pulse cafe: tomorrow

[thespian.livejournal.com]

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Somerville-MA/The-Pulse-Cafe/210782108571

also on their website: http://www.thepulsecafe.com/

they're opening tomorrow from 5 to 9 pm.

Ron would like you to know they're a vegan cafe (but not earthy crunchy, despite the wheatgrass shots: a look at their menu reveals a lot of traditionally meaty things, like a seitan-based gyro that I want to try), and they're at 195 Elm St., the former site of Joey's Thai Cafe.

Comments

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused how "traditionally meaty things" work at a vegan restaurant...something's either meaty or it isn't, and vegan...isn't.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Yeah, having eaten their food plenty of times, I'm a little baffled by it myself.

[ron_newman]

Baffled by the description or by how they prepare the food?

Pronoun/Antecedent Fail

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Oops, by the description. The food I quite enjoy. :)

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I think the OP means there are meat-like dishes/substitutes, although seitan is, in my personal opinion, not the best example of that.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

How can it not be obvious? Dishes that are traditionally prepared using meat (such gyros) are instead prepared using a meat-substitute that is vegan (such as seitan). The restaurant Grasshopper has been doing this for years, serving some vegan dishes that mimic the flavor and texture of meat-based dishes for those who like that taste but don't want to eat any actual animal products. Nothing new.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was a problem either. well, obviously.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I think there's an implied difference between "meaty" and "meat."

In the context of "vegan restaurant" then meaty would mean it has no meat but has a meatlike quality.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

"A food traditionally prepared with meat is instead prepared with a vegan protein, such as seitan, tempeh, or tofu."