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Tao Palate — Brooklynian

Tao Palate

old time brooklyn
old time brooklyn
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Taking over Chocolate Monkey. Looks like a generic Asian restaurant.
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  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia

    Subject: Re: Tao Palate

    Old Time Brooklyn wrote: Taking over Chocolate Monkey. Looks like a generic Asian restaurant.
    generic how? thai blah or japanese blah or fusion blah or what?
  • old time brooklyn
    old time brooklyn
    Decor blah.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    ah. so in other words ... we'll see what blah, or, if we are super lucky, not-blah, we get from blah decor. thanks for the 411
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    I heard it was a vegetarian place. I'll check again when I pass by today.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    meep.
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    The correct answer is Pan-Asian Vegan Cuisine. You know, as long as they do a good fake duck, they're alright by me.
  • old time brooklyn
    old time brooklyn
    Vegan? Yuck. Only a soylent green restaurant could be less appealing.

    At least they're next door to Geido so they can suck in harmony.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I kinda hate fake meat. I'd rather have good, old fashioned tofu. give me well flavored and cooked tofu mash on some rice and I'm a happy girl. these fakey places annoy me. maybe because if I want a piece of fried chicken ... I'm gonna get a piece of fried chicken. I guess I'm just not cut out for the vegan thing?
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    or heck, I had this lovely cold, slightly marinated tofu at a japanese place in noho that was delectable. it was creamy and nutty and the marinade was simple - just soy and a dash of sweet rice wine vinegar. it was the perfection of the tofu that was so brilliant. so yeah. no fake meat, AFN wants a bowl of cold, marinaded tofu!!!!!!!
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    ala, you're making me hungry all over again. I just made one of those left-over fridge omolettes.
  • bill c
    bill c
    The Yarn Monkey wrote: The correct answer is Pan-Asian Vegan Cuisine. You know, as long as they do a good fake duck, they're alright by me.
    i believe this is fake wabbit season.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    The Yarn Monkey wrote: ala, you're making me hungry all over again. I just made one of those left-over fridge omolettes.
    oh I love those. I always try to steal enough of my leftover's at franny's back from carnivore (he also consumes his wife's - he's a piglet, too bad about the skinny thing) so I can make an awesome pasta with botarga (sp) and chili flake omelet. yum. I wonder if fake meat from new happy fake place works for that?
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    bill c wrote: [quote=The Yarn Monkey]The correct answer is Pan-Asian Vegan Cuisine. You know, as long as they do a good fake duck, they're alright by me.
    i believe this is fake wabbit season.

    Mmmmmmm. Welsh Wabbit with Bransdon pickle. Now that you can't make with tofu.
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    alafairnadia wrote: oh I love those. I always try to steal enough of my leftover's at franny's back from carnivore (he also consumes his wife's - he's a piglet, too bad about the skinny thing) so I can make an awesome pasta with botarga (sp) and chili flake omelet. yum. I wonder if fake meat from new happy fake place works for that?
    You know, I bet their fresh sardines would make an excellent omelette. But I'm sure they'd never make if off the table into a doggy bag.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    The Yarn Monkey wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]oh I love those. I always try to steal enough of my leftover's at franny's back from carnivore (he also consumes his wife's - he's a piglet, too bad about the skinny thing) so I can make an awesome pasta with botarga (sp) and chili flake omelet. yum. I wonder if fake meat from new happy fake place works for that?
    You know, I bet their fresh sardines would make an excellent omelette. But I'm sure they'd never make if off the table into a doggy bag.

    now I'M hungry. grrrr.

    (are there fake sardines?)
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    To-fish? Ewww. I bet that's like breaded salty eraser.
  • j0518
    j0518
    Tao Palate could either be the next Zen Palate (yum), or the next Vegetarian Palate (notsomuch.)

    Either way, its a hell of a lot more useful in that location than The Chocolate Monkey or the Wall Lounge.

    I must admit that I stole a $1.99 muffin from the Monkey once. when they first opened, i tried to get a cup of coffee there one morning. they had no change and decided to LOCK ME IN while he went across the street for change. i say they had it coming.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    wait. you actually LIKE zen palate? the only good part about that joint is the byob/my underage in the us vegetarian harry potter friends from the uk get to drink aspect. otherwise that joint has zero redeeming values in my book. blech.

