Veggiebowl

Heard from a friend about this new veggie pho place, thought I should go try it out and see what's different comparing to Chau Veggie Express. So finally I got a chance to go with my girl friends for a weekday lunch, and this is a few months ago by the way, I'm updating my blog in turtle speed :( While there is free street parking right in the front, nothing close was available when we were there, so we found parking behind the restaurant residential area and walked through a shortcut alley/vacant land beside the store. 

Some picture of inside.

menu

menu

The child seat they have is the type that straps onto the chair.

Pho

So we just ended up all ordering the same thing because everyone wanted soup noodle :) I thought it was good even though it is simpler than Chau's. The soup flavour is lighter for sure. The portion is pretty big, lots of noodles to fill you up. It's nice and clean inside and the service is great. I'll be coming back to try out more items on the menu next time :)

Vancouver Veggi Pizza

We have been ordering from Vancouver Veggi Pizza for a few times now since my friend mentioned it to us. Their big selling points for them are of course all vegetarian pizzas and that they use cheese without rennet. They also have specialty pizzas that are pretty cool like their paneer special. So one large pizza is $14 and the 2 for 1 deal is two large pizzas for $25. So far we are pretty happy with their pizzas. We have tried all the pizzas and have ordered Canadian pizza the most. I'm hoping to try the veggie burger sometimes in the future too :)

(I found this menu online and have been using it to order)

(in store menu)

(counter)

(inside)

(canadian pizza)

The Parker

Last week for a good friend's birthday, I thought we should go try out The Parker, another recently opened vegetarian restaurant in Vancouver.  We weren't sure if we needed reservation but I was glad we did, because when we got there around 7:30pm, the place was pretty much packed. The restaurant is small, maybe 5 or so tables for 2 and then bar seats. 

We each got one of the none alcoholic drink they have, it was good :) After looking through the menu we decided to just get everything except the Ravioli. Since it's sharing style and on the bottom of the menu it says 5 plates for 2 people is suggested, 11 items sounded about right for 4 of us. 

First dish we got. I actually don't think this is on the menu, but I think they were quail eggs.

Then Kimchi.

Sunchoke soup with Taro chips (sooo good)

Taro chips and Warm Jersey Blue Cheese with sesame crackers

Chickpea fries with special house-made ketchup (gooood)

Barbecue mushroom mini tacos

Kohlrabi (pickled ginger with miso dressing and seaweed) (not too bad)

Radishes (with salt and butter)

Potato Gnocchi(top) Shiitake mushroom and smoked soy(bottom)

Sous Vide Beets

Braised beans (not bad)

Finally, my friend ordered the Mini Creme Brulee from the dessert menu.

In the beginning we were all thinking that we were probably going to be still hungry after all the dishes. We had three big guys and one hungry breastfeeding mom, but surprisingly we all felt pretty full afterwards. Chickpea fries, Sunchoke soup with Taro Chips, and Braised beans were the dishes we enjoyed the most after trying out all the items we ordered. We would definitely recommend ordering the chickpea fries and the soup. In fact the table next to us, who came in after us that looked like they had been there before, the only things they ordered were the fries and soup. They knew what to go for ;)

Heirloom Vegetarian

Have been very busy for the last while, but I guess that's not really an excuse for not updating my blog. Well, hopefully I will be able to update more often again. A friend couple that's getting married is in town and last night with two more friends, we all met up for dinner. We got a table for 6 at Heirloom on 12th Avenue and Granville Street. Heirloom is one of the recently opened vegetarian fine dining restaurants in Vancouver. There is free street parking right outside the restaurant on 12th after 6pm, it's quite convenient. 

Inside it's very roomy with high ceilings and great lighting, the atmosphere is quite relaxing. We got there a bit after 6pm and quickly most tables were filled up. But it didn't feel crowded as there are good spacing between tables.

Drinks

Menu

We got pretty much every dish from the entree section of the menu.

Cuban Black Bean Chili

Butter Chickpea Curry

Savory Crepe

Pappardelle Pasta

Tempeh Reuben

Blue Lemonade

I ordered the Tempeh Reuben and the Blue Lemonade, and also got to try a bit of the Chili and Crepe. I didn't enjoy the lemonade too much, but the tempeh reuben was pretty good. The Chili was interesting because it came with rice(and corn chips) almost makes you feel like you're not eating chili when eating with rice. I had a bite of the crepe and I thought it was pretty good. Service was friendly and overall the food enjoyable. They have vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options, and they are also good with dietary restrictions. I would definitely go back again, but before I do, I would like to try out the other newly opened vegetarian restaurants first.

Po Kong Vegetarian Restaurant

Finally I got this post up, and this should sum up the last Chinese Vegetarian Restaurant I know in the greater Vancouver area. So Po Kong used to be the old 'Bo Kong' on Main Street and 15th Ave now it has moved to Kingsway close to Knight Street.

We came here a few months ago for a birthday get together group dinner. I took a picture of the 4-person dinner combo because I think were planning on ordering it but didn't end up doing so. 

Sorry I can't remember any name of the dishes we ordered... so this is just a very short  post with pictures >__<...