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Baagan & Local Tofu

December 18, 2011 by christine

Sometimes I can be an idiot, like not knowing there’s another fabulous high-raw vegan restaurant in the area until over a year after it opens! Really! My sister came across Baagan while she was looking into local places to eat and emailed me about it last week. Thanks sis! Today my mom and I finally made it there for a late lunch and were greeted with a simple menu offering great dishes.

The atmosphere is very casual and clean, very clean, with a light, bright, and open atmosphere and yoga-ish music at a low volume making me feel like I was at a spa.

The light green and orange walls give an airy and relaxing vibe to the atmosphere.

I ordered the curry panini and my mom the spicy veggie wrap which we split up and each had both. After previous dining experiences at Cafe Gratitude, The Fix, and Green Boheme, I expected the fresh, vegan cuisine to take a little more time for preparation before arriving at our table. But it only took about 5 minutes, barely enough time to grab water and peruse the yoga accessories and raw vegan snacks for sale in the dining room.

My panini looked and smelled wonderful and came with a spicy chutney for spreading or dipping.

It had a warm and rich curry potato salad packed with other fresh veggies between two slices of whole wheat bread. For under $7, it was very filling.

The veggie wrap was another pleasant surprise because it had a daring level of spice from a spicy pepper sauce and spiced sunflower seeds.

And plenty of visible fresh veggies making a great flavor and texture party. Also very filling for $6. I’m thrilled to have found this place and will be going back loads more for cheap and fast high-raw, vegan, organic meals!

For dinner, I tried another Whole Foods splurge – local flavored tofu from Tofu Yu in Berekely, CA. Karen of Just the 2 of Us recommended their tofu to me at the Foodbuzz Gala Dinner and it’s taken me this long to track some down. :-)

This tofu is pre-pressed to a firm and hearty texture, ready for a tofu scramble, baking, etc. I decided to chop it for a simple marinara skillet dish. The flavors and seasonings are distributed nicely through the tofu, lots of black pepper visible.

I sauteed the cubes with chopped broccoli and cauliflower over medium heat until the edges were golden. Then poured in a fresh marinara sauce I whipped up in the Vitamix.

Making a very simple and fast dinner, perfect. :-) The tofu has a firm and chewy outside with a moist and flavorful inside, much more moist than plain pressed tofu I’ve worked with. And the garlic and pepper flavors were present, but not too strong, I picked up the black pepper more, not a bad thing to me at all. I like that minimal salt was added to the tofu and that it didn’t meed more added to the dish.

I would buy this flavor again and try other flavors from Tofu Yu.

Filed Under: General, Product Reviews Tagged With: eating out, tofu

Comments

  1. Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says

    December 18, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    “The tofu has a firm and chewy outside with a moist and flavorful inside, much more moist than plain pressed tofu I’ve worked with.” — texture wise, that is my PERFECT tofu and usually Id have to press it for 24+ hrs to get that kind of texture.

    The grill marks on that sandwich are so perfect, too. Wow!

  2. JL goes Vegan says

    December 19, 2011 at 2:41 am

    Spiced sunflower seeds? That sounds great!

    I have some tofu to use up before taking off this week – thanks for the inspiration!

  3. Adrienne says

    December 19, 2011 at 9:12 am

    Glad you loved the restuarant. It looked wonderful, so I think you’ll have to buy me lunch there as a finder’s fee! :-)

    • christine says

      December 20, 2011 at 6:06 am

      You got it, just pick a day to get over here! :-)

  4. Errign says

    December 19, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    I love to splurge on pre-seasoned tofu and tempeh once and awhile :)

    • christine says

      December 20, 2011 at 6:06 am

      I’ve been splurging a bit on them lately, too many good sales at Whole Foods. :-)

  5. Pure2raw Twins says

    December 19, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    I think I need to give tofu another try, you always make it look so good.

    • christine says

      December 20, 2011 at 6:05 am

      Thanks, I’ve been having fun playing with it lately. But tempeh rocks too. :-)

  6. gillian says

    January 10, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    I love Tofu Yu!
    Their pesto tofu knocked my socks off, but it’s so hard to find.

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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