Is it possible to prepare for this?

Look very carefully at this menu.  It is for the Original California Burrito Company, a new Mexicana place opening up in Auckland this coming Monday.  Look closely, very closely at the menu.  Aside from having the expected vegan burrito options, there are a few extra surprises.  Those surprises are tofu sour cream, soy cheese and the $1 Chimichanga options (which means they DEEP-FRY YOUR SHIZZLE).  What that means is a $9.95 vegan Chimichanga with soy cheese and tofu sour cream.  Whoa.  There has never been a better time to be vegan in Auckland.

EDIT: We'll be a the grand opening on Monday, and we'll let you know how the place rates.
And I guess if you wanted to know more, you could go here - https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaBurritoCompany

Taking Stock

I reckon stock is a totally important part of the lazy vegan cook's/chef's arsenal.  Heck, you can make your own instant noodles by sticking a cube of some stock in some noodles from an asian market, costs like nothing at all.  So I was stoked today to find some stock in Foodtown, of all places, which was all totally vegan, even stated on the packet "NO ANIMAL CONTENT", which means it doesn't contain any animals.  They even had "Chicken Style" stock, and "Beef Style" stock.  Awesome.  So I bought two packs and came home and made an awesome stew with some vegan 'chicken' that Blissful seem to have placed in almost all Asian Supermarkets, like the one on Dominion road.  Being vegan makes you tuff and awesome.

This is the beginning of something great

Vegans are pretty much the most awesome people in Auckland.  At our house, known by those who love us as Vegan HQ, we love food.  We love vegan food like crazy.  Today I even made a whole crap-load of vegan choco-chip cookies.  They are awesome.  After a late night of eating vegan dumplings at New Flavour, followed by more eating of vegan cakes and cookies at Cosset in Mt. Albert, which is like a covert vegan cafe that is open until 10PM on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, I got talking to Tom about how awesome vegans are, and how awesome it is to know about all the mean as vegan places in Auckland where we can eat awesome food.  So then we thought about setting up a blog to share all of the awesomeness of Vegan HQ with everyone.

This blog isn't confined to our house, it's about Auckland, and being a vegan in Auckland, and eating awesome vegan food in Auckland.  So as time goes on we'll be adding more contributers to the awesomeness of Auckland Vegan HQ the Blog.  Stay tuned.  Especially if you like vegan food, and vegan culture extreme.