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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">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 <A
href="mailto:4animals@ottawaveg.com">4animals@ottawaveg.com</A> is where you do
that. If you want to send and receive all other mail related to veg*nism, then
<A href="mailto:vegchat@ottawaveg.com">vegchat@ottawaveg.com</A> is the
appropriate place for that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=5>Veg*n Meetup at Sacred
Garden</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DT>When:
<DD>Friday, March 31, 2006, 7:00 PM
<DT>Where:
<DD>Sacred Garden<BR>
1300 Bank Street Chesley and Bank, in Old Ottawa South<BR>
Ottawa , ON K1S 3Y4<BR>
613.733.8424 </DD></DIV>
<DIV>Pamela says:</DIV>
<DIV>It was quite good! It's at 1300 Bank (@ Riverdale). <BR>It was really
nicely decorated, nice atmosphere, very<BR>cute. The food was good,
although there's a fairly<BR>heavy focus on faux chicken/beef/shrimp etc.
I<BR>had the faux beef in my meal substituted with tofu<BR>with no problems. It
is 100% vegetarian, and anything<BR>that's not vegan can pretty much be
veganized (aside<BR>from a few things). The rice noodles are vegan
but<BR>they have at least one kind of noodles that contain<BR>egg. The
menu has a little blurb in the front about<BR>how they do not use fish sauces in
any of their<BR>dishes, instead using spices to create the flavours.<BR>Meals
are between $10-13.<BR><BR>Here's two more "reviews" that my veg friends sent
to<BR>me:<BR><BR>Gen says:<BR>holy crap! that place is SOOOOOOOOOO
GOOOOOOOOD!!!! <BR>i had the pad thai, with the shrimp and chicken but
no<BR>egg, of course. the shrimp tasted too real - i<BR>actually thought i
was eating seafood. the pad thai<BR>was delicious, although a bit sweet
(which i don't<BR>remember pad thai being, in general), but i have a<BR>sweet
tooth anyway so it's all good. My husband had<BR>the pad thai mow, with
beef. it was spicy and yummy -<BR>but almost too spicy for my palate (i
have a sensitive<BR>stomach). we started with spring rolls with
the<BR>dipping sauce - holy crap, some of the best spring<BR>rolls i've ever
had. we couldn't finish our plates,<BR>the servings (as you must know), are
freaking huge. <BR>dessert was disappointing; i asked about the fried<BR>banana
and the guy said only the lemon sauce had some<BR>margarine in it so we ordered
it but with the sauce on<BR>the side. five minutes later the other guy
came over,<BR>apologised profusely and said that there was cream in<BR>the
batter. we said to cancel our order but i guess<BR>it was already made
because he brought it out moments<BR>later and said "no charge'. so my husband
ate it and<BR>said it was really good (of course anything fried<BR>would
be). the ice creams are in fact, made with<BR>milk. boo. <BR><BR>And
Caroline says:<BR>Thank you so much for recommending this restaurant!
My<BR>husband and I just got back from our Valentine's Day<BR>dinner. The food
was excellent and the service superb,<BR>especially given it was V-day. We
arrived early and<BR>lucky we did; when we left, there was a long lineup
at<BR>the door. We'll definitely be going back, and bringing<BR>friends and
family. (I won't rave too much, don't<BR>worry; I doubt that too many
people I know will want<BR>to go.... oh well, their loss!) My only fear is
that<BR>the owners/operators become victims of their own<BR>success.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=5>RSVP for Veg*n Meetup at Chez
Nam</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Undecided yet about the day.. let me know if the 12th works or not for
you.</DIV>
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<DT>When:
<DD>Wednesday, April 12, 2006, 12:00 PM
<P class=meetupDay>This is <A href="http://vegetarian.meetup.com/day/"><FONT
color=#0066bb>United Vegetarian <SPAN class=nobr>Meetup
Day</SPAN></FONT></A></P>
<DT>Where:
<DD>Chez Nam <A class=popExit href="http://www.cheznam.com/" s_oidt="0"
s_oid="http://www.cheznam.com/"><FONT
color=#0066bb>http://www.cheznam.com/</FONT></A><BR>343B Booth Street, couple
blocks south of Somerset http://www.cheznam.com/<BR>Ottawa , ON K1R
7K4<BR>(613) 232-8987 </DD></DL>
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