Veganmofo; HRM Hidden Gem: Formosa Tea House

If you know me, you have probably heard me take place in Darthmouth Bashing. It happens, the bridge thou shall not cross etc. However, let me tell you about a magical Vegan Heaven that exists across the bridge of doom.

Formosa's Tea House.



This place specializes in Vegetarian Foods, ingredients are listed on the menu so vegan items can be found out. They import all kinds of funky fake meats and their portions are huge for the prices.

Plus they have tea! Lots and lots of tea and other gifts.

Their snack menu contains a million different Vegan Delights, dumplings steamed or fried are my favourite. Mock Ham, Cabbage, Mushrooms, Tofu and all kinds of goodness lurks inside. Plus Vegan Oyster Sauce. Amazing.


They do Wontos, soups and curries. Steam buns of all kinds (many vegan ones like the BBQ Bun and Red Bean).

We had a mini vegan party to celebrate Blake Graduating. I forgot again to take photos, too busy eating Sorry!.


Here's my Vegan Red Curry Mutton with rice (all meals have rice or noodle option).

And the 20 dumpling order we split around the table, this is half way through the feasting is up top.

The owner is adorable and amazingly helpful, our tea is always re-steeped and he does the neat Green Tea Pouring with the ceramic shots and encourages you to try it.

You can also get their meals tax free and frozen to go. And the offer complimentary candies and fresh fruit with your meal! One of my new favourite places.

Veganmofo: Late night snack

NaNaNaNaNa...KALE CHIPS!! KALE CHIPS!!

Yup, the farmers market produced a lovely haul of kale, so I decided to bake them into salty nooch heaven. There are some super complex recipes out there but I keep mine dirt simple.

Lazy-persons-kale-chips

• 1 bunch of kale, de-stemmed, dried and torn
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1/2 cup of nooch
• 1 tbp coarse salt or more to taste
• 1 tbp chili powder

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.

Wash, de-stem and dry your kale. Toss dry torn leaves into a bowl with oil and massage until coated. Afterwards dump/sprinkle in the nooch. Toss and massage some more, before adding the salt and chili powder. Alternatively take you noochy kale and lay it out in a single layer then sprinkle with salt/chili powder.

Bake for about 5-7 minutes, until the kale is crispy but not burnt.

 Eat immediate and pat yourself on the back for all those super food nutrients you are now enjoying.

Better than grilled cheese

This is one of Zoe's favorite sandwiches, which I had the pleasure of eating the other day. If you've never tried this, I recommend you change that asap.

The sandwich is stuffed with sauted vegetables (onions and garlic mandatory), then the bread is spread with hummus, stuffed with the vegetables and grilled. Served hot and steamy.

Tis the Season

For apple crisp!

Old Family recipe, made better with fresh lemon juice. Serve with vegan vanilla ice cream and enjoy.

Inside shot, apples cook into a sauce or soft bake, apple sauce meets apple pie filling










































Tart, sweet and perfectly spiced with a delightful topping crunch.

Food

It really is a miraculous thing. The smells, taste, sensations and emotions brought about by food are some of the most powerful. Everyone can remember the elation feeling of your favorite treat as a child, or how a warm cup of soup or hot cocoa can lift your spirits and warm your core.

At the end of a hard day many people go home and indulge in a sweet of some sort, or a salty delight. Favorite dishes can remind us of simpler and easier times in our lives or simply lift our moods out of a horrible day. Food can cure our many wounds, fight off colds and flues, help heal a broken heart, keep us focus or simply provide a relaxing escape.

That being said, there are fresh hot-out-of-the-oven Vegan Cookies and I just devoured one, and all is well. So in honor of VeganMofo, Yourself, This post, or just because you want one Go out and eat a fresh vegan cookie and feel the joy. If your the giving type share some with friends and be merry.

Product review!

Holy awesome. It's not chocolate, but the slightly graining consistency of Carob has grown on me through these delightful bars of wonder.
Goldies Premium Carob Bars
Are sweet, hydrogenated oil free, contain no refined sugars, no chocolate, no caffeine, no cocoa, no preservatives and surely no conservatives either. But man are these babies good. Today's feature is the delightful banana, the odd thing is after the sweet grainy carob goodness (seriously close to milk chocolate on the sweet scale but better) comes the bananay punch, it honestly taste like real bananas and banana candies all at onces. The taste is there, present, powerful but not over bearing. Almost a swallow and enjoy kinda presence.

Great treat, decently good for you in a "I'm still a candy bar" kinda way. Over all a 8.5/10.
Enjoy em.

Lolo's Testing

OMG, OMG, OMG.
Lolo you are amazing!!
Sweat and Sour tofu is so good.
Crispy, tasty and my god, awesome.
So good my mother (pickier than a 4 year old) ate tofu and lots of it!




Go out and buy her cook book the moment it comes out.

Y-U-M

**Sorry all my photos are blurry and the rest was eaten too fast for seconds.