Description
Sitting cross-legged at the epicenter of Little Saigon's meat-loving food
culture is Zen Vegetarian, a temple to soy protein. A golden Buddha greets you
at the door, but other than this, there are no clues that you just entered a
vegetarian restaurant. No self-serving mantras are seen on the walls. The
servers don't look like they just ambled out of a Phish concert. The dishes are convincing façsimiles of the real thing. The whole roasted chicken is
formed to the shape of a rotisserie bird, complete with wings, breast and
drumstick. You'd be clueless of the fact that it's not made of meat until
you put it in your mouth and chewed—and maybe—not even then.
