Again with the vegan Thai food…
Took a friend from out of town to check out the Thai food goodness at Vegan Plate.
I had the mint leaves with the soy-shrimp. “Stir-fried mint leaves, fresh chili, garlic, onion and bell peppers”… so good. I think it was in a light soy-sauce base, tasty and not too salty (as soy-saucy things tend to be). You’re probably thinking: “But Foodeater, we thought you hated onions!”. Too true observant reader… yet as any true onion hater will tell you, we actually prefer large chunks of onions in our food like these seen here… they’re much easier to eat around or pick out when they’re big like this, rather than when they are small and sneaky. I do enjoy the flavor that cooked onions offer to a dish, it’s the actual onion itself I cannot abide. Big pieces like this make my job easy.
My buddy ordered the orange flavored soy-chicken. I generally don’t take pictures of what other people are eating, but not only was this totally beautiful and deserving of a photo, but I also tried some of it, therefore deeming it worthy of a spot on my blog. I wouldn’t dare order a giant plate of fried stuff like this for myself, but boy was I ready to encourage my friend to order it so that I could get a taste!
The batter was super crispy and sweet, reminding me of a donut or funnel cakes… made even sweeter by the syrupy, almost candy like sauce. Sounds kind of weird huh, all that sweetness paired with the meaty flavor of fake chicken… but man alive, did it ever work! This was the tastiest orange chicken I’ve ever had by far, vegetarian or otherwise, not to mention the prettiest.
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That looks great! I had lots of mint last night, in the form of mojitos (yay) but mint and lime combos or just mint alone is always a winner. Isn’t it great when you can try rich foods w/o consuming 1,000 calories?
Comment by Cherie — May 6, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
Totally. In fact, a mojito would have gone down really nice with that dish :)
Comment by FoodEater — May 6, 2007 @ 10:34 pm
mmm… how did you like the faux shrimp? the first time my dish came with it, i thought my order got messed up! they look very real, don’t they?
Comment by dr.stonielove — May 7, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
dr.stonielove: I love love love the faux shrimp. I loved eating real shrimp before I went vegetarian, but even then the idea of shrimp was kind of disgusting, despite my liking the taste and texture. After all, they are dirty little bottom feeders… filthy stuff to put into yourself. Anyhow, these fake one’s capture everything I like about real shrimp (the texture is so realistic!) without the guilt, cholesterol, environmental impact or gross-out factor.
Comment by FoodEater — May 7, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
thank you, dear foodeater :) next time i go grocery shopping, i will try to find them… where do you get yours? a special shop?
Comment by dr.stonielove — May 9, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
dr. stonielove: I get them at Whole Foods, they’re from a company called “VegeUSA” (http://vegeusa.com/), thought they don’t have them listed on their website for some reason. The fake shrimp you see in this post here are from a restaurant so I’m not sure if they are the same brand… they were very good and seem to taste just like the kind I buy.
Comment by FoodEater — May 9, 2007 @ 5:39 pm