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| - My wife and I have been wanting to try Veggie Delight ever since they replaced "Chicken Quick!". For some reason we waited more than 5 months to do it, and when we did, we regret not coming here any sooner!
I grew up in Taiwan, and while I am not a vegetarian, I enjoyed the vegetarian dishes a lot. Most people here think vegetarian = salad, but not so in most Asian countries.
One of the things I missed most is the "imitation meat" products. I know that sounds questionable at best, but it's just really various soy-based products, sometimes mixed with flour, to produce a meat-like texture. Take their Vietnamese Vegetarian Lemon Grass Beef Rice Noodle for example, if you weren't told that there's no meat in that dish, you probably would not notice the "beef" you are eating is actually made with soy, and marinated in lemon grass sauce. This cold noodles dish will definitely freshen you up in the hot desert weather.
My wife liked the Vegetarian Beef Noodle Soup, this is a Chinese style noodle soup that we are both familiar with, and she liked it a lot. The soy-based soup base tasted surprisingly flavorful and complex without any meat in it.
Eating here is especially fun for someone who is already familiar with the "regular" Asian cuisines, and see the kind of twists they put on each dish to turn it into a completely vegetarian or vegan dish (if you want vegan, you need to tell them in advance when you order). One of such dish is the Vegetarian Basil Leaf Chicken, commonly known as "Three Cup Chicken" on most Chinese restaurant menus. Their version of the dish, other than replacing the chicken meat with soy-product (which tastes just as delicious in my opinion), is to put it in a bed of spring mix. A bold move, and surprisingly tasty. They effectively turned this into a warm salad dish!
This is a very small restaurant, with the capacity of about 10 people at most at a time. Don't let the "Veggie" portion scare you away, the food is definitely good eats. And if you are into it, it's healthy too! (But I only care about taste)
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