I'm openly declaring my love for this restaurant again. It's probably my current favorite place...and it's only, oh, probably about 12 hours away? So it's a long distance love affair. When we are in VT, we eat there at least twice. Because I am infatuated with the Buddha's Sesame Beef, I'm embarrassed to say I got it both times on this trip. Not only because it's so good, but because I was also trying to figure out the sauce. If you've eaten there and have any ideas, let me know!
I present to you, A Single Pebble. It's right in downtown Burlington. In one of our earlier visits there, the server told us that the owner's wife is vegan. I love hearing that stuff!
Buddha's Sesame Beef (Seitan)I'm just starting right in with my favorite. These are wonderfully crispy chunks of seitan in an incredible brown sauce of some kind, with a few vegetables thrown in. Amazing, amazing, amazing! This is like the-last-meal-I'll-ever-eat good.
Sichuan Shredded Pork (Tofu)
Dry Fried Green Beans with SeitanA really tasty side dish, with lots of flavor for so few ingredients. I highly recommend these, too.
Copper Kettle NoodlesAfter seeing so many tables slurping up noodles with their chopsticks on previous visits, we had to get a noodle dish. The original noodle in this isn't vegan and the server let us know and switched it. Way to be heads up, server! These were good, but I honestly probably wouldn't get them again. Just because they're closer to the kind of cooking I can do at home. I have yet to get a grip on the other dishes.
Ma Po TofuYou might remember our previous trip, when I came home and tried to recreate a Ma Po dish. While my version really works for us, in fact we're having it tonight, it doens't hold a candle to this one. It's deep, spicy, complex....and probably second only to the Sesame Beef in all we've eaten there.
In other eating around Vermont (most without pictures), here's a recap:
Foxfire in Stowe, did a great garlic and oil pasta for us.
There are two pizza places we tried in Stowe. One was PieCasso, where they informed us they even changed knives before cutting our vegetable-piled high pizza! The other is Pie in the Sky, who will make your pizza with your own cheese if you bring it. Both were delicious and really accomodating.
We also ate at La Trattoria in Stowe. I had this awesome broccoli rabe pasta special and Jim had the pomodoro. Both were great! We called ahead to see if they could do vegan and happened to get the Chef who said they'd do anything at all. How cool is that?
In Waterbury, we ate at Orcas. I think that is the name of it, but I can't find it online. You can see, we do a lot of Asian and a lot of Italian when we're on the road. It was fantastic and I'd eat there again in a minute. Lovely atmosphere, too.
Blue Benn, in Bennington, is really old diner that is always mobbed. I got a tofu scramble there that was pretty good, but also a little oily.
We hit New Ethic in Burlington, which is really NEW as in brand spanking new. The food was good, but all our pictures blurred. I had a chicken sandwich and Jim had a chili lime burger. The most amazing thing about the restaurant is their coconut bacon. I hate coconut...but this stuff was incredible! The very friendly owner offered us a sample after swearing it didn't taste like coconut. I don't know what magic they worked on it....but I added it to my sandwich after the sample. This place is all vegan and may have to work through a few kinks before finding it's place. But in the meantime, I'd love to live close enough to consider it an option for a quick lunch or dinner. Did I mention that it's all vegan? Major bonus points!
The pizza below is from Marigold Kitchen in North Bennington. This place is tiny. The owner's daughter is lactose intolerant, so he offers a soy cheese pizza. The pizza is really good. Big salads, too!
And I won't leave you without dessert! This blondie is from On the Rise Bakery, located in Richmond. They have a few vegan sandwiches, sometimes soups and some baked stuff, too. These were fresh from the oven (she literally got them while we waited) and were terrific. I ate around the nuts, of course.
In other eating around Vermont (most without pictures), here's a recap:
Foxfire in Stowe, did a great garlic and oil pasta for us.
