New Favorite Restaurant

Now that I've been completely vegetarian for the last few months my fave restaurant, a Guatemalen place called El Tinajon, has been replaced by Chicago Diner, where Dave and I celebrated our anniversary last night. The food is absolutely stunning for mostly vegan dishes. I had the "Summer Salad Sampler" which was three "chicken" salads served with pita bread. It doesn't sound very exciting, but the salads were seriously the BEST I've ever had. The chicken was substituted with seitan and tofu. One was waldorf, the other curry chicken, and the third was something with garlic and veggies. Tasty! Dave had a Thai dish with tofu and peanut sauce that was to die for. I couldn't stop eating his either.

Only one drawback to the meal: tofu gives me problems... Know what I'm saying? So I'm wondering what I can do about this. Does anyone have any experience with Beano? Does it work? I'm one of the weirdos that love tofu if it is prepared well, so I'm not about to give it up. Plus I need my protein!

Anyway, go to Chicago Diner for good eats with your vegetarian friends OR with your non-vegetarian friends who think that going veggie is boring. The portion sizes are HUGE and they just do things up really really well there. Have fun!