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Restaurants We Tried in July and LOVED

in Food on August 1, 2016 by Christina

Restaurants We Tried in July and LOVED

Sean and I love many things and one of the things at the top of that list is our love for food. We love finding and trying new restaurants. This month we got to try a few new restaurants and I’ll be sharing those with you today!

Happy Elephant Vegan

We went to Happy Elephant Vegan located in Long Beach. It’s a Thai and Japanese plant based restaurant. We were in Long Beach and I Yelped for some places around the area to eat and saw they had sushi, which I was beyond excited to try! Sean got the Spicy Basil Noodles with tofu and I got the Deep Ocean Roll. We also shared some tempura. I thought it was amazing. The sushi was delicious. Right before we were getting ready to leave, the waitress told us about their lunch special. She said that any entree you order is unlimited; so I’ll be going back for unlimited sushi. Overall, we both enjoyed this place and will definitely be back!

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Vegan Nirvana

Another restaurant we tried this month was Vegan Nirvana located in Huntington Beach. We met up with my cousins and tried this place. I got Ultimate Liberation (fish-free tacos), Sean got Heaven on Earth (chicken-free tenders), and my cousins got Deep Sea Meditation (shrimp-free stir fry) and Kingdom of God (tofu stir fry). I enjoyed my tacos and Sean enjoyed his tenders, but we both tried my cousins food and enjoy theirs much more. Next time we go (and there will be a next time), I think we will try another dish.

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Stuff I Eat

The last restaurant we tried was Stuff I Eat in Inglewood. When Sean and I were in Northern California earlier this year, we went to a restaurant called Souly Vegan, which has vegan soul food. We had been craving that so I googled vegan soul food places in Southern California and found this one. It took us over an hour to get there but it was definitely worth it! We shared the Organic Soul Food Platter and the Enchilada Pie. It was a lot of food and we ended up taking most of the Enchilada Pie home and ate it later. Sean’s favorite was the black eyed peas and mine was a toss up between the kale greens or the mac and cheese.

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If you’re ever in Southern California and looking for a good restaurant to try, we definitely recommend all of these!

Have you been to any of these? Would you try any of them?

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  1. Deanna says

    August 1, 2016 at 8:20 am

    Oh goodness, it all looks so good! Wish I loved in the states (or had a passport) so I could try these!

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  2. Mary says

    August 1, 2016 at 9:22 am

    I live close by your first two restaurants and have never been. I need to add these to my “must eat there” list, the food looks amazing!

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  3. valerie hansen says

    August 1, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    Wow all this looks so yummy, I have never tried an all vegan restaurant! I would like to be one, but its a hard journey to transition too, working on eating more healthy for sure!

    Valerie
    xo

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  4. Nikki says

    August 1, 2016 at 2:18 pm

    Count me in for unlimited sushi!

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  5. Nikki-ann says

    August 3, 2016 at 12:00 pm

    I’m over in the UK so I have’t tired any of these restaurants, but the food does look delicious! 🙂

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  6. Christie says

    August 3, 2016 at 5:45 pm

    Happy Elephant just sounds adorable aha. Alllllllll these pictures are making me hongray! I’ve GOT to find a good vegan place near me!

    Christie’s Take on Life. xx

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  7. Emma Sapio says

    August 3, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    Wow – you got in some great eats during July! I want to try them all 🙂

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  8. Rachel G says

    August 5, 2016 at 5:14 am

    The dishes from Stuff I Eat look delicious!!

    BTW, congrats on your recent engagement! Pretty exciting! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Michaela says

    August 5, 2016 at 5:23 am

    Looks like yummy food!

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  10. Jessica says

    August 5, 2016 at 10:44 am

    These all sound so delicious, I want to go out to eat now!

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  11. jennifer L says

    August 5, 2016 at 10:41 pm

    Omg these places are awesome! I will definitely be making a trip to check them out.

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  12. Debonita@elegantlyfashionable says

    August 7, 2016 at 10:44 am

    Love the vegan restaurant you went to. Your blog pictures are so bright and clean, glad I came across your blog.

    Reply
  13. Mary says

    August 8, 2016 at 8:25 am

    These look super yummy. I love the Happy Elephant name.

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