegCharlotte had a dinner meetup at Ginbu 401 Sushi/Chinese! Ginbu 401 has the usual veg friendly appetizers you should find at a good Sushi place – edamame, vegetarian spring and egg rolls, and a veggie tempura plate. But of course we all wanted to try the vegetarian sushis! They had several varieties… Read More ›
Restaurant Review – Baoding
(This review applies to lunch; I never ate dinner there more than once or twice because, to me, it was always waaaaaay overpriced )…This SouthPark restaurant, a fixture since 1993, is just not a good place for vegetarians anymore! I suspect new management? Not that they were ever exactly veggie “friendly” – try ordering Kung Pao chicken,… Read More ›
Restaurant Review – P. F. Chang’s China Bistro
Recently I ate lunch with one of my BFFs, Vicky. Dining out with her is always an interesting adventure – she doesn’t eat gluten, and I don’t eat meat. We both make ourselves tiresome and sometimes even frightening to waiters inquiring about sauces and broths and requesting modifications to our orders. Interestingly, we have found… Read More ›
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