But anyway, the super-awesome Tuttle gave a great speech on his bestselling pro-vegan book, World Peace Diet, which I have yet to read. But I'm definitely inspired to read the book now. He's such a kind and compassionate dude, and he's been vegan for 30 years!After Tuttle's inspiring lecture, our group of about 30 people moved into the dining area at Escape Alley Sundry, a cute little diner tucked into an alley off of Marshall Ave. They offer a few vegan options on their regular menu (veggie chili and veggie dogs, which can be combined to make a veggie chili dog with the works!). But since owners Russell and Jo knew we were coming, they worked up a special vegan menu for us. We were offered Red Bean & Rice with Tofurky Kielbasa, Vegan Loaded Nachos, a Mushroom Pasta, a variety of nut butter sandwiches, and more.
In true Memphis spirit, I went with the BBQ Tofu Sandwich with Vegan Coleslaw:
Super good! The tofu was super-saucy, and the coleslaw was fantastic. And if that wasn't enough, Escape Alley even offered us a few vegan cupcakes! I went with the Vanilla Almond Cupcake because I'm a vanilla kind of gal:
The desserts were created by a talented local baker named Karina Khan, who makes ridiculously-good vegan cupcakes. She also sells her cupcakes and layer cakes at the brand-new Imagine Vegan Cafe in Cooper-Young.On that note, Imagine Vegan Cafe, Memphis' ONLY all-vegan food restaurant, opened its doors last Saturday, and it is AMAZING! I'll be doing a massive Imagine post later this week, as I'm trying to collect photos of as many dishes as possible. That means lots of eating out. The life of a food blogger is so hard. ;-)
Anyway, thanks to Will Tuttle and Escape Alley Sundry for one of our best Food Awareness meetings ever!
great post!
ReplyDeleteUm...all of that food looks mouthwatering. Wish we had a restaurant like that here!
ReplyDeleteI hope you're doing ok! I saw a ton of footage of all the flooding that's going on out there.
ReplyDeleteYour BBQ tofu sammich is tempting me to fall off the no processed foods wagon I'm on! I'm a vanilla kind of girl too; I always choose it over chocolate :)
i had a great time, it was awesome to finaly meet and hang out with you!! Nice to see you gave into the cupcakes LOL and I think her name was Karina...
ReplyDeleteI haven't read his book either but he sounds really smart and sweet. I'll look into it!
ReplyDeleteThe BBQ tofu sandwich looks awesome, and I love pretty much ANY slaw.
Looks like a great day. I'm with you...eating out is sooooo hard to do!
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