Candle 79

Well it's official,  Candle 79 has been voted best vegan restaurant in NYC by the vegan girls. We've been there 3 times now,twice for lunch and once for dinner and we have enjoyed the experience immensely each time.  Candle 79 is located in the Upper East side, on 79th street, just off Lexington.   The restaurant is inviting, nice plush booths and cosy tables,  and the staff are friendly and knowledgeable of the menu.

On our last visit we spent the morning checking out the Guggenheim (which is just over on 5th Avenue, ,the MET is close by) and then headed over to the restaurant. To be honest we kind of planned the day around having a final lunch at Candle 79, the Guggenheim was just an add-on.

We sat upstairs on our final visit, a window seat, looking over 79th street.

 On our dinner visit the previous Saturday, we had discovered the amazing "Seitan Chimichurri' on their starter menu, and I begged Ange to let us order this again. It is an amazing taste sensation - honestly the best bbq style fake meat I have we have ever tasted;

The Seitan burger (on their lunch menu) was a hit with Ange - so much so she ordered it twice too. It comes with crispy polenta fries and salad - yum;

I order a savoury crepe which had a beautiful creamy sauce drizzled on top - yum

Finally a picture of one of the desserts we sampled - a chocolate mousse

Ps.  Sorry for the long break in posts - We are not being slack bloggers, but are having serious problems with our laptop - it's taken me 5 goes to try to finish this post :(