[Veg-ns] Important Note about this mailing list... and MEETUPS.

[vaalea]

ok, I allowed the last email to this list by mistake... but since there were a couple that somehow went through on their own recently, let me just state again that THIS mailing list is basically only for me  to post upcoming meetup events. If you would like to send and receive mail about animals and related actions/protests, then the 4animals at ottawaveg.com is where you do that. If you want to send and receive all other mail related to veg*nism, then vegchat at ottawaveg.com is the appropriate place for that.



Veg*n Meetup at Sacred Garden

When: 
Friday, March 31, 2006, 7:00 PM 
Where: 
Sacred Garden
            1300 Bank Street Chesley and Bank, in Old Ottawa South
            Ottawa , ON K1S 3Y4
            613.733.8424 
Pamela says:
It was quite good!  It's at 1300 Bank (@ Riverdale). 
It was really nicely decorated, nice atmosphere, very
cute.  The food was good, although there's a fairly
heavy focus on faux chicken/beef/shrimp etc.  I
had the faux beef in my meal substituted with tofu
with no problems. It is 100% vegetarian, and anything
that's not vegan can pretty much be veganized (aside
from a few things).  The rice noodles are vegan but
they have at least one kind of noodles that contain
egg.  The menu has a little blurb in the front about
how they do not use fish sauces in any of their
dishes, instead using spices to create the flavours.
Meals are between $10-13.

Here's two more "reviews" that my veg friends sent to
me:

Gen says:
holy crap!  that place is SOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!!!! 
i had the pad thai, with the shrimp and chicken but no
egg, of course.  the shrimp tasted too real - i
actually thought i was eating seafood.  the pad thai
was delicious, although a bit sweet (which i don't
remember pad thai being, in general), but i have a
sweet tooth anyway so it's all good.  My husband had
the pad thai mow, with beef.  it was spicy and yummy -
but almost too spicy for my palate (i have a sensitive
stomach).  we started with spring rolls with the
dipping sauce - holy crap, some of the best spring
rolls i've ever had. we couldn't finish our plates,
the servings (as you must know), are freaking huge. 
dessert was disappointing; i asked about the fried
banana and the guy said only the lemon sauce had some
margarine in it so we ordered it but with the sauce on
the side.  five minutes later the other guy came over,
apologised profusely and said that there was cream in
the batter.  we said to cancel our order but i guess
it was already made because he brought it out moments
later and said "no charge'. so my husband ate it and
said it was really good (of course anything fried
would be).  the ice creams are in fact, made with
milk.  boo. 

And Caroline says:
Thank you so much for recommending this restaurant! My
husband and I just got back from our Valentine's Day
dinner. The food was excellent and the service superb,
especially given it was V-day. We arrived early and
lucky we did; when we left, there was a long lineup at
the door. We'll definitely be going back, and bringing
friends and family.  (I won't rave too much, don't
worry; I doubt that too many people I know will want
to go.... oh well, their loss!) My only fear is that
the owners/operators become victims of their own
success.

RSVP for Veg*n Meetup at Chez Nam

Undecided yet about the day.. let me know if the 12th works or not for you.
  When: 
  Wednesday, April 12, 2006, 12:00 PM 
  This is United Vegetarian Meetup Day

  Where: 
  Chez Nam http://www.cheznam.com/
  343B Booth Street, couple blocks south of Somerset http://www.cheznam.com/
  Ottawa , ON K1R 7K4
  (613) 232-8987 


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