I have returned...

I am back from Boston and bring you stories of delicious vegan food...unfortunately no pictures. Boo. So bare with my text-heavy post.

First up - Veggie Planet in Cambridge. We took the subway here to go see Harvard and I stopped here for lunch. This place has both vegetarian and vegan food, so a lot of the menu items did have cheese. But I still had tons to choose from. I went with the "vegan oddlot" - which was a pizza with tofu ricotta, spinach, tomatoes, olives, and garlic. It was decent...I do like my tofu ricotta recipe better (from Vegan with a Vengeance) but it was still really, really good. Pretty cheap too. It was a cool little place...if I was a student around there I don't think I would ever leave.

That night we made reservations at Grezzo Restaurant in the North End of Boston. This is a pretty swanky place, and all of the food is also raw. The bf did have some problems finding nut-free food, but they changed a few dishes so that he could eat them. I had the chef's sampler which was pretty pricey, but SO worth it. You get two soups, two appetizers, a salad, an entree, and a dessert. I was basically eating for 2 hours straight. I had a cream of fennel soup, a summer melon stew, vegan sliders (SOOO good), gnocchi carbonara, a house salad (with the most delicious croutons I have ever had), zucchini canneloni, and brownie sundae. Yes I ate it all.

Our last night in Boston the bf was quite ill (bad luck..) so I took the subway to Allston so that I could try out TJ Scallywaggle's Vegan House of Pizza & Subs. This is a neat little place. Unfortunately it was quite hot that day and they do not have A/C..but oh well. I don't have it at home and I survive just fine. Anyhoo, I had the "meatza pizza"...with fake pepperoni, ground meat, sausage and chicken. It was pretty good. Their cheese melts quite well...I asked what brand it was but I forgot about 2 minutes after he told me. It was a brand that was only available at something like 3 retail locations in Chicago or some such thing. I took the bf back a chicken parmesan sub as I figured he needed something for dinner. He could only eat half of it so I had the other half. Yes, I pigged out on vegan food while in Boston. Anyhoo, the breaded chicken they use is AMAZING. I think I might email them and find out the brand. Even the omni bf was quite impressed.