Eating like a true vegan.

:smile:

Saturday when I was asked to do this vegan challenge I immediately thought of my favorite stinky cheese. And then I remembered that my friend Stella invited me to restaurant week in Jersey City the following week. Ahhh, I can't be vegan in a delicious restaurant, full of delicious goodness, I thought.
So, I declined the vegan challenge invitation.
And 10 minutes later I accepted, because... I love a good challenge (I think that's my theme for 2011.)

Ah well, I thought I would just not go to restaurant week. But no, that's a challenge within itself, just being around all of that non-vegan food. My friends picked a Japanese restaurant, easy, awesome. So I thought. Even though the menu had a few vegetarian items I still found myself gazing at the California Rolls, and the Shrimp Shumai, and the seared tuna, and the pork dumplings, and beef teriyaki, and ugh... The absolute worst part of it was my friends talking about what they were gonna get. And then when the lovely smelling feast came out they of course shared with each other, passing that goodness back and forth. And making delicious comments, that I could taste with my mind. And the ultimate worst was dessert, who gets dessert! Ice Cream, I scream, but only in my mind. But I survived. With my salad, edamame, asparagus rolls, avocado rolls, and cucumber rolls. yum. And for dessert I had a port (which was chilled, why, they better ask somebody...).
Thanks for dinning girls, when this week is over we have to all get together again... at a steakhouse!

Anyway, I'm so proud of myself! I ate like a true vegan.

peace.