Boston

Right now, all I've got in my room is a can of chickpeas, peanut butter, rice, tomato soup, spices, and leftover spaghetti with meatless balls. No, they're not leftover from the first post; they're leftover from today. I promise. Anyway, I'm lacking fresh ingredients because I've been away for the weekend visiting my family in Massachusetts. While in Massachusetts, I found vegan/vegetarian menu items that, outside of NYC, I had never been so excited about in my life!

The Yardhouse, the restaurant I went with my family, had a separate vegetarian menu. This is what I ordered:

Appetizer- Bacon wrapped, bacon fat soaked chicken wings with a Caesar dressing dipping sauce... Just kidding!

Seriously, this is what I ordered:

Appetizer- Grilled artichoke served with roasted garlic aoli dipping sauce and house made potato chips

Lunch- Penne with Veggie Chicken- Crimini Mushrooms, Asparagus, and Sun-dried Tomatoes in a Marsala Cream Sauce dusted with Parmesan

I did have trouble deciding on which vegetarian option to take since all of them sound delicious. Also, any burger could be substituted for a veggie burger. I guess I was excited about this because I've never seen it explicitly stated on the menu. For those of you who are interested, here is their website:
http://www.yardhouse.com/menus/gardein.aspx



The other place I went was exclusively vegan. I have never been so excited in my life about a menu (and believe me, I get way too excited about menus ^^;). My brother, who is not a vegetarian, let alone vegan, does not get excited about menus ever, and eats mostly everything, also was intrigued by this restaurant. It is called My Thai Cafe. We shared dishes. This is what we ate:

Appetizer- Golden Triangles- A combination of ground veggie-chicken, onions, mushrooms, garlic, lemongrass, and other vegetables and curry spices wrapped in wheat flour and deep-fried. Served with choice of either duck sauce or peanut sauce. (We got both sauces and mixed the two.)

Dinners-

1) Nam Prik Kaeng Kari (Yellow Curry) with Half Veggie-Duck- Sweet potatoes, coconut milk, onions, pineapple chunks, zucchini, red pepper, string beans, and lemongrass stir-fried with a mild yellow curry

2) Mango Curry Chicken- A half veggie-chicken with onions, red bell peppers, bamboo shoots, snow peas, mango chunks, and coconut milk in a spicy yellow curry sauce

...and, of course, I had my little bowl of chilies on the side to mix in. :D

Drinks (made with coconut milk instead of milkmilk)-

1) Fresh blended kiwi bubble tea

2) Fresh blended avocado bubble tea

And I swear to god, this was the best bubble tea I'd ever had in my life.

Since this restaurant does not have a website, here are some of the descriptions of things I wanted to try:

Tow-Hoo Tod (Crispy Tofu Cigars)- A mixture of tofu, garlic, lemongrass, and spices in a wheat flour wrapping, fired to a golden brown. Served with duck sauce.

Temple Soup- Sweet potato, butternut squash, coconut milk and ground peanuts
(They also had interesting variations of tom yum gai, goong, tow-hoo, and tom kha)

Rice Noodles (Vietnamese Style)- Stir-fried spicy rice noodles with bean sprouts, onions, carrots, scallions, veggie chicken, beef, and shrimp, tofu, and gluten

Hot Sweet-and-Sour Tofu- Crispy dried triangles of tofu with pineapple chunks, tomatoes, onions, celery, basil leaves, and hot chili lemon sauce

The place is a tad sketchy, but once you go in, it's a nicer environment. They're located at 3 Beach Street, 2nd floor, Boston, Chinatown, MA. Online Review.

That's all for now, folks!