Bubye? Nahhhh

Hey y'all. Just giving you fair warning that I may or may not disappear for a while due to grad school. Lame I know. I'll try to update you on eats for sure in the next couple of days, because lord knows I love stuffing things into my facehole.

<3

MN Vegan

WIENERS?!

In your mouth. Delicious ones.

Hopefully that got your attention...but if it didn't, feast your eyes on this shitty photo I took of The Wienery's black bean burger and some fries:

This place is baller. Where can you get vegan hot dogs, vegan hand-made black bean burgers and killer fries in one place? Well...this place. Derr. And for super freaking cheap too. The black bean burger is probably the spiciest black bean burger I've ever had the pleasure of tossing in my mouth. The fries are awesome as well-you order them by the potato. Mine was one potato's worth of fries. And they can top your vegan dog with lots of stuff. 

Get there and nosh til you puke. I almost did.

MN Vegan

Dear Pizza Luce, cut that out.

Stop it. Just stop it right now. Stop making unbeatable, affordable vegan eats for me to gobble when I'm drinking Strongbow. You guys are jerks.

Just kidding PL, you're awesome in my book. But srsly, you trying to take over the world or something?

Pizza Luce is a MUST if you are visiting the Twin Cities. There's several locations (including the new Richfield location). Pizza Luce is taking Minnesota by storm, and here's why:

This here was PL's spring special vegan dessert, meaning you can't get it anymore but hot damn people. It's a vegan pineapple cake with fresh berries and coconut cream on top. It was incredible. The pineapple cake was moist and when the berry sauce seeps in, each bite was like a fruity explosion in my mouth. And you know how I like mouth explosions. They're the best.

Those two items above are the summer specials! Pictured above the bahn mi is the vegan cobbler. It's super delicious. I'm not a big fan of cobbler in the summer-warm you know. But the raspberry sorbet was a nice touch. The vegan bahn mi is spicy! Just how I likes my women. Err...yeah. The mock duck is mock-ducky (it's an adjective, trust me) and coupled with the rinotta nut cheese, this shit's off the freaking hook!

GO GET SOME. NOW. PRETTY PLEASE.

MN Vegan

So much to be saaaaiiiiiddd...

AND SO LITTLE TIME. 

Just kidding. I gots time.

So I just got back from my family trip to Seattle and Portland, or rather, what I'd like to call "Dad Complaining Constantly Tour 2012". Yes, the DCCT was fucking fun as shit, but I have to keep you guys waiting on that one. It's going to be a fucking EPIC post. It'll blow your brains up.

So French Meadow Bakery has been stepping it up when it comes to vegan desserts. My family and I were FINALLY celebrating my admission to grad school and we went and got some treats. Have a gander:

Damn. I mean daaaayyyyummm.

Holy!

Crap!

From top to bottom: berry tart, turtle cake and carrot cake. All vegan, all awesome. The berry tart, honestly, I thought was going to disappoint me and I'd just end up eating all of the turtle cake. But nope-the crust was buttery and not too crispy, just how I likes it. The turtle cake is always amazing-rich dark chocolate cake with a gooey caramel-y sauce and nuts on top? Yes please. I'm always up for gooey nuts. And then there's the carrot cake, looking all fucking cute with that damn carrot. It was delicious, though I kind of expected the frosting to be more cream cheesy. It was still worth it though-very tasty.

They had many more options to choose from than this in their bakery case (and their vegan food menu is freaking stellar) so GET THERE NOW!!!

MN Vegan

Likey Greek food?

If you said yes, you might want to give Gardens of Salonica a try. I had an assortment of the vegan items that are conveniently labeled on the menu for you. I honestly couldn't tell you what I got, but everything that I did get was so fucking good, I'm just going to tell you to hustle your sweet ass over there and get that food in your mouth NOW.

Here's what a I had. They served it with some really delicious pita bread. 

Y'all should seriously consider eating here. It is most excellent. 

ALLONS-Y! 

That means "let's go" in French.  It also means I'm a badass.

MN Vegan

HOLY FUCKING SUSHI.

I have an undying love for sushi. It is the only thing I feel like I could eat 24/7, hungry or not. It is one of the only things I crave when I am PMSing, I fucking....love it. There are tons of options in the Twin Cities for kickass vegan sushi. Origami is only one of those restaurants. Their menu is not labeled but if you ask what is vegan on the menu, they will tell you. I got a cucumber roll, avocado roll and some inari, which is sweet stuff wrapped in a tofu skin. Holy hell was it good.

I'm not picky on my vegan sushi, but I was recommended this place by a friend who said that the way they wrap the sushi matters and I guess, the tighter the roll the better. I didn't really pay attention to that all that much, I just stuffed my face and smiled. Because sushi makes me smile. The place is super fancy and likely great for a date night. Y'all should go....NOW!!!!

Yes.

MN Vegan

Brasa makes my heart soooooaaaaarrr!!

Not literally. They have a handful of vegan apps that are fucking delicious. Seriously, they might be simple but they are fucking delish. Just ask for the vegetarian menu and it'll have the vegan stuff labeled on it. Here's what I got!:

On the left is the chips and guacamole. Their guac is right on par with Chipotle's in my opinion, if not better tasting. To the right of that are the fried yuca. I don't know what the crap a yuca is even but Brasa made me like it. Watch out for the dip though-it's not vegan but they can give you some dipping sauce that is. 

And to top it all off, (pictured the furthest from the front of the pic) fried plantains! Delicious. 

All of the dishes are extremely reasonably priced and they source as locally as possible. 

Kickass. GET THERE!!!

MN Vegan