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If you want a plant based diet without it tasting lame (meaning it's probably just as unhealthy as regular fast food) Veggie Grill OK, it's fast casual, so it takes a bit, but give me some room to work with here. I never thought a vegan restaurant could spread across the US. Right now they're in California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, and Massachusetts, and now Manhattan. I like a lot of their stuff although not all of it. It's pretty pricey too. I wish trying to go to a veggie restaurant didn't mean Non-GMO / organic poo poo. Give me all of the chemicals and RoundUp, and save me some money, please! Anyways my personal favorite are the tempura green beans. The ranch is actually good. I like the far east bowl with the green curry. There was a Korean taco they had before but they change the menu seasonally. It actually was quite spicy. The Santa Fe chicken sandwich isn't bad, if a bit boring. Sometimes the other tacos are good too. They have Beyond stuff now which I haven't really tried.   I don't like their Buffalo sauce they use on "wings" and the bomber sandwich. It's tangy, not spicy, and just isn't good IMO. Loving Hut This one's a little different as it's worldwide and each one is different and has a local menu. I've been to them in 3 countries over 3 continents and liked them all as I recall. The weird thing is they all have the TV of some lady that calls herself the "Supreme Master". I just looked and her website is "godsdirectcontact.org"!  I've seen the TV station at other vegan restaurants too. Hopefully I'm not funding the next mega-Hitler or something. Anyways they're all over the world now so try it out and see if you like it some time. Honorable mention (not fast food) if you're ever in Oakland, California go to Souley Vegan. Vegan soul food...it's awesome, and 95% as likely to kill you as regular soul food, probably. My favorite places are mostly one location and probably use some illegal Taiwanese wheat gluten to make fake duck and weird meats.
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Charles posted:If you want a plant based diet without it tasting lame (meaning it's probably just as unhealthy as regular fast food) my boyfriend takes me to those places all the time, and its soooo good
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Charles posted:Honorable mention (not fast food) I'm salty about the Veggie Grill because I got something there that turned out to be recognizably just a microwaved frozen thing I could buy at Whole Foods, and not even sufficiently microwaved, it was still ice-cold in the middle, and also it wasn't even a good thing, it was some sort of cutlets-and-gravy or something that comes with a sachet of not enough gravy, and also the gravy is bad so in that sense it's actually too much gravy. But their not-fish tacos are pretty good, and their nachos are good and plentiful. I went to a place in Florida recently that I think was actually just a rebranded Loving Hut that hid most of the culty undertones, with in-laws who were grudgingly going there in a nice acknowledgment of how I usually tolerate the places they want to go where there's only one bad thing I can eat. They said it was so surprisingly good they might actually go there again even without me being there.
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Tried the Veggie Grill carne asada tacos tonight. Not great. Really salty and maybe just a tiny bit spicy, and just kind of burnt tasting. Bummer. They were out of the churro desert thing too.
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Feb 6, 2020 06:24
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Is there anything you particularly recommend from Souley Vegan? Nothing jumped out at me from their menu.
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Feb 6, 2020 06:30
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roomforthetuna posted:Is there anything you particularly recommend from Souley Vegan? Nothing jumped out at me from their menu. Oh I haven't been there in like 10 years. I just remember really liking it.
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Oakland has the dankest vegetarian food. I miss Nature vegetarian so much. Millennium isn’t fast food but it was the fanciest and best vegetarian meal I’ve ever had. Also cool detail about Souley Vegan, it’s in the oldest building in Oakland dating back to the gold rush. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-location-makes-history-along-with-dinner-5368556.php Probably more on topic as for chains, I’m having a hard time thinking of many. Amy’s has a fast food drive through location in the north Bay Area towards Santa Rosa but I think that’s their only location. I’ve tried Veggie Grill up in Portland and it was ok but I think they used vanilla soy milk to make the Mac and cheese sauce one time. It was weird.
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Feb 6, 2020 07:12
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Amy's actually opened a location in the airport now.
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Feb 6, 2020 07:52
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Amy's like that company that makes the surprisingly good vegetarian (vegan?) lasagna I used to eat all the time?
