Vegetarian fare

[vaneramos]

Danny: how can I keep from gushing?


Kensington Market was eerily quiet at lunchtime. A streetcar sighed through slush and a nearby church bell tolled as Danny and I turned down Augusta Avenue. Luscious blobs of snow drifted past painted shops displaying second-hand costumery.

I’m rarely enthusiastic about vegetarian fare, but Danny was in the mood. We dined at King’s Café, a Chinese Buddhist restaurant. Too early in the day for curry, I thought. The appetizer plate offered four flavours of persuasively meat-like items made from gluten, I think: curry, barbecue pseudo pork, teriyaki, and sweet and sour, all yummy. I was hooked, although less impressed with the coconut lemon grass soup. I must sample the mushroom dishes eventually.

Speaking of vegetarian, can anyone recommend a tofu mushroom lasagne recipe? I never forgot one prepared at Amber Fox faerie Canadian Thanksgiving 2003.

After brunch I visited the Turkish delight lady. She has the best.

At Lettuce Knit I drooled over Manos Del Uruguay yarn, which I want for this scarf. If I’m still enchanted and can set aside money, I’ll buy two skeins next weekend.

The used vinyl/CD store presents a decent Classical collection. I bought Mitsuko Uchida’s Schubert impromptus for Sylvie, who’s learning to play one.

Comments

[vaysha.livejournal.com]

:)

sounds like a wonderful time.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I do love weekend outings in the city with my cubby.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Well compared to the stuff I buy from this lady in Kensington Market, Turkish delight from the Nutty Chocolatier tastes like synthetically flavoured cardboard. But this stuff is luscious. The pink ones are flavoured with rose water of course, but I hadn't figured out the flavour of the white ones. Could be pistachio. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you this.

This lady sees me coming down the street and gets a look in her eye. I'm scared what will happen if she ever catches me trying to sneak past her shop. And she has to scoop the candy herself to make sure I take lots.

[avad.livejournal.com]

so sweet.:)

The Danny Pic

[ranjtheobscure.livejournal.com]

There are lots of things in specific I could say about this picture.

But as I was gearing up, I kept saying 'Wow.'
I think I will leave it at that.

Wow.

[lilactime.livejournal.com]

Even better than King's Cafe is Bo De Duyen on Spadina, south of Dundas. If you're hooked on the fake meat, they're the place to go.

And white Turkish Delight is usually flavoured lightly with lemon. Now I need some.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Re: The Danny Pic

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it's so effective. I'm biased, of course. ;-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the restaurant recommendation. I must try it.

[e-musings.livejournal.com]

Did you knit Danny's hat?

Were there noodles in the lasagne or did they layer tofu like noodles? I could ask my husband as he is the cook here-he loves to invent recipes and maybe he has a suggestion. And we are vegetarians who occasionally eat fish.

Btw, Danny's very sweet looking!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

No, Danny created that hat himself. He is an expert knitter, and the one who taught me.

As I recall, the lasagne used noodles. If your husband has any suggestions, that would be great.

[e-musings.livejournal.com]

My husband wants to know if it had a red or white sauce. Also, if the mushrooms were portabellas. He has tons of ideas.If he could cook it for you right now, he would.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I don't know what kind of mushrooms were used, but I like portabellas. I think the sauce was white.

[e-musings.livejournal.com]

I will convey the message and he'll work on it. (I wouldn't be surprised if we were the guinea pigs for this). He loves to cook, and loves to invent, and I am a lucky person.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful. I've never been confident about improvising or diverging from a recipe, although I'm getting better.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'm not a vegetarian at all, and I love cheese, so it's most welcome. I'm just afraid the red wine would have disappeared by the time I reached the point of adding it to the sauce. Seriously, thank you very much, this looks delicious!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Here's a very tasty vegetarian recipe for you!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/vaneramos/283040.html