mongo guisado, lumpia & banana sauce

A Filipino mini-feast, with veganized versions of:
- Mongo guisado: thick mung bean soup with homemade faux pork (marinated and crumbled tofu, broiled till chewy and almost crisp)

- Lumpia: Fried spring rolls stuffed with carrot, onion, faux pork, scallions, cabbage, pepper, soy sauce, garlic powder
- Banana Sauce, purchased in Jackson Heights, New York

Sweet n Sout Lappa

Sweet n Sout Lappa combo at King's Café! Burdock balls, purple rice, soy nuggets, spring roll, salad. Also came with a small bowl of wonton soup, not pictured. All for about $15!

mushroom pepper & carrot cilantro spring rolls

The mushroom spring rolls had black rice noodles, shitake mushrooms, cabbage, black pepper, and a bit of soy sauce.
The carrot cilantro ones had white rice noodles and cabbage.
Not pictured: tamarind and peanut dipping sauces.
Also not pictured: surrounding summer picnic perfection on Governor's Island in New York.

roasted plantain and spring rolls

Plantain papillote (whole roasted plantain with tamarind coleslaw) and nem (spring rolls) from Dakar restaurant in Brooklyn