B-day at A-bistro

Happy Birthday CandyPenny! It was the lady’s choice for dinner so we hit Abistro, an upscale yet homy spot for a quality meal in Fort Green, Brooklyn. Abistro is most certainly not a vegan restaurant though tofu is able to be subbed in the majority of their entrees. They sure know their medium and the value of a well-dressed, beautifully presented dish.

We started with the only veg-friendly appetizer special, plantains drenched in a sweet and tangy sauce. Though I am a huge fan of ripe plantains, a pair of old gym shoes would taste good with this sauce on it! Notice the slightly burry picture, the result of my hunger pangs. 

This is what made the venture to Fort Green worth it. A half order of the Charette’s Seared Marinated Tofu: braised kale, sauteed fresh strawberries, crimini mushrooms and a spiced yucca cake in a strawberry vinaigrette, a dish I spied on the vegguide, which I pour over often, having the most thorough listing of veg-friendly options. My only complaint was the disproportionate ratio of kale to other ingredients. The strawberry worked and the beet on top, heavenly. Despite its total yum, I was glad I chose the half order.

Em’s plate. She subbed tofu in one of their fish dishes. It had artichoke hearts in it. Do you need more than that?

If you want attention from the general public around you, you need not compromise your modesty in a revealing garment of clothing, your blouse undone to here and your skirt split up to there [source]. All you need to do is carry around a plate of food, an empirical plate of food. In a city that barely acknowledges its 8 million pacing swiftly about, day-mayors and sidewalk loiterers, policemen and groups of two or more often partake in the social opportunity a traveling plate of food offers. This time, it was CandyPenny‘s birthday cake: toasted coconut topped chocolate loaf.