{"id":7158,"date":"2015-05-20T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T10:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:48:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T22:48:14","slug":"franchia-murray-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/franchia-murray-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Franchia, Murray Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Franchia<\/a><\/p>\n

In between errands on a sunny spring day, I ducked into Franchia<\/a> for a quick lunch. Blending the traditional and the modern, Franchia’s multi-level space offers a relaxing escape from the hustle and bustle of Midtown. I arrived right as they opened for lunch at noon, and they filled up quickly within the next half hour. It seems like a good place for a casual business lunch.<\/p>\n

\"Franchia<\/a><\/p>\n

Franchia is the sister restaurant of Hangawi<\/a>, and even though both locations offer a tranquil, zen vibe, Franchia is supposed to be more of a casual cafe for a quick bite. The 100% vegan menu offers a variety of Asian fusion dishes, but it seems like Korean food is the main focus here.<\/p>\n

It was one of the first hot days this year (high of 83F!), and I couldn’t wait to cool off with an iced pomegranate tea ($5). The tea was refreshing, but not anything particularly special.<\/p>\n

\"Pomegranate<\/a><\/p>\n

There are $12 lunch specials, but I ended up ordering off the regular menu because I really wanted the Avocado Bibimbap ($13.95). I can’t get enough of avocado lately! For an extra $1, you can upgrade to a hot stone bowl, but I stuck to the regular bowl. My bibimbap had avocado, tofu, carrots, zucchini, shiitake mushrooms, and lettuce over brown rice.<\/p>\n

\"Avocado<\/a><\/p>\n

A giant bowl of veggies over rice makes me a really happy girl! I forgot to mention which type of sauce I wanted, but my bibimbap came with a sweet and salty peanut sauce was very tasty with all the veggies and tofu. It also came with a small side of pickled cabbage. A delicious and healthy meal. Places like this make it ridiculously easy to be vegan!<\/p>\n

\"Avocado<\/a><\/p>\n

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In between errands on a sunny spring day, I ducked into Franchia for a quick lunch. Blending the traditional and the modern, Franchia’s multi-level space offers a relaxing escape from the hustle and bustle of Midtown. I arrived right as they opened for lunch at noon, and they filled up quickly within the next half hour. It seems like a good place for a casual business lunch. Franchia is the sister restaurant of Hangawi, and even though both locations offer a tranquil, zen vibe, Franchia is supposed to be more of a casual cafe for a quick bite. The 100% vegan menu offers a variety of Asian fusion dishes, but it seems like Korean food is the main focus here. It was one of the first hot days this year (high of 83F!), and I couldn’t wait to cool off with an iced pomegranate tea ($5). The tea was refreshing, but not anything particularly special. There are $12 lunch specials, but I ended up ordering off the regular menu because I really wanted the Avocado Bibimbap ($13.95). I can’t get enough of avocado lately! For an extra $1, you can upgrade to a hot stone bowl, but I stuck to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3355,3358,3639],"tags":[110,117,241,442,896,1114,1360,1567,1715,1783,1824,1910,2218,2378,3069,3131,3132],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1637.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158"}],"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=7158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}