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• Addictive; appeals to non-veggie friends/family...

Man, I ate here often. Too often. Reading about the MSG today certainly helps explain my addiction. Additionally, many dishes use quite a lot of sugar. All of this helped to make the food very friendly to non-veggies I took here... that said, I'd often feel pretty queasy the "morning after" eating here (a veggie friend shared the same feeling and elected to stop eating here on his own). Had I known at the time to skip the MSG I probably would have been in a better place. That said, I did prefer this place to the Buddha's Delight restaurants (though the wonton soup was better at BD); sure, I ate all the famous sugary dishes here (chicken fingers, no-name, sweet&sour everything), but also great was the kale & garlic, and all of the appetizers (esp. the hot appetizer sampler plate, as well as the omelette-like veggie "pizza"). Loved the brown rice here, too... very friendly staff... The place is a bit small and dark, but comfortable enough; part of the attraction is that the place is always packed with a cool selection of veggie & veggie-friendly folks & students. A couple of doors down in a place specializing in vegan "comfort food," which I enjoyed a few times before moving out of the area last year. Can't recall the name...