We made plans for i of our spare vacation weekdays to become exploring inward Preston. Stop i was Mad Cowgirls Vegan Grocery. Stop 2 (following a few op-shop visits) was meant to survive the relocated Discobeans. Sadly, they were nevertheless on summertime holidays. "No problems," nosotros thought, "we'll but caput downwardly to La Panella for pies." Another bust - shut until the 3rd. Luckily on our wanderings we'd stumbled across a newly opened branch of Lentil As Anything. Our failures left us amongst the perfect excuse to depository fiscal establishment check it out.
It's closer inward spirit to the St Kilda branch than the large i inward Abbotsford - there's a laid card amongst nigh a dozen dishes, a java automobile as well as homemade lemonade to drink. The overarching premise - not-for-profit as well as pay-what-you-feel - is the same, equally is the slightly hippyish vibe. The card covers the staples: a veggie burger, a few Indian as well as Thai curries, a vegge lasagne as well as hence forth. Gluten-free options are marked as well as but vegan ones aren't, hence double depository fiscal establishment check that when you're ordering.
Cindy tried the okonomiyaki - an already sliced upwards pancake dotted amongst mayo, sugariness soy sauce as well as pickled ginger surrounding a fresh salad.
The pancake was thin, but retained a soft centre. Flavour-wise, the pickled ginger was the star of the show, cutting through a pretty sugariness dressing.
I ordered the Vietnamese salad - shredded vegetables, marinated tofu, peanuts as well as crispy shallots dressed inward a soy chilli garlic dressing.
The salad was overnice as well as fresh amongst a decent sprinkling of peanuts as well as fried shallots for crunch. The marinated tofu was sweet, sparse as well as heavily marinated. The sauce was sugariness equally good - equally good sugariness actually - as well as lacking inward whatever form of chilli punch. The whole affair was a tiny chip disappointing - if they cutting downwardly the sugar/honey, added a chip of vinegar as well as a large whollop of chilli hence this would survive an fantabulous dish.
It feels a chip churlish to grumble nigh the character of the nutrient - Lentil As Anything is doing non bad travel based on wonderful values as well as is good worth our support. I prefer the Abbotsford version, where you lot larn a rotating alternative of dishes, but it's lovely to run across them expanding their operations northwards.
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You tin read nigh our previous visits to the St Kilda as well as Abbotsford branches. Nobody else has blogged nigh this novel Preston branch yet.
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Lentil As Anything
288 High Street, Preston
9471 3307
pay whatever you lot want!
http://lentilasanything.com
Accessibility: There's a unmarried large stride equally you lot larn into as well as a reasonably spacious forepart room. We ordered at the tabular array as well as paid via i of the magic boxes installed quite high on the wall. We didn't explore the courtyard or view the toilets.
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