{"id":217,"date":"2013-07-09T11:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2013-07-09T11:39:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T18:39:52","slug":"sonny-bowl-portland-food-cart-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/sonny-bowl-portland-food-cart-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Bowl, Portland food cart (vegan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was sitting near the John Reed Bench in Portland, OR, I ate a meal I carried there from Sonny Bowl. You know, while I fomented revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The number Two, Sonny Bowl, Portland, OR<\/p><\/div>\n

Located at\u00a0SW 3rd Ave & SW Washington St, Downtown, Sonny Bowl<\/a> is one of Portland’s now ubiquitous parking lot food carts. But it is an all vegan food cart.<\/p>\n

I ordered “The Two.”<\/p>\n

the Two
\nChickpeas, mixed vegetables sauteed in pineapple-agave curry sauce, and kale salad tossed in citrus-ginger dressing. Garnished with almonds, raisins, and cinnamon and served over brown basmati rice.\u00a0$7\/$4<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The full menu is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was the best meal at a Portland food cart I have so far eaten. And I have eaten, I don’t know\u2026 at least 6 previous Portland food cart meals. Because I only eat at Portland food carts when in Portland. Because that’s where the food carts are.<\/p>\n

\"Sonny<\/a>

Sonny Bowl<\/a>, Portland, OR<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I was sitting near the John Reed Bench in Portland, OR, I ate a meal I carried there from Sonny Bowl. You know, while I fomented revolution. Located at\u00a0SW 3rd Ave & SW Washington St, Downtown, Sonny Bowl is one of Portland’s now ubiquitous parking lot food carts. But it is an all vegan food cart. I ordered “The Two.” the Two Chickpeas, mixed vegetables sauteed in pineapple-agave curry sauce, and kale salad tossed in citrus-ginger dressing. Garnished with almonds, raisins, and cinnamon and served over brown basmati rice.\u00a0$7\/$4 The full menu is available here. It was the best...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,7,5,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-info","category-links","category-review","category-vegan-food"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-3v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":632,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/yesterday-i-saw-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":217,"position":0},"title":"Yesterday I saw\u2026","author":"David Raffin","date":"February 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw a man with a giant afro. 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