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| - So I was really excited about the idea of a vegetarian restaurant in my 'hood. But the food I had there has me wishing they would either change their menu or move on.
I think the main problem is that the food they serve here is just so uninspired, unoriginal, and basically, all tastes the same. When you peruse the menu you realize that the same group of vegetables appears in different combinations in practically every dish. What's different? The kind of sauce you get, or the kind of mock meat in it. No imagination, no talent were involved in devising the menu.
Yes, I said Mock Meat. This is a vegetarian restaurant that serves Mock Meat. Maybe you like mock meat, but me, if I'm going to eat meat, I'd rather have the real thing done nicely than the fake stuff. And when I go vegetarian, I don't want to be reminded of meat.
For example, they serve a potato soup. You would think you were getting potatoes cooked til they break down and flavoured with a vegetable broth and maybe accented with something complementary to potatoes, such as leeks, as is normally the case when you call something potato soup. But what you get is cubes of just-cooked potatoes in a bizarre "creamy" broth (I can't figure out what the broth is made of, or what makes it creamy - it was very unsettling), green peas, and yes, pieces of Mock Meat. All in all, none of the flavours jived together nicely at all, the broth was unpleasant, and it was a very disappointing potato soup indeed. An example of someone trying to be creative but it doesn't quite come together.
For my main I had what amounted to a plate of standard veggies in a sauce on rice. Boring. You'd be better off going to one of the many, cheaper Chinese restaurants practically beside the restaurant to have this dish than to bother with it here. I think people with even modest culinary ability can make better for themselves than what you get here. For the money, I expect something better than what I can make at home.
Oh, and the server was very judgemental if you didn't eat everything on your plate. So remind me, how does this work? I pay YOU to give me attitude for not wanting to finish every last piece of disappointing, unoriginal, overpriced food? NO - I'm the one paying the bills here. I think someone needs to go back to customer service school, or charm school, or whatever they call it.
If you want good, vegetarian cuisine served in creative, inspiring dishes, you're better off going to Fresh on Bloor & Spadina (or at Crawford & Queen, or Spadina south of Queen), or any of the other restaurants on this list: http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_vegetarian_restaurants_in_toronto/
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