yanno - speaking of adventurous ...i've always thought i could be the "andrew zimmern" of vegan foods :P

ok, i was watching his show and he was in south korea and they had "fermented soybeans".  So, last week i was in Ranch 99 on Aurora and came across the same, so you know i had to try it (fermented soybeans in chili-paste).

Well, it was just about THE MOST...disgusting thing i think i ever had.  it tasted like, well....rotten tofu (no surprises there, i guess).  

as my gf pointed out, maybe it's meant to be put in *with stuff*.  so i saved the jar for now, but i'm afraid to even look at it, much less give it a second try

sorry Mr. Fermented Soybean in chili paste - you get no love from me!  :'(

yeah, at some point we'll definitely have to do a get together brunch or something because i enjoy making weird crap - ha!  I agree w/you though, about the potential to seem "picky" because of being vegan. I've often thought the same thing myself - that i hate if i seem picky when out to a restaurant, it's just that if you guys (read: "any given restaurant") had something i could eat, i wouldn't be picky, then i'd just be confused and dazed w/too many options - ha!

some of the stuff i make i think would freak you out though.  Ok, here's an example, last night i made a slew of spring rolls, each filled with a leaf of spinach, some pieces of bitter gourd vegetable, and some asian noodle.  I ended up having too much bitter gourd left over so i put it in the food processor along with the remaining spinach (which was raw) and blended it (i had marinated the bitter gourd in a combination of amino acid, lemon juice, vinegar and spices). Once blended i added a sizeable amount of matza meal (basically - using it as breadcrumbs) until i had a consistency good enough to make patties out of.  i then baked the patties and now i have the patties to use for lunch. slap them between some bread, add condiments and ... it's all good (or "bad" y'know, depending on one's point of view - ha!)

i also work in the business district - 3rd and madison.  the first thought that comes to mind is we should all get together for cyber dogs - one of my favorite places.  have you eaten there?  we could meet for lunch or after work, you could bring your wife and me- my gf.

as far as other favorites, there's a few, i used to love "Veggie Veggie" a thai place in UD. Sadly, a car ran through their front  window a month ago and they closed.  A new place opened in their place, which is also veggie - but they're not as good and are more pricey.

I also love "Pizza Pi" - yum!!

Mighty-O's.....yum!!

i'm sure there's more that i'm forgetting at the moment.  I used to love "Squid & Ink" in Georgetown area. Last time i was there though, they totally salted the food over and it was too much (food was good - otherwise).

Oh oh oh, there's a small greek place on Greenwood, called Kouvina's - it's awesome!!!

this is Seattle, the list goes on and on, and on.... sometimes i still feel like i have to pinch myself to believe that i'm actually in such a vegan/veggie friendly city

I'll be in Washington from September to the end of November--I would love to hook up with people! I'll be interning at an animal sanctuary about an hour from Seattle!

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I'm going to be in Seattle next weekend!!  Sooooo excited to try these places out!

I'm going to be in Seattle next weekend!!  Sooooo excited to try these places out!

that's awesome dude!

you've probably done a lot of scouting already, but just in case you haven't come across this yet, it might come in particularly handy for you:

http://www.vegseattle.com/VegRestaurantGuide_8-27-08.pdf

I'll try to give some tips w/o being redundant about stuff that's already been talked about:

Teapot Vegetarian House - very good, ecclectic mix of food (little bit pricey - but not too bad)
Cafe Flora - GREAT breakfast place.  It's a pretty decent sized place, very nice ambiance.  If you go there for breakfast, be prepared to wait in line for awhile. 
Cyber-Dogs (although, already mentioned) - it's a bitty dive of a place but the food is great, amazing variety of hot dog combinations - will totally fill you up.  They also have lots of drinks (doh!) and various pre-packaged vegan cookies for sale
Juliano's Pizza - they're good. they're not specifically vegan but they do have vegan (fake cheese) options.  Very pricey though.  If you want to try pizza, i would totally stick with Pizza Pi - they have lots of other options besides pizza as well.

Most, if not all of the places listed - you can find their menu online w/a quick google search!!!

Enjoy - you'll love it :)

Speechless...and ever more excited!  Thanks!

here's an idea - what about having some sort of get together with Seattle "and" Portland, OR area folks.

I don't know if we could all meet somewhere halfway between both (Olympia, maybe? Kelso?) or, better yet - think up some type of competition and the "winner" geographical area gets to have the meetup in their backyard (only to return the favor at a later time, of course!)

Well, I know a RT ticket between the two on Amtrak is pretty cheap (unless you have 3+ people in an economy car) there's also (if it is still around) a cheap van shuttle service that travels on the weekends.

For the first get-together, we could meet at a park 'somewhere in the middle' for a potluck/picnic (maybe camp?) where we can then decide on an appropriate competition to decide where the next meetup occurs. (veggie pictionary anyone?)