Help save my friend's life while also helping me kickthe crap out of this competition!

Hey y'all.
I'm not one to ask for help much. I'm pretty fucking self-sufficient, actually. But unfortunately,  need your help in this one, dear readers.
My friend Ryan was recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. She is undergoing chemo and will need a double masectomy. You may know Ryan from Midwest Vegan Radio, the radio show I interned for back in the day.

My request to you lovely people is to donate! (clicky the link) Anything helps. $5, $1, whatever you got. The goal is $6000 and if you donate and say your sponsoring me, SNorine, I win a prize and get my head shaved.

I know all of you out there want to see me with a shaved head. Even my boyfriend wants to see me with a shaved head.

Thank you all for your kindness and support through this! She is one of my bestest friends and I love her dearly. Your support means the world to her and me.

Sincerely,
MN Vegan

Life is out of controlllllll!!

*does robot-like dance*

Oh hey! It's been about...hmm...3 months.

I suppose it's about time I tell you what I'm eating again. These little guys are from Kyoto in Roseville, MN. Switching it up a bit on you. CAN YOU HANDLE IT?

Because I clearly couldn't. $20 for an all you can eat veggie sushi lunch buffet? Yes, please. Just hold the fish and meat on things, and you're good! Go there now, and you're also good!!!! NOW!!

MN Vegan

A 2fer!

Are you guys totes pumped right now?! I'm about to update the shit out of this blog. It's been a while, you guys. And I've put so many tasty things in my mouth lately, I just have to gush about it for a sec. Mmk? MMK.

So Dancing Ganesha is bomb. They have this stuff:

Gobi Machurian! It has the consistency of fried chik'n, but sans the chik'n, y'all. In a tasty, tangy tomato-y sauce that, in my mind, embodies umami. Don't know what that is? Clicky! Anyhoo. it's damn tasty. Get some now! If you're visiting them soon, make sure to ask what's vegan on the menu.




















Also, I re-visited my favesy Buddhist Chinese restaurant in STP, Bravo! Cafe and Bakery. Hot damn, you guys. Check this shit out:

That there is their Kung Pao "Chicken" and their Sesame "Chicken" with Broccoli. This stuff is heavy on the sauce, but the sauces have so much flavor. I have been cheating on many other Chinese food places in the Twin Cities (*cough* Evergreen *cough*) for the simplicity of the dishes, the price and, what can I say? I know the owner. She's a sweetheart.

There's your eats, y'all. Get some!!! Or else...I'll, uh...explode. And you wouldn't want that because that's gross.

I'm outty!

MN Vegan

Oh eee oh eee oh. Ice ice ice.

Brrrrrr...it's cold up here. There must be some Minnesota weather in the atmosphere!!!
*ducks from vegetables being thrown*

Hey y'all. I've been ridiculously busy, borderline redonk busy. But! I've been eatin' and stuff so I'm here with more reviews of some delicious food you can find in my stupid dumb neck of the woods. I say stupid dumb endearingly of course but shitgoddamn MN. You are no fun to bike around right now.

ANYWAYS. Enough ranting. YOU CAME TO SEE SOME FOODZ AND HERE I GIVE YOU...

FOODZ!!!!!!:

So for those of you that don't know me very well, I am a vegan biscuits and gravy expert. Hard Times Cafe has had the reigning vegan b&g's since the dawn of my veganism 8 years ago. The one's you see above are the vegan b&g's from Seward Cafe. Their b&g's have a thicker gravy that is not as flavorful, HOWEVER! I did enjoy the biscuits a lot more than the ones from Hard Times. They were a lot more buttery in taste and softer in texture. I would recommend these to anyone at enjoys a creamier, less intense gravy but I'm going to go ahead and say that Hard Times still takes the (vegan) cake!

Et voila! I missed you guys. Happy new year everyone. Go get yourself some delish vegan b&g's one of these days.  I celebrated me turning a year older and an awesome holiday over break and I'm now ready to kick it all back into gear again.

TTFN. That means goodbye apparently.

MN Vegan

Why hello...hello...hello...

That's me saying hello and it echoing. Yep.

Dudes, I have been MIA. That's to say, I have been busay.
I did that to rhyme, obv.

So what's good? I'll tell you what's freaking good...feast your eyes on THIS!:

So there's this other part of Northeast Mpls that I've never even been to. Imagine that.

The Coffee Shop NE is damn cute and has a ton of vegan-friendly items to choose from, you just have to ask. I asked if any of their baked goods were vegan and lo' and beyond. BAM! Vegan cranberry pumpkin bread. It was delish-moist and perfect for dipping in my coffee. And you know how I loves dipping shit in my coffee.

Hey y'all: I just want to say: I love ya. You guys rule. I've been keeping it to monthly updates because of grad school and you all are still hanging in there. There are so many places I've been hankerin' to try lately too. Stay tuned. I got this shit on lockdown, pinky swear.

I'm outty!!

MN Vegan

Who likes tacos?! How about...rusty ones?

Oh man you guys. There's a new craze sweeping the nation (according to me) and this craze will make you go:

And then:

So check it out:

Those are the two vegetarian tacos sans cheese obv from Rusty Taco. The one on the left is full of chipotle black beany goodness along with toasted pumpkin seeds. The second one is filled with poblanos, shrooms and other veggies. I got both with free guac to substitute for the cheese stuff. These tacos were quality for only $5 or so. Baller. NE Mpls OR St Paul yo. Also baller.

FREAKING GET THERE! AND EAT TACOS! AND...BE HAPPY ABOUT IT!

MN Vegan

Holy freaking buffet Batman!

Bombay Palace in Fridley, MN has got your Indian-buffet-craving booty covered, like srsly. They have many different vegan items on the buffet and they are more than happy to tell you which ones are which.
Now, this is huge, because SNorine does not care for Indian cuisine regularly. But seriously guys, I don't even know what I ate, but it was phenomenal:

I think that's peneer, with a little dahl and some other lentil-y thing over rice. They have way more options than what this picture shows though, like vegan rice pudding and delish fried potato thingies and stuff like that. Badass.

Get thee there now! And stuff yourself. It's like $10 for the buffet and it is soooo worth it.

MN Vegan