Pasadena, CA (veg dining)
Monday, January 16th, 2012Pasadena is a pretty historical town and has several good restaurants to choose from. But I have also found several bad ones, with the majority of those in Old Town, the most popular part of town. So all the good ones are just outside of Old town with a few exceptions. My favorite indian is definitely Sitar, on Colorado just east of old town. They have a wonderful lunch buffet with at least 6 vegetarian options. They also do a la carte dinner, with all the traditional north indian vegetarian dishes. The best Thai is town is Saladang, on fair oaks, south of Old Town. For some reason the owner has two restaurants, with the same name, that share the same parking lot. One is called Saladang the other Saladang Song. Both are good, but only Song has nice outdoor seating. Both have several vegetarian dishers to choose from. Their green curry is best of all the curries. There is an excellent Afghani restaurant just a block noth of Old town, called Azeen’s. There is a vegetarian combo plate as well as several vegetarian mains and appetizers to choose from. The food and decorations are fantastic. This is a real treat as it is rare to find Afgan restaurants. Very close to Azeen’s is the Tibet-Nepal House. It is sort of a fusion of chinese and indian food and is worth the trip to the lunch buffet where they have several vegetarian options. Another great option for lunch this time in Old Town is Father Nature’s Lavish Wraps which does massive-healthy wraps. They have several veggie wraps to choose from and you can eat in or take out.
Places to AVOID in the Pasadena area: All India Cafe, Wokano, Akbar’s, City Thai, any of the italian or Thai places in old town on Colorado, Picomolo, New Delhi Cafe, Thai Dishes, La Luna Negra, Georgees Pizza (La Canada), Min’s Kitchen (La Canada), and Dish (La Canada). These places are either really bad for veggie choices and/or incredibly overrrated / overpriced.
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