Plum Bistro

Last night for our holiday dinner we went to the Plum Bistro. Once again we had a discount coupon that was taking ~$12 off our meal. This restaurant quickly moved up into my favorites after the first time Jennifer and I went there around a year ago. (Prompted by a coupon once again.)

Surprisingly this is a vegan restaurant. Well, maybe there is no surprise in it. The food is mostly comfort style food that is vegan. Perhaps the surprising thing is that I like it so much. The first few times we were there we went for happy hour, which is a nice way to sample. The happy hour sliders are great! And at two dollars a slider you can order a whole bunch and sample them among the table. I would like to tell you which I like best, but I can never remember. They all seem so good to me anyway that it may be that difficult to pick a clear winner.

Going for happy hour also gets you a lunch menu. There are different items on it than the dinner menu and some fun stuff to choose from. I've had the teriyaki bowl and the Jamaican tofu wrap. Both of which were good. Also at happy hour they have good deals on fries. We usually get the yam or sweet potato fries there. Although last time we were there for happy hour we got "cheese" or gravy fries and we didn't find them as good.

Yesterday we went post happy hour for dinner and only received the dinner menu. While Plum does not appear to change their menu seasonally, there are changes in the menu. The menus we had last night did not appear old (dog eared and tattered) but they were different from the menu online which is the one we had seen the last time we were there for dinner. Off of this menu I've had the Paella stuffed peppers and Jennifer had the cornmeal seitan steak. I remember the stuffed peppers to be good, but a bit disappointing. And I remember the seitan steak to be wonderful.

Last night we had a different menu to choose from. Jennifer got a different seitan steak that was like a chicken fried steak with country gravy. It was delicious. I got the goddess burger which was served with yam fries. It too was delicious. We also got Plum's signature mac 'n' yeas, their vegan version of macaroni and cheese. Jennifer had it before as an entree and we both enjoyed it this time as side. Unfortunately we are out of coupons, so it may be a while before we get to eat at Plum again.