Sunday, January 07, 2007

Veggie Grill restaurant

A new veg place opened recently in Irvine and I've been itching to try it for some months now. Veggie Grill is right next to UCI and has a young, contemporary atmosphere. The prices were reasonable for the portion size but still a little high for what I'm used to (about $10 per person).



The menu list is short but it entirely vegan. Veggie Grill, basically, is a burger joint for those who refrain from consuming meat. There are comfort foods like chicken burgers and sweet potato fries.





Richard chose the soup of the day (tortilla soup). The soup had some spice to it but just enough to warm the palate, perfect for the cool winter weather.


Richard also feasted on a portobello sausage burger with coleslaw. They used what they call "wheat meat" as the sausage and a whole roasted portobello mushroom. The meal got 2 thumbs up from Richard.


The serving size was enormous.


I was thrilled to try their sweet potato fries and a chicken sandwich. The fries were amazing and came with a ranch chipotle dipping sauce. Without the sauce the fries were good but with it, WOW. I'll definitely be taking my friend Cara here. She'll love the mock chicken.


Next on my list of items to sample there are the buffalo chicken wings.

Teddy

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Teddy, I'm so jealous!!!!! This is definitely on my list of musts when I go back for a visit. Maybe we can also meet up?

Anonymous said...

the food, oh the food. Your pictures turned out awesome. I'm not even hungry, but these pics have made my mouth water.

Anonymous said...

that looks so good!

Anonymous said...

ah, this is such great news! thanks for the tip, teddy. we spend lots of time in oc and yahoo for more vegan food choices. we were thrilled by native foods at the camp recently...

Anonymous said...

great photos thanks for the info.!

Anonymous said...

Hey Teddy, what's the address of Veggie Grill? We were just in OC yesterday, and so sad to discover that Au Lac was closed. We ended up eating at Vegan Glory in LA on our way back up to SB. But we were visiting 99 Ranch in Irvine and it would have been so great to find this place!

pinknest said...

that is HUGE!! i can't believe it. and i want ranch chipotle dipping sauce NOW.