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Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat by shagie on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:45PM (#26051586)
I enjoy eating meat... the texture, the savory nature of its flavor.

Back when I lived in the bay, my brother and I found a vegan restaurant - Golden Era. He had taken me to other vegetarian restaurants and they always felt lacking for something. Golden Era... the 'chicken' drumsticks - ok, they were on a wooden stick, but the texture of whatever it was was right. Then Mongolian 'chicken' had a texture to it too and the sauce provided a nice savory to it.

Since then, some others suggested that the texture may have been from jackfruit (some day I'll hunt up some around here and see if I can make a reasonable BBQ Jackfruit sandwich.

But yea - the thing that had me not pass on my brother asking if I wanted to head to Golden Era was that it felt right when it was being chewed.

Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat by WalterSear on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:47PM (#26052470)
Golden Era are (were? I do hope they are still around) doing something with tofu and wheat gluten.

The preparation is more involved than your basic 'throw it in a blender' seitan steak, but the result is totally worth it. You can get really fulfilling textures and flavours, and quite a variety, to boot.

Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat by shagie on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:49PM (#26059621)
Are. They're accepting takeout only and have a few recommended delivery companies. https://www.goldeneravegan.com

The pot stickers are still there as are the drumsticks.

The drumsticks now say 'soy "chicken"' (the menu that I remember didn't have that - http://d2by9dx2k0n1tg.cloudfront.net/menus/1/1829/public.jpg... ) and ghads... the price has gone from 4 @ $5.95 to 3 @ $8.00

Likewise, the "Spicy Mongolian Delight" is now listed as "slices of soy protein, bell peppers, & onion in a spicy sweet sauce" (which has gone from $7.95 to $12.50)

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In other vegan... the Fisch Stix and "Chicken" Fingers from https://cheezefactoryrestaurant.com/menu are good (though I'm a bit wary of trying to get the fish flavor and texture right).

My "it might have been jackfruit" - look at https://www.loveandlemons.com/bbq-jackfruit-recipes/ and the way that its nearly indistinguishable from pulled pork in appearance and apparently unripe jackfruit has a pork like savory taste when cooked.

Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat by shaklee3 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @12:45AM (#26052954)
Same with veggie grill in southern california