I’ve lived in LA for 10 years now and have been vegan for the past four years.
All of the best food I’ve had has been after going vegan. I’ve learned to cook well (I never liked handling bloody dead animal parts) and I’ve discovered much more variety in the vegan food scene than I think I’ve had in my life.
The only downside? Going back to my hellhole red state is rough and if I can’t cook I end up eating a lot of Impossible Whoppers, fries and salads.
I’m not vegan but I agree. I’ve said this before but meat is kind of a crutch and branching out into plant based menus has led to a lot of creativity. Plus plant based dishes look better— not terribly important, but nice.
I find 11MP’s food to be better now that it’s entirely plant based, and have found myself using less and less meat at home. Besides unhealthy fast food for the calories while bulking and some restaurants that aren’t as forward thinking, I’ve found myself accidentally almost pescatarian these days. Meat based dishes just lack a certain something.
One day I’d like to be vegan but I lack the strength of will. It does feel like talented chefs like Crenn or Kofoed could have me there sooner than expected, and largely unintentionally.
Not knowing it was plant-based, I got a monstrous jumbo something-or-other burger from Monty’s Good Burger in LA.
Honestly I almost freaked out at how good it was, and even went back to the place just to tell them it was the best burger I ever had.
It’s the one thing pulling me west
I’ve lived in LA for 10 years now and have been vegan for the past four years.
All of the best food I’ve had has been after going vegan. I’ve learned to cook well (I never liked handling bloody dead animal parts) and I’ve discovered much more variety in the vegan food scene than I think I’ve had in my life.
The only downside? Going back to my hellhole red state is rough and if I can’t cook I end up eating a lot of Impossible Whoppers, fries and salads.
I’m not vegan but I agree. I’ve said this before but meat is kind of a crutch and branching out into plant based menus has led to a lot of creativity. Plus plant based dishes look better— not terribly important, but nice.
I find 11MP’s food to be better now that it’s entirely plant based, and have found myself using less and less meat at home. Besides unhealthy fast food for the calories while bulking and some restaurants that aren’t as forward thinking, I’ve found myself accidentally almost pescatarian these days. Meat based dishes just lack a certain something.
One day I’d like to be vegan but I lack the strength of will. It does feel like talented chefs like Crenn or Kofoed could have me there sooner than expected, and largely unintentionally.