veg-couver bc

remember how i said i took the train up to vancouver to see the lumineers last weekend? well i thought it'd be nice to tell you guys about what i ate there! cause, ya know, that's what this blog is. just me talking about all the food i eat and how much i like it. still with me? there are pretty pictures, i promise.

the wallflower was a diner we spent most of our time is. like, literally two days in a row we were there. they serve meat & dairy but have a bitchin' separate menu for vegans. WORD. the first night we got a full dinner which included the best vegan mac & cheese i have ever had, and i have had a LOT of different mac & cheese's in my time. please note the cheese crust. CHEESE CRUST. it was incredible. i also got a black dahlia cocktail which was vanilla stoli, southern comfort and coke. i don't know if you guys know this, but i am a sucker for specialty cocktails. ugh, so good. highly recommend this place if you're in vancouver.

www.thewallflowermoderndiner.com

and here, to your right, is the best reason i can give you to go to the wallflower, and, indeed, to go to vancouver. this vegan creme brulee nearly killed me with its delicious. truly. we ate it both days we were there AND IT COMES IN A TEACUP. i don't know what else you need. also it goes well with whiskey (their $4 well whiskey is jim beam, too. can you tell i love this place?)

the concert was beautiful, the heroine addicts were
rampant, but i don't have pictures of those things and that's not really what you're here for, is it? we spent most of the next day (prior to crawling back to the wallflower for aforementioned whiskey + creme brulee) in the gastown district, which was super adorable and old time-y. we stumbled into the first coffee shop we found because i am incapable of function (without screaming) before i am caffeinated and OH MAN. it was good. parallel, it was called. to your left is a brownie, a mocha (pretty foam art and all, props to the barista, that shit's tough), my coffee with soy + cinnamon, and MAGICAL JOY IN VEGAN PASTRY FORM. pumpkin date coconut something with cashew butter and almond crust. holy god. i got two and had to stuff the second one in my face on the train before customs. all class, this girl.

before we got on the train we went to a kitschy cute cheap & veg-friendly burrito joint called budgie's. i got a chipotle tofu burrito with guacamole (not pictured) and it was AWESOME (i need some new adjectives). also we had some beers with jesus (pictured).
www.budgiesburritos.com/

also here's a picture of a rabbit girl in a fun antique shop we explored.

the moral of the story is, you gotta know where you're going in vancouver, kids. for multiple reasons. one is that if you go down a certain street (the street our hotel was on, in fact), you will be met with a city unto itself of heroine addicts. i have never seen anything like it. also, there are some really amazing places to eat, but you gotta do your research beforehand. in this case, i've done it for you! thank me later. 

xo m