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m café again, on the go
2June 3rd, 2008LA restaurants, m caféon the way home from the airport after my trip to seattle, i decided to swing by m café to pick up something light and healthy—a salad, maybe, to make up for all the sinful vegan food i’d been enjoying over the past few days. i pulled up the m café menu on my mobile device and picked out what i thought would be a healthy salad. tons of vegetables and something called “tofu chevre”. i had no clue what that meant, but it had to be healthy, right? i’m pretty sure i was mistaken.
the bistro: organic mixed baby greens, slow-roasted beets, portobello confit, house-made tofu chevre, candied walnuts, red wine & shallot vinaigrette $10.95the salad was pretty incredible, but i had no idea it would be covered in huge pieces of breaded and fried tofu! ugh, there went my healthy-dinner plan. of course the tofu was so delicious, i had to eat every last piece, despite its fat content.
i don’t know what m café does to their salads, but they are always flawless. the produce was top notch, and the red wine vinaigrette was a light, refreshing contrast to the heavy, filling tofu. a creamy dressing would have totally overpowered it, but as always, m café got it right.
oh, and for the record, i still think it’s better to get m café food to go (there was a huge line and tons of rude people when i picked up my food. it probably took about 15 minutes, even though my meal was pre-ordered)!
i promise to tell you when i decide to be brave and dine in again. 😉
P.S. doesn’t that picture of the salad in the take-away container look like a tofu ghost suffocating to death? or is it just me?
Tags: salad, tofu
2 responses to “m café again, on the go”
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I’ll have to try that salad (minus the onion and shallot vinaigrette, of course…ew). I used to love have a warm chevre salad in France.
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Ok so before I said that M Cafe was my favorite andblah blah blah — last week I sat down at the communal table and was forced into a horrible conversation with a crazy man who I couldn’t seem to get away from. I’m starting to side with you on the take-away!!
Vegyogini June 3rd, 2008 at 09:46