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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Restaurants - Tucson, AZ cont...
Guilin Chinese Restaurant is located at 3250 E Speedway. It labels itself as "Your Healthy Choice" and is a traditional Chinese place with a seperate Vegetarian/Vegan section of their menu. They will use NO oil if you like as well. I was impressed by this place and ate there 3 times. It is a nice looking place, pretty large and busy. Apparently there are a TON of vegans that frequent this place; according to the waitress. On their "Vegetarian Menu" they have quite an impressive array of items. Appetizers include Veggie Dumplings, Spring Rolls, Fried Eggplant, Fried Pumpkin, Fried Yam, and Fried Tofu; but there are more. They had a special appetizer when I was there; Veggie Chicken Drumsticks. They have some great soups too; Corn and Tofu, Seaweed, Hot and Sour are just a few. They breakup the menu into sections; Tofu Dishes, Vegetable Dishes, Noodle/Pasta/Fried Rice, Vegetarian Chicken/Beef/Pork/other, and Vegetarian Shrimp and Fish. In the Tofu section were Kung Pao Tofu, Fresh Tofu and Chinese Greens, Shredded Baked Tofu with Veggies, Szechuan Tofu, and Fresh Tofu Skins with Chinese Greens are just a few examples. The Vegetable section includes pretty much ANY vegetables you could want; as does the Noodle section. The other sections had some great choices, all of which I had were amazing! Kung Pao Veggie Chicken or Beef, Almond or Cashew Veggie Chicken or Beef, Sweet and Sour Veggie Chicken, General Tso's Veggie Chicken or Beef, Gluten Flowers with Vegetables in a Brown Sauce, Mongolian Veggie Chicken or Beef, and Veggie Chicken with Black Bean Sauce to name some. I am not a huge fan of the Vegetarian Seafood, but if you were so inclined, they have Kung Pao Veggie Shrimp, Moo Shu Veggie Shrimp, Veggie Shrimp with Broccoli, and Veggie Fish Filet with Chinese Greens are just a smattering of their choices. I HIGHLY recommend this place for anyone in the Tucson area. http://www.guilintucson.com/ 520-320-7768
Monday, November 3, 2008
Restaurants- Tucson, AZ
Tucson is a very vegetarian friendly place and I found a couple great places and a few moderately good ones. I was excited to go there because they had a vegetarian restaurant that was interested in franchising, so I figured it was worth a shot to try; maybe I would like it so much that I would buy a franchise! Not so, the food was decent, but not great.
Lovin' Spoonfuls is that vegetarian restaurant (mostly vegan). It is located at 2990 N. Campbell, Suite 120; right near the University of Arizona. The menu looked delectable on-line and I was REALLY excited to try it out. I arrived really late on a Tuesday night and needed some food quick so I drove there before going to my hotel. I have to say that the Golden Nuggets appetizer was the one bright spot. It was simply soy chicken batter fried, so it cannot be bad; really, anything deep fried is usually good. As for entrees, I did visit here twice thinking I was unlucky the first time; however, both entrees I got were not that great. The food was decent, don't get me wrong, but from the descriptions of the food, I was expecting a lot more. I tried their Pepper Steak (Triple colored peppers, onions and "beef" in a savory brown sauce served over organic brown rice) which, by the definition should have been excellent. I found that the sauce was watery, the "beef" was chewy, and the peppers were overcooked. Then, the next time I chose the Country Fried Chicken Platter (Crispy fried soy chicken with savory stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and steam grilled vegetables) and found that only the "chicken" was good, but the potatoes were bland and the vegetables were, again, overcooked. I ended up getting ONLY appetizers for lunch one day; at least those were good. I liked the Tempura "Shrimp" and the Spring Rolls. I still think this place was a great find since it is hard to find veggie food, but it could be a LOT better. They had some good desserts, but even those were not GREAT; too healthy tasting, maybe not enough sugar. They also serve breakfast, which looks really good, but I never did get to try it. Good place for a quick bite, but don't rely on this place for your dinner. http://www.lovinspoonfuls.com/ 520-325-7766
Lovin' Spoonfuls is that vegetarian restaurant (mostly vegan). It is located at 2990 N. Campbell, Suite 120; right near the University of Arizona. The menu looked delectable on-line and I was REALLY excited to try it out. I arrived really late on a Tuesday night and needed some food quick so I drove there before going to my hotel. I have to say that the Golden Nuggets appetizer was the one bright spot. It was simply soy chicken batter fried, so it cannot be bad; really, anything deep fried is usually good. As for entrees, I did visit here twice thinking I was unlucky the first time; however, both entrees I got were not that great. The food was decent, don't get me wrong, but from the descriptions of the food, I was expecting a lot more. I tried their Pepper Steak (Triple colored peppers, onions and "beef" in a savory brown sauce served over organic brown rice) which, by the definition should have been excellent. I found that the sauce was watery, the "beef" was chewy, and the peppers were overcooked. Then, the next time I chose the Country Fried Chicken Platter (Crispy fried soy chicken with savory stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and steam grilled vegetables) and found that only the "chicken" was good, but the potatoes were bland and the vegetables were, again, overcooked. I ended up getting ONLY appetizers for lunch one day; at least those were good. I liked the Tempura "Shrimp" and the Spring Rolls. I still think this place was a great find since it is hard to find veggie food, but it could be a LOT better. They had some good desserts, but even those were not GREAT; too healthy tasting, maybe not enough sugar. They also serve breakfast, which looks really good, but I never did get to try it. Good place for a quick bite, but don't rely on this place for your dinner. http://www.lovinspoonfuls.com/ 520-325-7766
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