Nutshell

Let me preface this by saying that at different points in my life I have been vegan and vegetarian. I am not at this time, although I am not opposed to the idea in the future. I am a pretty adventurous eater and was really excited about trying out some dishes at this newer vegan restaurant in North Portland off of Williams. I had heard that they had a salt bar and a good selection of olive oil. That came to be the only positive part of our dining experience.

The first thing we noticed was the temperature. It was freezing in there. It mas very minimally decorated. I only noticed some artwork depicting Sasquatch. The server was ok, and told us a little bit more about the menu. I was a little shocked by the prices of the food (around $14 a plate). I don't recall the name of the dish I got, but I do remember that it was supposed to be hominy and vegetables. It was pulped up with vegetables sticking up out of it that I have never seen. I was impressed until I tasted it. There were no stand out flavors, it was kind of this ominous sort of salty-onion flavor. The consistency was like baby food. Spence got the Jamaican BBQ plate. It was essentially a hash brown with some onion sauce and an orange that had been hollowed out with mash sweet potatoes inside. He offered up his dinner to me after he expressed some interest in mine. It was the same thing. Other than the sweet potato mash everything was kind of oily and tasted like onion. I just stopped eating. Spence will eat anything you put in front of him so he forged ahead. He even wanted to take it home. I dished out the $40 dollars and sulked back to the car. I would rather go to Blossoming Lotus and get some amazing vegan food for half the price.

Spence called me the next day to tell me that he heated up the leftovers and realized that in fact, it was horrible.