Monday, July 22, 2013

Our First Vegan Experience

Let me start by saying, we have no intention of going vegan full-time.  We could never give up our meat let alone dairy.  Curiosity is the only driving force for stepping into Vinh Loi Tofu.   I’ve seen friends checked-in here on Facebook several times, this restaurant  is rated 4 ½ out of 5 stars on Yelp by 500+ reviewers and it was featured on KLA 5 morning show. This place must be awesome… why not give it a try.

It was Saturday mid afternoon when we found ourselves in a strip mall on the doorstep of Vinh Loi Tofu, a small family- owned Vietnamese vegan restaurant in Reseda. The owner, Kevin, came to our table to take the order.  If you have read my previous posts, you know my husband has a tendency to order more than we can actually eat.  Husband ordered five dishes.  Ha! Did he forget we’re in a vegan place and surrounded by healthy people. Kevin who is so friendly and so passionate about his food scratched off his order and said, “you don’t need this much.”   Husband replied, “then, we’ll leave it to you.”  He wrote down two dishes – a rice dish and a noodle dish – plus a tofu side dish. Voila!  All came out really delicious.

We are still Carnivores , but are definitely coming back to Vinh Loi Tofu soon.



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