East Coast Veganventure Day 1 + 2: NYC and Vegan Treats

7 days. 10 cities. Lots of great food and people! Louzilla invited me to be her guest at the Farm Sanctuary’s 25th Anniversary Intern Retreat. While I was out there visiting Farm Sanctuary for the first time, I made a multi-city trip out of it, starting in NYC, making stops in Bethlehem, Allentown, Syracuse, Ithaca, Blairstown NJ, Providence, Newport, and Boston!
I know I’d never get around to this blog post if I tried to cram everything into one little post, so I’m splitting it up into days!

I flew into NYC from Milwaukee on the first day, caught public transportation from the airport, then was immediately greeted with a 5 minute torrential downpour when I got above ground. I showed up a little soaked to dinner with Terry at Red Bamboo, but after some delicious deep-fried goodness, it was all good.
I ordered the Butterfly Soy Chops:

No trip to NYC is complete without a visit to Lula’s Sweet Apothecary. This is a sundae with mint chip and strawberry ice creams, caramel, marshmallow cream, and their beloved coconut whipped cream.

I stayed with my friend Rachel in Brooklyn for the night, then had a bit of time to wander around in the morning.

My plans in NYC for the day were with Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan of Our Hen House! We recorded an interview for Episode 78. Check it out through their website or subscribe on iTunes!
Afterward, they showed me around the area. We stopped by Sacred Chow and Lifethyme Natural Market, then we parted ways and it was time for me to head to the bus station.

I had this delicious sandwich from Sacred Chow on the bus to Bethlehem, PA.

Yes, Bethlehem! Home of Vegan Treats Bakery!

Louzilla and Jen picked me up from the bus station, then we met up with Megan and Natalie at Vegan Treats and got a little bit of everything (well, almost everything).

S’mores Cake

Chocolate Lava Cheesecake

Chocolate Mousse Cake

French Vanilla Mousse Pie

This was one of the best things I’ve ever tasted! I have no idea what it’s made out of, but holy shit is it good!

We then hopped over to a Chinese restaurant across the street called Ruby Cafe. It’s good to know that restaurant is there if you want to top off your sugar coma with a Chinese food imitation meat coma. We ordered a few “chicken” and vegetable dishes, hung out for a while, then were on our way home to Louzilla’s. We went out dancing that night at The Stonewall in Allentown with a few of her friends, then got a night of sleep in preparation for a long trip on day 3.

[to be continued]

The end of MoFo: #20. NYC Food. Wrap up.

So even though these last two posts say December 1st, I think my time zone on WordPress is off because it’s currently 11:15pm CST on the last day of November! I so didn’t cheat!
I will do a more thorough post about NYC and the book signing on The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur, but here’s a little walkthrough of what I ate in NYC for four days.

My first meal was at Curly’s. This is the open-face turkey sandwich with cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, and kale.

Dinner that night was at Angelica Kitchen. This is the ginger miso tahini chickpea butternut yummy salad of the day, featuring the lovely Melisser in the background.

Cornbread with Miso Tahini spread.

Pumpkin Danish and Strawberry Cheesecake Brownie from Champ’s, both made by Evan of bjorkedoff.

Foodswings before the book signing!

Plate of drumsticks and chipotle cheese fries

Tempeh Reuben at S’nice

Lemon Donut from Babycakes

Oh my gosh I finished MoFo!
I’m going to go to sleep now (but first homework..). Thanks for following my blog this month, everyone! Posting nearly everyday surely will kick my ass into gear to post more often than usual before the start of MoFo. I may or may not have a cookbook challenge planned for the month of December. Check back soon!
<3
Kelly

MoFo #11: Lula’s Sweet Apothecary in NYC

I ate at Lula’s for “dinner” three nights in a row during my trip. Lula’s rotates a bunch of different flavors of ice cream (all of which they offer samples), and offers sundaes, cones, bowls, soft serve, banana splits, and brownie sundaes, and the owner, Blythe, is absolutely awesome. I found myself at this cute little vegan ice cream parlor in Manhattan’s East Village three nights in a row, and I’m certainly not complaining.

The first night we went to Lula’s I got a banana split. This is coffee, strawberry, and maple waffle ice cream with marshmallow topping, hot fudge, coconut whipped cream, and a cherry on top.

The next day I decided to get something lighter, and wanted to try as many varieties of what Lula’s has to offer, so i got a twist soft serve cone. This is what soft serve is supposed to taste like. MMM.

This was my last trip, on Sunday night. Nestled underneath the whipped cream and cherry is caramel ginger cookie and rocky road ice cream. Not pictured, was another scoop of coffee ice cream.

I’m so sad to be back in Milwaukee.

P.S. My pants actually still fit.