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Feb 6, 2020 09:22
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Resting Lich Face posted:Amy's like that company that makes the surprisingly good vegetarian (vegan?) lasagna I used to eat all the time? The very same
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Feb 6, 2020 11:19
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Obviously the chain isn't vegan but Taco Bell has some pretty good vegan stuff, at least assuming you're down with the general Taco Bell taste (which I very much am). And it's not a million dollars which is great because if I'm going to eat some lovely chain food I'd at least like it to cost a reasonable amount. I usually go for a very boring bean burrito.
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Feb 6, 2020 11:22
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I’ve eaten at loving hut dozens of times and I still have no idea what all the supreme master stuff is about. Food is good though and they do a surprisingly good job at imitating certain meat dishes.
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Feb 6, 2020 21:06
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Pawn 17 posted:I’ve eaten at loving hut dozens of times and I still have no idea what all the supreme master stuff is about It’s a sort of syncretic, new age mix of Buddhism and Taoism. They have a twist on the five Buddhist precepts and emphasize meditation which is a common theme of these sort of neo-Buddhist movements in developing/formally colonized nations.
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Feb 6, 2020 21:55
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i'm surprised mcdonald's hasn't introduced anything vegan friendly (at least in the states), surely with their experience with processed foodstuffs they could whip up something edible without meat or dairy in it. i've skipped them more than a few times just because there were no vegan options for the other person to eat.
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Feb 6, 2020 23:04
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Rinkles posted:i'm surprised mcdonald's hasn't introduced anything vegan friendly (at least in the states), surely with their experience with processed foodstuffs they could whip up something edible without meat or dairy in it. i've skipped them more than a few times just because there were no vegan options for the other person to eat. AFAIK they’re testing beyond burgers in a Canadian market which they recently expanded. They have a lot of stores though so provisioning for all of them is a task that Beyond might not be up to yet, they may not currently have the capacity for that kind of demand. Impossible pulled out of talks about a month back for similar reasons.
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Rinkles posted:i'm surprised mcdonald's hasn't introduced anything vegan friendly (at least in the states), surely with their experience with processed foodstuffs they could whip up something edible without meat or dairy in it. i've skipped them more than a few times just because there were no vegan options for the other person to eat. I tried the "Big Vegan TS" at McDonalds in Berlin when I was there this summer. I don't think it was good. I don't remember exactly what I thought. Fortunately Berlin is vegan & vegetarian haven!!! It's very clearly marked there and I was so happy after trying to figure stuff out in France & Belgium. Also check out the Veggie Menu megathread too! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3913425
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Rinkles posted:i'm surprised mcdonald's hasn't introduced anything vegan friendly (at least in the states), surely with their experience with processed foodstuffs they could whip up something edible without meat or dairy in it. i've skipped them more than a few times just because there were no vegan options for the other person to eat.
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Burger King has the Impossible burger, and it's vegan if you leave off one of the sauces I think. Tastes like a burger.
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Feb 7, 2020 03:20
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What happened to the tempura green beans at Veggie Grill? A covid related loss or what?
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Souley and Vegan Mob are good. Bye
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AverySpecialfriend posted:Souley and Vegan Mob are good. Bye Čau
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As a non vegan I kinda love Lord of the Fries. I can't stand imitation meat, but their chips (classic, chunky steakhouse, shoestring or sweet potato all good) and onion rings are easily at the top for their price range. Get a box of those and some spicy relish and that's a solid unhealthy lunch.
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Mar 6, 2021 16:04
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veggie grill used to have really good fries and now they are kind of lame thoughts???
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Mar 14, 2021 21:01
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I've only got the sweet potato fries. Not sure. I'm not a big fries guy. I'm still angry they don't have the tempura green beans. I get that cauliflower is all the rage now, but...
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Blew my mind that Loving Hut is a worldwide chain. I've eaten at one three times and the food was excellent. It being run by a cult rules too What the gently caress so this is an option Grevling fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Mar 19, 2021 |
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CAVA Grill is a California, East Coast, & Texas thing, with some nice Vegan options.
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