Category Archives: Vegan

Return to Mandoo Bar, NY NY

Posted on August 17, 2015 by rundlea

Korea Town’s Mandoo Bar is known for the cooks at the front window making and cooking fresh dumplings and has been around for years now. Over that time they have expanded the menu a lot from its original focus on … Continue reading →

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Fresh Pierogi Brand Pierogi served with Kimchi

Posted on August 10, 2015 by rundlea

Rating: Fresh Pierogi is a family owned company founded in 1991 that sells a range of packaged, refrigerated pierogi through supermarket chains. Their store in NJ sells refrigerated fresh made pierogi and cooked take-out orders that you can get steamed, … Continue reading →

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Little Poland, New York, NY

Posted on July 20, 2015 by rundlea

With the closing of places like Leshko’s and Kiev over the past few years New York’s East Village is progressively losing its Eastern European flavor. With an old school diner vibe, Little Poland is one of the remaining holdouts where you can … Continue reading →

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Mandoo Bar Dumplings to go, New York, NY

Posted on May 25, 2015 by rundlea

I recently discovered that Mandoo Bar will sell you freshly made, raw dumplings, ten to an order, to take home.   The dumplings are dusted with flour which absorbs the oil during pan frying, so you will need to use … Continue reading →

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Peacefood Cafe, New York, NY

Posted on May 18, 2015 by rundlea

Peacefood Cafe serves vegan fair that comes very close to the border that separates tasty vegan food from bad hippie food.  The Boca Burger style burger comes topped with a weirdly mashed avocado and is then piled way too high … Continue reading →

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Hangawi, New York, NY

Posted on May 11, 2015 by rundlea

Hangawi is a vegan Korean restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  They serve a lot of creative vegan interpretations of traditional Korean dishes in a classical Korean restaurant setting – shoes are removed at the door and you sit on the floor … Continue reading →

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May Wah Vegetarian Market Frozen Vegetable Buns

Posted on April 13, 2015 by rundlea

Rating:   If you have eaten fake meat in an Asian restaurant on the Eastern seaboard the chances are it was provided by May Way, the go-to place for fake meat products and vegan dry foods since 1994.  Their line … Continue reading →

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Wild Ginger, New York, NY

Posted on April 6, 2015 by rundlea

  Wild Ginger, also known as LuAnne’s Wild Ginger, bills itself as providing pan-Asian vegan specialties based on traditional Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, and South Asian cuisines.  They claim to make over two-dozen homemade sauces and to use local … Continue reading →

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DumplingGo, NY, NY

Posted on March 30, 2015 by rundlea

  DumplingGo is a new fast-casual chain starting up in NYC with a focus on health conscious food and packing Asian and Western flavor profiles into dumpling wrappers.  They have taken the Chipotle approach to ordering with instructions hanging above … Continue reading →

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Beyond Meat Vegan Beef with Ginger and Onion Dumplings

Posted on February 23, 2015 by rundlea

By focusing on texture and mouth feel Beyond Meat has revolutionized the meat alternative market. I experimented with using their Beyond Beef Crumble product as the base for vegan beef dumplings. Both steamed and pan-fried version of this dumpling recipe … Continue reading →

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