Mother's Day Brunch

Breakfast is my least favorite meal when it comes to dining out at traditional restaurants.  There is hardly anything to choose from on the menu, so I usually end up ordering hashbrown potatoes and toast without butter.  How boring!  But I really wanted to go out for a nice Mother's Day brunch so I phoned up the The Boathouse restaurant a few weeks ago and asked what they were serving for Mother's Day, and explained that I am vegan.

What luck that they were not serving their regular menu - which is mainly seafood and not veg-friendly - they were having a brunch buffet, and they assured me that there would be lots of things for me to eat.  So I made the reservation for me and some close friends (and of course l'il Gordita) and waited patiently for today to come.

I tried to make the most of what they offered - which would have been a lot more if I ate eggs, but there really wasn't as many options as I had hoped for to make it worth the $35.00 price.

Here's my eggless, cheeseless omelette from the omelette bar:

 

Roasted potatoes with cracked peppercorns, mixed greens and watermelon:

  

 And Gordita with my pink carnation - a gift they were handing out to all the moms:

 

It looks like she's sniffing it, but in reality she took a bite and tried to eat it!

I did go back for another round of fresh fruit - strawberries, kiwi and pineapple, crackers, more potaoes and more salad but I didn't take another photo because it was practically the same thing again.  Also not pictured, the delicous mimosa.  What's brunch without a mimosa?

The Afghan Horseman

I went for dinner last night with a friend to a Vancouver restaurant called The Afghan Horseman.  They have tables and chairs like every other restaurant, but there is also a dimly-lit room (where we sat) in which the table is very close to the floor, and you sit cross-legged on cushions.  It was so comfortable and relaxing.

 There are lots of vegetarian items on the menu - in fact they will prepare just about anything on the menu as a vegetarian dish if it isn't already one.  I ordered "The Vegan Plate"  which had a cucmber salad, potato fritters, rice with carrots, almonds & raisins, lentil dahl, and cauliflower.  Everything was delicious!