Review: Angelica Kitchen

Fluffiest pancakes I’ve ever had. Vegan or not, these were bomb.

I know that Angelica Kitchen are famous for their buckwheat pancakes but they didn’t have them that day. Absolute catastrophe.

Wait, let me just rewind for a second.

Saturday in New York. 32 degrees celcius (actually feels like someone has put me in an oven). Walking down the streets ready for brunch and to stuff myself with pancakes. Goes into Angelica Kitchen. No aircon. Literally feels like 50 degrees hotter than outside where the sun is burning my white skin. We sit down and they bring us water. There’s no freaking ice. Lord help me before I melt into an actual puddle on the ground.
But we decide to stay and eat pancakes because brunch is what I came for and I won’t leave without them!

So even with the million degree heat I still loved these pancakes. They were fluffy wholewheat pancakes (for the record, I love love love wholewheat pancakes and the nutty flavour they have) and the best part was the maple tofu whip which had the perfect amount of sweetness.
Definitely a place I’ll be going back to for brunch!
They also have great and reasonable lunch options, such as their dragon bowls and kale salads (ooooh yes)!

Angelica Kitchen
Website: angelicakitchen.com
Address: 300 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003, United States
Tel: +1 212-228-2909

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Review: Beyond Sushi

I’m aware that a 100% plant based sushi restaurant may sounds quite strange and in your mind you are probably just thinking of cucumber and avocado rolls. But hold up because Beyond Sushi is super creative with their rolls, making every bite full of flavour.

My absolute favourite rolls their is the Mighty Mushroom roll, filled with enoki, shiitake, tofu and surrounded by wild rice and alfalfa sprouts. But the main attraction is the sauces that they pair with the rolls. Yes they come with your average smaverage soy sauce but they also come with a super creative dip. For the mushroom roll, I got the truffle and shiitake sauce which blew my socks off. Seriously good stuff.
I’ve also tried the Pickle Me roll which I thought was ok. the mushroom roll really takes the crown for me as its got such well rounded flavour, whereas I thought the roll with the pickles was just a bit sharp and salty overall.

Beyond Sushi also have a plethora of sides that are equally wonderful, such as the dumplings and soups. However, to create a full meal with my sushi (they have great lunch time deals!) I opted for a cold noodle salad. I went for the green tea noodles with cilantro, parsley, seaweed salad (a huge favourite) and crunchy almonds, all drizzled with a ponzu sauce (in my opinion it was much too sweet to be ponzu and was more like a hoisin sauce) and it was delicious! You can never really go wrong with noodles 😉

Beyond Sushi
Website: https://beyondsushinyc.com
Address: Many locations across Manhattan, New York
Tel: +1 646-861-2889

Review: Superiority Burger

The famed Superiority Burger. Oh how I’ve heard so much about you.
As I had read that it was the ‘best vegan burger in New York’ you better believe I had high hopes for this monster.

And I’ve got to say, I was pretty impressed. To be honest, I’ve always been a huge veggie burger fan and make them at home quite a lot from random ingredients and I’d rate this one pretty highly as it was hearty and flavourful. The thing that really stood out to me was the thousand island sauce (I mean, I actually have no clue what it was but it tasted like that and seriously transported me back to my greasy, messy McDonald days). The burger had a great balance of flavours with the tang of the sauce, the super soft and fluffy burger bun, the thick and hearty patty (filled with all sorts of good stuff and the quinoa really came through) and just enough lettuce to make you not feel like crap after eating it but also giving you that junk food fix.

I should mention that the burgers are small here. Like mini hand size. BUT they are really filling because they’re filled with fibre and all that good jazz.

Overall it was good and I would most likely go again but I really am desperate to try the salads their that are always so inventive (charred broccoli, vegan smashed potato salad? sign me up)

Superiority Burger
Website: http://www.superiorityburger.com/
Address: 490 E. 9th Street. New York, NY 10009
Tel: (212) 256-1192