i have a serious brain disease. please bring me a cat.
After walking around Pike Place Market and looking at gum stuck to a wall, and checking out the giant REI, we managed to put off eating again a little while longer by heading over to the Japanese Gardens at Washington Park Arboretum. We must have visited near or at the Fall peak. Amazing.
You can see the rest here. I would send you to the set, but Flickr Uploader crashed 3 times during the upload and completely jacked up my sets.
Welp, time to be a tourist! We wandered through and around Pike Place Market. Oh, look, vegan cinnamon rolls as big as your head.
I think these had a maple glaze on them. It’s hard to keep Seattle’s hundreds of vegan cinnamon roll options straight. Oh yeah, they have fruits and vegetables there too. Yawn.
The vegans avoided the whole fish tossing business, but we did go in search of the gum wall.
And around the corner were these cute little buggers.
Uh oh, we walked for 10 minutes. We probably need to eat again…
After we stuffed ourselves at Wayward, we waddled across the street to Sidecar Pigs for Peace. A completely vegan store that benefits a sanctuary? Gotta check that out!
We picked up a few things. I got a wallet with a monkey on it, a sweet potato on a rope dog snack for Tak (she’s destroyed it already), some mints, a Seriously Organic white chocolate bar, a t-shirt and a fake meat stick. I think that was all. Oh, a sticker and some buttons!
You know what they can get in Seattle? Daiya by the brick. Here’s Kevin posing with one wearing his sad face.
And here’s another tasty looking bit we don’t seem to have, a chorizo-style seitan tamale con molé? Yes, please.
Apparently cinnamon rolls grow on trees in Seattle. When we got to Wayward Vegan Cafe they had a whole pan of these things sitting right next to the register where you order. Really? How the hell can you avoid ordering that when it’s staring at you like that? The answer is, you can’t.
Hillbilly Omelet: filled with sausage and hash browns, covered with gravy, deep fried potatoes on the side. Oooof.
Kevin got Seitan on a Shingle:
Jared models his Country Fried Steak:
Beth displays her French Toast:
Kevin offers up his grits:
And here is Taylor molesting his burrito, not sure which one.
After all that exertion, we were ready for some food. Kevin found a Mexican restaurant near the townhouse that had vegan options. Also, it was called El Chupacabra, so we HAD to go. They use Daiya cheese and Gardein meats but unlike a lot of places, they actually further flavor the Gardein with their own sauces.
I had the Gardein chicken enchiladas in a green sauce.
This was a huge plate of food. I could not finish it even after all the hiking. In addition to the cheeziness on top, there was plenty of melty Daiya inside with the Gardein. Happy tummy.
I’m not sure if Kevin got a burrito or chimachanga, but here it is.
And, they had an awesome jukebox.
We desperately need a Mexican restaurant here that has fake meats and Daiya. But I’d settle for just the Daiya. But for now we have to settle for creating our own deliciousness at potlucks.