In my continual quest to find new and interesting places to eat, my friend Laura and I recently tried Inn Season Cafe, a vegetarian/vegan restaurant in Royal Oak, Michigan. I had heard good things, but I knew we were in for a delicious dinner when we walked in and saw that there was a 30 minute wait - on a Wednesday night!
We went in with an adventurous spirit, reflected by the fact that we actually ordered the black bean quesadilla with *gasp* soy cheese (phenomenal, despite my sin against the dairy gods). I was a little thrown off by the lack of booze in this joint, but I suppose that's part of the whole "taking care of your body" thing. Fortunately, they had an extensive selection of natural sodas (made from real fruit juice and no added sugar), so we tried the black cherry and cranberry flavors, both excellent.
The adventure continued with an order of fajitas, made with seitan instead of beef. I had never tried seitan before and had no idea what to expect. My later research informed me that seitan is made from gluten, and is apparently a great low fat source of protein. Turns out it wasn't a bad substitute, although I think I'll be sticking with my all-beef version of fajitas.
My lesson learned: When eating vegetarian, eat vegetables. Meat substitutes just aren't the same as actual meat, and vegetarian chefs definately know what they are doing with their hearty entrees made without a "meat" centerpiece.
Oh, and soy cheese is not right. Period.
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