So over the weekend I happened to be out-of-town. For most people this would mean "I'm on vacation, I can eat whatever I want."
For me, it meant, "Oh, hey, I can order a veggie burger at a restaurant and see what it tastes like!"
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Saturday night I had tofu for the first time in my life and Sunday I had a veggie burger.
Reviews:
Red-curry bowl with tofu: I love curry. My father hates it. I didn't realize I loved curry until three or four years ago when I had it for the first time and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately, since my family basically never has a meal with curry and we rarely go to restaurants where curry is served, I almost never had any. So when I saw that there was red-curry on the menu at this restaurant, I was like "SWEET! I want curry!" This particular curry was NOT vegan; I checked, and the waitress said no. However, it cost $2 more to add chicken to the dish than to add tofu. So I thought, what the heck, I might as well try the tofu.
Most people tell you tofu is disgusting and slimy and rubbery and a billion other things. Here's what I think of tofu; it has a consistency that is basically like chicken, except a teeny-tiny bit chewier. And it tastes like curry when you put it in curry sauce!
Honestly, I think I enjoyed the tofu-curry as much as I would have enjoyed the chicken curry. In this capacity, tofu doesn't taste unusual at all; in fact, it tastes great! It was a wonderful meal and I enjoyed it thoroughly. 5 out of 5 on the tofu curry.
Veggie Burger: Okay, honestly, the veggie burger I had Sunday night was one of the best burgers I have ever had in my life. I couldn't even taste the difference between it and a normal burger; it sure tasted better than, for instance, an all-Angus beef patty from McDonald's. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and ate the whole thing up. I didn't think to check and see if I liked the patty on its own, but as a part of the burger, it was delicious. 4.5 out of 5 for the delicious veggie burger!
Okay, so, technically, neither of these foods were vegan. Both had dairy products in them. But right now is the two weeks before the New Year, when I start ramping up the number of vegetarian and vegan products eaten. While I will definitely enjoy my meat and dairy at Christmas dinner, the next week I hope to go ovo-lacto vegetarian, and then at midnight it's cold turkey.
Or cold tofurkey, as the case may be. :)
