Continuing on my eating tour, my sister recommended Planta. On Queen St. West. I’m interested in expanding my vegetarian repertoire. Planta Queen surpassed my expectations. They serve vegan food.
We started off with the spinach and shiitake, and potato truffle dumplings. I loved the richness of the black bean sauce that came with the spinach and shiitake dumplings. The potato truffle was very good, but I’m not a fan of truffle flavour. Next up was the spring rolls which had a very meaty taste even though there was no meat in it. The dosa with coconut lentil curry was sublime. I need to make that curry. The dan dan noodles had plenty of peanut flavour to go with the kamut. The Shanghai slaw reminded me of papaya salad with a chill bite and undertones of lemongrass.
This is vegan food that does not try to pretend that it’s meat is on another level. All their dishes had such rich flavours that you never knew that the meat was missing.
The bussing was lightening quick. No sooner had we plucked the last morsel off our plate did it get picked up. The service was really good.
Oh yes, the washroom decor was interesting. Whomever would have thought washroom photos belonged in a food blog.
SPINACH & SHIITAKE steamed dumplings, black bean & chili vinaigrette 
POTATO TRUFFLE steamed dumplings, cabbage, coconut milk lemongrass broth 
UNCLE BAM’S SPRING ROLLS chow mein noodles, coriander, five spice 
DOSA Coconut lentil curry, pico de gallo 
DAN DAN
noodles, gai lan, coconut milk, kamut, coriander
SHANGHAI SLAW green papaya, cabbage, lemongrass, coriander, shaved onion rings 