Real Food Daily

Real Food Daily is an LA institution, a fantastic vegan cafe and coincidentally the place where Ritesh took me on our second date back in the day about a decade ago, ahem. I love the place way more than he does so we don't go all that often together, but recently with the endo-diet and all we've been back a few times - so these pictures are not all from one visit...

fantastic vegan nacho appetizer plate, with cashew cheese and tofu sour cream

raw living foods roll
Kung Pao tempeh with stir-fry veggies and pineapple rice

Ritesh's one RFD favorite: the ranchero style burrito with a great chipotle bean filling and saladthe Jamaican special for the month of June - fried plantains, some Caribbean empanadas filled with tempeh, rice and beans and some fruity salsa. Not so great this one, just a bit dry.

and check this out: vegan banana cream pie, with tofu whipped cream and a spelt crust! This almost deserves its own post. Not that I had more than a bite of it since I was sure there was sugar in it, but Ritesh was happy. And the presenting hands are Anisa's, who's moving to LA from Atlanta to attend acupuncture school. Very cool.