    I mean, seriously - why can't a veggie joint make:

    a) a fucking awesome salad

    and/or

    b) delicious, fresh silken tofu?

    this isn't difficult. if I have to figure out how to use my parents wood burning french bread oven and read french guy's recipe AND make the bread ... in ecuador (altitude!) these asshats have an easy job they're getting paid for.
  • j0518
    j0518
    I love Zen Palate. First veggie restaurant I ever ate at in my life when I moved to NYC. Love the Sesame Medallions.

    I never got to eat at the "upscale" Zen Palate in the back of the 14th street one, though. No clue what that was like.

    Never eaten at Gobo either. I'm aware it's supposed to run rings around it.

    I'm really looking forward to Zao Palate. I really hope they don't dissapoint. While I like Snice, they only do sandwiches, and the V Spot just isn't enough up to snuff with me. I need something other than the awesome Madre Selva at Bogota when I and the wife need a nicer veggie fix in the hood.
  • deedee
    deedee
    Does anyone have any information on when this will open? Sounds like it will be a nice addition to the neighborhood.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    sign me up as unimpressed with zen palate. i've only been once (in midtown/west side), and it was like ten times too many.

    honestly. when my tofu is better than yours, you have a problem.

    also, "wheat gluten" is not a good menu phrase.

    and you may not charge me $18 for an entree with no protein.

    zen palate = dojo + $12 for bad decor
  • ms. brooklyn
    ms. brooklyn
    Oh man, I am so excited! I love both Zen Palate and Vegetarian Palate so I am psyched to have more Palate-y goodness right in our neighborhood. Seriously, this made my day.
  • xlizellx
    xlizellx
    it is just some run-of-the-mill chinese place with bullet-proof glass and all, but the chinese place on the east side of Franklin between Lincoln and St. Johns made a really good seseame bean curd. I move 3 blocks north and can't find cheap tofu anywhere now.

    I'm excited for a vegan place, though. Hope they're good..
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    sweet tea wrote: sign me up as unimpressed with zen palate. i've only been once (in midtown/west side), and it was like ten times too many.

    honestly. when my tofu is better than yours, you have a problem.

    also, "wheat gluten" is not a good menu phrase.

    and you may not charge me $18 for an entree with no protein.

    zen palate = dojo + $12 for bad decor
    The basil moo shu roll was ok, as was the curry seitan noodles. I'm with you though. The place wasn't great overall, and if I'm not getting meat or seafood, it had better be cheap.
  • gypsy
    gypsy
    I am a huge Vegetarian Palate fan, I think others are as well as it's usually faily busy. I always thought zen palate was good and bad depended on what you ordered. Psyched for another Vegan place in the hood....I've been a vegan for 16 years so I'm a little biased. Hope it's good.
  • josseleen
    josseleen
    I LOVE Zen Palate in the city, and Vegeterian Palate (on Flatbush, that's what it's called, right?) I like a little less -- something about wheat gluten that I just love. And I like their fancy pants spring rolls and other stuff.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Southern. Fried. Not-Chicken. Nuggets.

    Like sex on a Tuesday. Awesome when you least expect it.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    Whatchuwant wrote: Southern. Fried. Not-Chicken. Nuggets.

    Like sex on a Tuesday. Awesome when you least expect it.
    is that what you get at veg palate? I've had the fried chicken and that place by the west fourth street courts (next to the belgian beer bar where I usually cure my vegetarian dinner failure with a brat and/or fries) and it's probably the best faux meat I've ever eaten that isn't the morningstar farms sausage patties.
  • ms. brooklyn
    ms. brooklyn
    The faux chicken nuggets at Veg Palate taste exactly like the ones from Vegetarian's Paradise 2 and Red Bamboo (the 2 places by the Belgian beer bar), except I think the sauce may even be better. Try them!
  • j0518
    j0518
    alafairnadia wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant]Southern. Fried. Not-Chicken. Nuggets.

    Like sex on a Tuesday. Awesome when you least expect it.
    is that what you get at veg palate? I've had the fried chicken and that place by the west fourth street courts (next to the belgian beer bar where I usually cure my vegetarian dinner failure with a brat and/or fries) and it's probably the best faux meat I've ever eaten that isn't the morningstar farms sausage patties.

    Red Bamboo is pretty friggin ridiculous, although nothing beats the seitan at Blossom in Chelsea to me.

    My wife and I learned how to make our own seitan last year. While it both tastes amazing and offers you a lot more versatility when you make your own, my lord, what a pain in the ass seitan is to make. You're basically making a dough and kneading the living hell out of it for an hour, then boiling it for two more hours. Wow.
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