There are two pizza places we tried in Stowe. One was PieCasso, where they informed us they even changed knives before cutting our vegetable-piled high pizza! The other is Pie in the Sky, who will make your pizza with your own cheese if you bring it. Both were delicious and really accomodating.
We also ate at La Trattoria in Stowe. I had this awesome broccoli rabe pasta special and Jim had the pomodoro. Both were great! We called ahead to see if they could do vegan and happened to get the Chef who said they'd do anything at all. How cool is that?
In Waterbury, we ate at Orcas. I think that is the name of it, but I can't find it online. You can see, we do a lot of Asian and a lot of Italian when we're on the road. It was fantastic and I'd eat there again in a minute. Lovely atmosphere, too.
Blue Benn, in Bennington, is really old diner that is always mobbed. I got a tofu scramble there that was pretty good, but also a little oily.
We hit New Ethic in Burlington, which is really NEW as in brand spanking new. The food was good, but all our pictures blurred. I had a chicken sandwich and Jim had a chili lime burger. The most amazing thing about the restaurant is their coconut bacon. I hate coconut...but this stuff was incredible! The very friendly owner offered us a sample after swearing it didn't taste like coconut. I don't know what magic they worked on it....but I added it to my sandwich after the sample. This place is all vegan and may have to work through a few kinks before finding it's place. But in the meantime, I'd love to live close enough to consider it an option for a quick lunch or dinner. Did I mention that it's all vegan? Major bonus points!
The pizza below is from Marigold Kitchen in North Bennington. This place is tiny. The owner's daughter is lactose intolerant, so he offers a soy cheese pizza. The pizza is really good. Big salads, too!
And I won't leave you without dessert! This blondie is from On the Rise Bakery, located in Richmond. They have a few vegan sandwiches, sometimes soups and some baked stuff, too. These were fresh from the oven (she literally got them while we waited) and were terrific. I ate around the nuts, of course.
As you can tell, we actually ate our way pretty much around the state. Next time I hope to make it to the new place in Brattleboro, too. Every restaurant we tried really went out of their way to make things work for us and acted like it was their pleasure. I didn't keep up so well with VeganMoFo when I was there. Obviously, it wasn't from lack of eating!Oh, Vermont, how I love you!
12 comments:
Who knew VT was so vegan friendly??
that was way too much good stuff!! where do I start???? [oh yeah...first wipe drool away...]
i knew vermont was so vegan friendly.....
i am excited to try some of those dishes at single pebble i need to branch out i always get the same thing haha
I think I love Vermont, too!
What good eats! That Chinese really ruffles my appetite - especially Jim's adventurous Sichuan Pork/Tofu pick.
I'm familiar with long-distance love-affairs with restaurants. I'm obsessed with a restaurant in Denver, CO called Watercourse. And I'm in San Diego, CA! (http://www.watercoursefoods.com/) I go to Denver three times per year and I hit up Watercourse as many times as I can manage while I'm there. I wish they would write a cookbook or better yet, open up a location here.
Anyhow, I've never been to Vermont but after reading your post, it seems like a friendlier place now. :)
a lot of people are surprised to hear how veggie friendly vermont can be. The Buddha Beef and those beans are frikin addictive!
Vermont is now officially on my list of states I need to visit!
Boy this is one mouth watering post. I don't blame you for ordering the same thing twice, it looks amazing!
Marni, it's so bittersweet, isn't it? I wish these guys would do a cookbook, too.
So much good food in VT! I envy you, Bex....
At Single Pebble, they also offer a tasting menu. The deal is everyone at the table has to get it, it's $15/person and is 5 tasting courses. I was so tempted to do it, but was afraid they wouldn't have that seitan in it!
Maybe next time.....(yeah, right!).
Good to know that there's a friendly spot in Vermont! If I ever make it back that way I'll have to remember this; the food looks amazing...
I found this a few days ago by Googling "Pie in the Sky VT vegan" and didn't realize until just now that you'd already commented on my blog post about Vermont.
...so helpful. :)
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