August 6, 2011: The Mercy Topographic Point Ii

Edit 07/06/2012: The Mercy Seat is forthwith closed.

first view to The Mercy Seat had acted every bit a variety of barbarous taunt to our coeliac buddy K from and turned some a weblog quicker than nosotros have!).

Cindy in addition to I had spent our offset view eyeing off the diverse dishes nosotros hadn't ordered, so were happy to cause got some other adventure at the menu. Cindy went amongst the vegan BLT bagel (seasoned vegetarian bacon amongst sliced tomato, lettuce in addition to house-made mayo on a savoury bagel, $8). The 'bacon' seemed to endure a slightly tastier version than the measure Sanitarium fare (Redwood maybe) in addition to the bagel was nicely toasted, but it turned out a trivial on the dry out side. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 heavier manus amongst the mayo would cause got this to a yummier place.

I decided to dissever ii savoury dishes, thank yous to Toby's enthusiasm for sharing. First up, the scrambled tofu I'd admired from afar on our offset view (pan-fried organic scrambled tofu, sautéed amongst sugariness Castilian onion in addition to sliced avocado on toasted rye, $10).

This was every bit practiced every bit it looks - turmeric in addition to cayenne pepper were the most obvious spices inward the tofu mix, but I reckon they mightiness cause got snuck some cumin inward every bit well. It's a generous serve for $10, peculiarly amongst the avo on the side. Impressive.

Our other dissever savoury was the Philly cheesesteak whorl (torn vegetarian beef chunks, sauteed amongst chopped mushrooms, bell peppers in addition to onion, covered amongst a melted cheese sauce on an organic baguette roll, $11/$11.50 amongst vegan cheese).

EBC's terrifyingly delicious cheesesteak roll amongst some pretty excellently flavoured mock-meat inward a fresh, crusty. It's awkward to eat, peculiarly amongst the thick layer of yellowish sauce on run past times (the vegan version, mayhap made using nooch, is pictured). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fight junkier than the scrambled tofu in addition to non quite every bit peachy every bit the blackened tofu burger I had concluding fourth dimension but all the same a success.

Along amongst g-f bread, the Mercy Seat had added a homemade lemonade to their repertoire since our offset trip - at $2 a drinking glass this is a sugariness in addition to tangy process that taunts yous past times looking simply similar a delicious mojito would.

Cindy was keen to sample 1 of the desserts (all vegan on our visit), opting for this cupcake ($4).

This was ordered inward business office to satisfy K's curiousity - she'd seen mortal at some other tabular array larn 1 in addition to idea that it mightiness cause got been vegan meringue. It was simply prettily swirled two-tone vanilla icing though, on a tasty trivial vanilla cupcake.

We're ii wins from ii attempts at The Mercy Seat - they've got a pocket-sized carte du jour of actually well-priced vegan-friendly meals. They were doing a pretty practiced merchandise on Saturday, so the discussion is clearly getting out.

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Read nearly our offset view to The Mercy Seat here. Since then, Mapping the Peace cause got given it a practiced write-up.

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The Mercy Seat
31 Johnston Street, Collingwood
no phone
brekkies $7.5 - $10, lunches $10-$12
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Accessibility: Flat entryway amongst a pocket-sized stride betwixt the front end room in addition to the room amongst the counter (which is where yous lodge in addition to pay). It's fairly spacious in addition to tardily to larn around, although nosotros didn't suss out the bath situation.