{"id":276,"date":"2015-11-01T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T00:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2015-12-02T04:47:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T04:47:04","slug":"san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/?page_id=276","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=pictures+san+antonio+skyline&amp;view=detailv2&amp;&amp;id=B4D1DFBE9CE6EAB94323894D3AAD89CE51F2A9D1&amp;selectedIndex=5&amp;ccid=m2GqpORW&amp;simid=608003452445658583&amp;thid=OIP.M9b61aaa4e4566985d13e53bfc9660406H0&amp;ajaxhist=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mainImage\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4127\/5155381830_7716876170_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" data-bm=\"73\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Antonio Sky Line &#8211; Bing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>San Antonio, such a great city to live and getting easier to eat vegan and veggie food.\u00a0 Below, you will see some of the restaurants that are vegan, vegetarian, and vegan \/ veggie friendly.\u00a0 Hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Sichuan House<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fire-Saut\u00e9ed Wild Mushrooms<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fsxxl fwn fcw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mushroom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mushroom-300x296.png\" alt=\"mushroom\" width=\"350\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mushroom-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mushroom.png 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b>Sichuan House\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b>&#8211; Chinese Restaurant\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SichuanEats\/?fref=ts&amp;ref=br_tf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SichuanEats\/?fref=ts&amp;ref=br_tf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris (co-owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatatgreen.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Green) <\/span><\/a>told us about Sichuan House.\u00a0 He especially recommended their Spicy Garlic Eggplant and thought their other veggie dishes were tasty and authentic.\u00a0 Since discovering Thai food, Chinese food has seemed bland, too Americanized, and boring to us.\u00a0 It took a couple of weeks before we made our first visit to Sichuan House, and oh, what a great experience!<\/p>\n<p>We happened to be really hungry, so we ordered two dishes: Spicy Garlic Eggplant and Dry Saut\u00e9ed Green Beans.\u00a0 What a treat!\u00a0 Good-sized proportions, beautiful presentation, unique flavor, and much simpler and fresher than any San Antonio Chinese restaurant cuisine that we&#8217;ve tried.\u00a0 Our server was friendly and answered our questions beforehand so we understood what we were ordering.<\/p>\n<p>It only took 2 days before we ventured back and tried Fire-Saut\u00e9ed Wild Mushrooms, which complemented those Dry Saut\u00e9ed Green Beans we fell in love with on the first visit.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll have to eat through all the vegetarian options on the menu.\u00a0 Oh, we also got to sample the Five-Spiced Tofu (tofu &amp; bamboo shoots). DELICIOUS!<\/p>\n<p>They have 7 vegetarian main dishes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ma Po Tofu<\/li>\n<li>Sichuan House Tofu<\/li>\n<li>Dry Saut\u00e9ed Green Beans<\/li>\n<li>Spicy Garlic Eggplant<\/li>\n<li>Fire-Saut\u00e9ed Wild Mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>Potatoes with Bell Peppers<\/li>\n<li>Seasonal Vegetables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0sbf<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>\u00a0Biryani Pot\u00a0 &#8211; Indian<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/biryani-pot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-175 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/biryani-pot.jpg\" alt=\"biryani pot\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/biryani-pot.jpg 680w, https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/biryani-pot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biryani Pot &#8211; Authentic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyderabadi_cuisine\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hyderabadi<\/span><\/a> (southern Indian) style restaurant chain<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biryanipotusa.com\/menu.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.biryanipotusa.com\/menu.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had Aloo-Gobi Masala &#8211;\u00a0Potato and cauliflower stewed with cumin, ginger and tomato. \u00a0It was hot, damn hot, and bursting with flavor. \u00a0We ordered extra rice to offset the\u00a0heat and that one entree was enough for\u00a0both of us.\u00a0 They offer four vegan entrees and most appetizers are vegan. Our server was aware that we were vegan and did not put butter on Naan. \u00a0Many vegetarian entrees.<\/p>\n<p>Good seating, clean, friendly staff, authentic. \u00a0The only thing I didn&#8217;t like was\u00a0the atmosphere. We felt like we were on stage. Overhead lighting was as bright as an operating room. \u00a0I would go back for takeout only.\u00a0 Dining room lighting was too much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">sbf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Earth Burger<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/earth-burger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-178 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/earth-burger-1024x975.jpg\" alt=\"earth-burger\" width=\"715\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/earth-burger-1024x975.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/earth-burger-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/earth-burger-800x762.jpg 800w, https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/earth-burger.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAte\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatatearthburger.com\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Earth Burger<\/span><\/a> tonight. Susan had their Fish-less Sandwich (delish), I had the Barbeque Sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>The Fish-less Sandwich\u00a0was great as always, along with the rest of the menu.<\/p>\n<p>The BBQ Sandwich, not so good.\u00a0 Too strong, too intense, too salty\u00a0for <em>me<\/em>. After half a sandwich, first time I was wishing I&#8217;d ordered something else.<\/p>\n<p>Everything on the menu is vegan. \u00a0They offer vegan cheese and animal-based cheese.<\/p>\n<p>I love this place, great concept, great fast food, nice atmosphere, friendly staff. Will keep going back.<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0sbf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio, such a great city to live and getting easier to eat vegan and veggie food.\u00a0 Below, you will see some of the restaurants that are vegan, vegetarian, and vegan \/ veggie friendly.\u00a0 Hope you enjoy! &nbsp; Sichuan House Fire-Saut\u00e9ed Wild Mushrooms Sichuan House\u00a0&#8211; Chinese Restaurant\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SichuanEats\/?fref=ts&amp;ref=br_tf Chris (co-owner of Green) told us about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.thenextmeal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}