{"id":1476,"date":"2012-06-20T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T22:52:55","slug":"vegetarians-paradise-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/20\/vegetarians-paradise-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetarian&#8217;s Paradise 2, Greenwich Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know what\u2019s better than soul food? Vegan soul food. Mmm, yes. Before we visited Boston, my sister kept talking about <a title=\"Bon Chon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonchon.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bon Chon<\/a>. I like fried chicken, but veggie fried chicken is even better. I\u2019ve been to fried chicken places much like Bon Chon, where the chicken tastes great, but isn\u2019t a good deal. <a title=\"Vegetarian\u2019s Paradise\u00a02\" href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/31\/vegetarians-paradise-2\/\">VP2<\/a>\u2018s veggie fried chicken hits the spot and is very reasonably priced. We always leave VP2 feeling stuffed!<\/p>\n<p>Three of us shared the Texas Fried Chicken ($10.95) and Baby Back Ribs ($11.95). Fries, tater tots and a small serving of peas\/carrots on the side. Both the chicken and ribs were soy-based veggie meats with a stringy meat-like texture. I\u2019m always impressed by imitation meat with that texture. The ribs were slathered in BBQ sauce. Tasted very similar to MorningStar riblets, but not as salty. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1491\" title=\"VP2 - World Famous Crispy Soul Chicken\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7.jpg?w=584&amp;h=438\" alt=\"VP2 - World Famous Crispy Soul Chicken\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/91.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492\" title=\"VP2 - BBQ Baby Back Ribs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/91.jpg?w=584&amp;h=438\" alt=\"VP2 - BBQ Baby Back Ribs\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/91.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/91-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/91-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>VP2 now has beer on the menu! I\u2019m normally not the biggest fan of Sierra Nevada, but the Torpedo was a good one. A big IPA with lots and lots of hops and 7.2% alcohol content. A nice complement to the entrees. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1493\" title=\"Sierra Nevada Torpedo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/6.jpg?w=584&amp;h=778\" alt=\"Sierra Nevada Torpedo\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/6-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Wen tried one of their mixed juices. The Cold Buster ($4.50 for 16oz), which had apples, grapefruit and ginger. Pretty tasty. Might want to get one of those next time.<\/p>\n<p>After VP2, we went over to Alice\u2019s in the Financial District. Amazing view from the roof! So many pretty lights. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1498\" title=\"Manhattan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/141.jpg?w=584&amp;h=438\" alt=\"Manhattan\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/141.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/141-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/141-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 268px; left: 91px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know what\u2019s better than soul food? Vegan soul food. Mmm, yes. Before we visited Boston, my sister kept talking about Bon Chon. I like fried chicken, but veggie fried chicken is even better. I\u2019ve been to fried chicken places much like Bon Chon, where the chicken tastes great, but isn\u2019t a good deal. VP2\u2018s veggie fried chicken hits the spot and is very reasonably priced. We always leave VP2 feeling stuffed! Three of us shared the Texas Fried Chicken ($10.95) and Baby Back Ribs ($11.95). Fries, tater tots and a small serving of peas\/carrots on the side. Both the chicken and ribs were soy-based veggie meats with a stringy meat-like texture. I\u2019m always impressed by imitation meat with that texture. The ribs were slathered in BBQ sauce. Tasted very similar to MorningStar riblets, but not as salty. VP2 now has beer on the menu! I\u2019m normally not the biggest fan of Sierra Nevada, but the Torpedo was a good one. A big IPA with lots and lots of hops and 7.2% alcohol content. A nice complement to the entrees. Wen tried one of their mixed juices. The Cold Buster ($4.50 for 16oz), which had apples, grapefruit and ginger. Pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3355,3358,3639],"tags":[194,210,1054,1147,1173,1715,2571,2652,2732,2861,3162],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}