DC Vegetarian makes good sandwiches

mmmmmm......

No, shit, this thing is delicious. This "thing" is the Vegan Steak & Cheese from the downtown Portland food cart, DC Vegetarian. There is only one thing I would change (yes, I know, I'm never satisfied, but I'm not saying it wasn't good, just hear me out!): the seitan pieces. I would like them to either be smaller cubes or, preferably, chopped up. Those chunks are sometimes as wide as a quarter and just makes it a bit awkward to eat. 

The sandwich consists of a toasted wheat sub hoagie, grilled onions and peppers, Follow Your Heart white cheese, and some kind of mysterious sauce. It rocks my mouth. Also, it's only $5. I would say it's not as good as the one I had in Philly, but at almost $3 less, I would choose it over the Philly one with no hesitation. 

This food cart's been around for a few months and since it's on the West side I don't get there very often. This was my second trip there. The staff is always friendly and since they've opened they've gotten more vegan options. They also carry Dr. Pepper, which always gets bonus points from me. The day I got the above sandwich they were doing a food bank drive and were giving 50% sandwiches if you brought some kinda of nonparishable in, so I got this sandwich for only $2.50. A freakin' deal! I did drive there and spent 50 cents on parking, so really $3, but still, good deal. 

You can find all their options here. I've had nothing else besides this sandwich so I can't suggest anything else, but let me know if you have one for me! Though, really, I doubt I'll want to get anything else since I get there very often. It takes about 10 minutes to get your food after you order it, so I would advise calling ahead if the weather sucks, you're in a hurry, or you just already know what you want and want to make it snappy. Their contact info is on their website.

Just Thai....OMFW!

I love Thai food. No, really, I do. If you don't believe me, just look at that face filled with excitement! Jess, my "real job" friend (please don't ask me what she does, it's the Chandler of jobs and she has told me numerous times, but I still couldn't tell you if my life depended on it), invited me to come meet her downtown for lunch at a food cart, her treat! She suggested an Indian food cart, but i frowned at the suggestion. One reason was that it was 8:30am when she suggested it and another was that I had heard so much about Just Thai food cart and had loved what I had tasted of my friend's to go food. I also hadn't had Thai for at least a week. So she (gladly) gave in to my Just Thai request. 

This isn't an all vegan cart, but they do have a vegan menu and they say they can make any of the other options veg on request. I ended up getting the Vegan Pad Kee Mao and Jess got the Vegan Pad See You. I was very pleased to see they also had my favorite soda, Dr. Pepper! So they get extra...points for that...if we're doing points. 

They give an awesome sized portion for only $5! It comes in a biodegradable box lined with foil. It's kinda the worst packaging ever, the box becomes very unsturdy and I'd be surprised if you can eat the whole thing, but I like that they're trying to be better environmentally. I would just try to remember to bring your own to go box and they can put in there. Just remember to bring a big enough one! It's pretty much a must if you're riding your bike....you know, unless you like getting thai food all over your shit. (though I suppose you may be fancy and have a basket on your bike. oo la la)

Bottom line: Great food! Nice people (as far as I could tell, I spoke only about 5 words to her)! Cheap! It ended up costing me about $1.75 per serving, great deal!