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If the thought of vegan food makes you want to run for the nearest Big Mac, stop for a moment, take a breath and open your mind and mouth to a bowl of delicious tasting quinoa with steamed vegetables and sweet ginger sauce. Even if you aren’t a flag toting, bumper sticker having, fake leather shoe wearing vegan (of which you will happily find many in this fair city), you are bound to enjoy something on the menu at this Hawaiian-based satellite restaurant.

If quinoa isn’t for you, then try out Blossoming Lotus’ Spicy Avo Sandwich, layered with the namesake avocado, baked tofu and a flavorful chipotle spread piled on sumptuous, inch-thick multigrain bread. Feeling more adventurous? Then try one of Blossoming Lotus’ “live” offerings. While “live” in other joints would mean a plate with a squirming four-legged creature begging for mercy, “live” at Blossoming Lotus just means not-cooked. Go easy on yourself and try the Live Pizza of the day served on a wheat-free crust with nut cheese and a rotating vegetable topping or the Live Wrap featuring a flavorful pepita pate (a blend of pumpkin seeds, cilantro and tomato), avocado and cucumber wrapped in a striking leaf of a seasonal green drizzled with artful stripes of non-dairy sour cream. Save room for dessert because in addition to the regular selection of sweet breads, brownies and other treats, there is a soft-serve frozen yogurt of deliciousness made from bananas, walnuts and a non-dairy medium that puts a meal at Blossoming Lotus over the edge of decadency.

Although this vegan’s haven is tucked into the corner of a yoga studio, Blossoming Lotus stands on its own, especially when it rolls opens the garage doors to the sidewalk where you can have a seat and watch the ever-developing Pearl district, and your belly, grow in front of your eyes.

Blossoming Lotus
925 NW Davis
Open every day from 7:30 am to 7 pm