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| - Food was decent, and I appreciated finding real vegetarian food after a week of travelling throughout the province eating overcooked soggy vegetables, iceburg lettuce and ranch dressing. But for a place specializing in somewhat innovative veg food, I was a bit underwhelmed. Food was good but not great, and it was expensive. I got the moroccan stew with tempeh. It was close to $12. I wanted quinoa instead of rice which would have been another $1.50 but they were out. It was just as well, as $12 was already too much for what it was.the stew consisted of mostly carrots and kabocha, with a few chickpeas, half of the bowl was rice (at least a mix of brown and black rice) and with 2 crispy pieces of a cracker/toast thing. I like carrots and kabocha and toasty crackery things- a lot, but a veg place should know a little more about veg nutrition and the importance of getting enough protein. Had i not added tempeh it would have just been a bowl of carbohydrates with 5 chickpeas. I already ate a month's worth of carbs the week before I got here and was hoping for more. I shudder to think of the nutritional profile of what I ate. Mostly carbohydrates and not enough protein, and no green veggies except for the topping of 7 leaves of baby spinach. Tempeh was okay but thinly sliced and perhaps baked and some pieces were too crispy. The sauce in the stew was okay but on the bland side.
seating was limited and a bit of a cafe / modern diner vibe. not super cozy or anything. but big windows for people watching.
service was decent but a bit amateur, the kind of place where all servers seem especially young with limited people skills.
The neighborhood is AWESOME and I'd love to come back. I'd give this place another try since there are so few real vegan / veg places around and the food was fine, just pretty basic and something i could make myself. But I did notice a vegetarian chinese place, kings cafe, a bit further south down the street and might give that a try instead
edited to correct spelling :)
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