Vegan MoFo: New NYC Vegan Spot (at least to me):
Thanks to the Alicia Silverstone video I featured a few days ago, and the fact that I'm in NYC this week, I actually went and tried restaurant #1 on her list: HanGawi.
I don't know why, but somehow I was expecting a little hole in the wall. I suppose it's because the neighborhood is unprepossessing. BUt it is no hole in the wall. It is actually a pretty upscale place. Complete with pricy prix fixe options.
My dining companion and I went a la carte, which was far more affordable.
I tried:
A Fried Dumpling
Spinach and Corn Porridge
Kabocha Pumpkin Stone Bowl Rice
What was most striking was that the food was simple, fresh and tasted like exactly what it was. Spinach. Corn. Pumpkin.
I am not a fan of vegan food that tries to hard to be fancy by throwing a bunch of warring flavors into the same dish, to make it unnecessarily complex, as though that made it gourmet. (I'm looking at you, Millennium.)
This was really refreshingly good.
So, add my recommendation to Alicia's.
