An excellent vegan meal at a non-vegan restaurant
Yesterday was World Vegan Day, so of course I had to veganize a meal at a local non-vegan restaurant!
Have I hammered home the point about *asking* enough for you lately? No? Well, then let me tell you another story.
After an early evening of theatre (6PM curtain), we were out on the street in downtown San Jose at about 8:30 looking to stay out of trouble and calm the stomach grumbles.
The closest reasonable restaurant with table service (my S.O.'s only requirement) was Il Fornaio in the Sainte Claire Hotel. There are several Il Fornaio's in the Bay Area, and they are a reliable go-to Italian place with a bakery on site.
The first promising sign was that they had a butternut squash soup that called out being made with vegetable stock. When asked, the waitress also confirmed no cream, so I was very excited about that. The soup was savory and really well-seasoned. It was squash-y, but not only squash-y, if you know what I mean.
But in the entree department, they were a little sadly lacking...one capellini pomodoro dish didn't exactly set me on fire. (That's just a fancier way of preparing pasta marinara, you know?)
So, instead, I turned to one of the clearly non-veg pasta dishes and asked. Could they make me this dish, but no chicken, no cheese, no butter.
Why of course, yes they could.
And simple as that, I got a little more oomph and had a lovely, perfect meal.
Ask and ye shall receive!
