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| - My boyfriend and I went to enjoy the Wednesday Vegan specials night Deagan's offers (Thank you Deagn's for having this!) An all around excellent experience.
Started off with the Ponzo Marinated Tofu Soba Noodle bar bites. A delightful mix of soba noodles, cahews, green onions, and fried tofu, with a soy sauce type sauce. Really good, wish there was a little more to the sauce than just the salty soy sauce taste though.
The boy got the Braised Unicorn, which tasted to me like veal, and was cashew crusted- which is an automatic extra star for me! Came with whipped mashed potatoes, carrots, and some sort of salady sprout (sunflower sprouts?) All were very tasty and was nice to get an upscale-ish vegan meal without the drive to Akron for Vegiterranean. Only critique- could have used some sort of sauce (again) to spice it up a little and make it really stand out as a 5-star meal (there was a green sauce, but not sure what it was, and couldn't really taste it with the food). I would give his meal a 9/10!
I got the less exciting Eggplant small plate. But less exciting does not mean bad-- just doesn't have Unicorn in the name. Another excellent dish- fried eggplant rolled up like manicotti, stuffed with ricotta cheese, arugula, and topped with stewed plum tomatoes. Very very good, my second favorite in the city after La Strada/La Dolce Vita. (Note to Deagan's-- served in bowl, this dish should probably be on a flat(er) plate, its almost impossible to cut into bite sizes in a bowl. And the bowl is so small, I had to set my silverware on the table when I didn't want to hold up a fork and knife every last second I was trying to enjoying my meal.)
I didn't try any of the cocktails, but they have a small but good list of classic cocktails, which is always appreciated over the Applebees-esque list of frozen frou-frou drinks! I will try one next time... Happy hour is $1 off all drinks :)
Looks like this place has what it takes to stay in the ever-revolving Lakewood restaurant spot, where businesses come and go every 8 months. Great job Deagan's!
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