Buddha soup

I think this is a dumb name for a soup, but I co-opted it from the Loving Hut menu.

Regardless, it was really good, with lots of fungus and shiitake, and mustard cabbage, broccoli, carrots, and Chinese peas.  I think the devil would approve of this religiously named soup.  HAIL SEITAN!!

Vegan chili

I made this chili with a base of zucchini and cauliflower in place of the traditional meat, with onions and garlic.  Stewed tomatoes provided the "gravy", enhanced by mushroom seasoning, and spiced up with chili and cumin powders, a little bit of oregano, and then later doused with some hellfire hot habanero sauce.  HAIL SEITAN!!

Natto pan

I tried natto pan this weekend.  It's fermented soy beans (natto), rotten as old Lucifer himself, on a piece of toast (pan).  I had it with avocado, apples, sweet potato, and tomatoes on the side.

It is in keeping with one of the concepts of ichi-ju san-sei, which says that you should have five colors on your plate - green (avocado), yellow (apples), red (tomatoes), black (sweet potatoes) and white (bread).  Harmonious in its color variation, like a chorus of demons.  HAIL SEITAN!!

Vegan soy katsu, kari kari ume onigiri and yasai

I bought some devilishly good vegan soy katsu sticks from Marukai this weekend, and paired it with a kari kari ume musubi, shishito peppers, tsukemono and gobo kinpira.  This was a really good lunch and the deep frying of the katsu was wicked good!!  HAIL SEITAN!!

Vegan soy meat with potatoes and Brussels sprouts

This is one of my favorite lunches - sliced Japanese vegan soy meat, seasoned with shoyu and garlic, on top of roasted potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts.  Though I burnt the Brussels sprouts in the oven, even the blackened burnt leaves were really tasty!  With Tabasco brand sriracha to kick up the hellfire and a tall cup of jasmine tea, it was just about perfect!  HAIL SEITAN!!