Comments on: go mexican at cinnamon vegetarian http://www.quarrygirl.com/2009/07/15/go-mexican-at-cinnamon-vegetarian/ awesome vegan news and reviews Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.quarrygirl.com/2009/07/15/go-mexican-at-cinnamon-vegetarian/comment-page-1/#comment-5531 Mark Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:02:34 +0000 http://www.quarrygirl.com/?p=3593#comment-5531 Just tried this place today for the 1st time and it was very disappointing. I had the chicken mole which consisted of 3 of those little "drum sticks" smothered in a sauce that in no way reminded me of "mole." It was SUPER cinamony. Tasted as if someone had boiled a bag of those "Red Hots" candies. The brown rice was inedible; it may have actually been rancid. The little side salad wasn't so hot, either. For $11, I was expecting something much larger and certainly better. The empanadas were tasty. The nacho plate was also pretty bad. The guac wasn't very good, the cheese wasn't melted, the chips are really awful bagged 99 cent store quality chips. My girlfriend got the chicken en salsa, which was better than mine, but not great by any long shot. Her "spanish rice" was definitely ricearoni or a similar product. The tortillas don't come in a steamer so they get hard while they're on the table. The place wasn't very busy and the servers were terribly disorganized. Seems we're really in the minority as everyone here and on Yelp rave about this place. Maybe it was an off day? Either way, I won't be giving it a second shot. Just tried this place today for the 1st time and it was very disappointing. I had the chicken mole which consisted of 3 of those little “drum sticks” smothered in a sauce that in no way reminded me of “mole.” It was SUPER cinamony. Tasted as if someone had boiled a bag of those “Red Hots” candies. The brown rice was inedible; it may have actually been rancid. The little side salad wasn’t so hot, either. For $11, I was expecting something much larger and certainly better. The empanadas were tasty. The nacho plate was also pretty bad. The guac wasn’t very good, the cheese wasn’t melted, the chips are really awful bagged 99 cent store quality chips. My girlfriend got the chicken en salsa, which was better than mine, but not great by any long shot. Her “spanish rice” was definitely ricearoni or a similar product. The tortillas don’t come in a steamer so they get hard while they’re on the table. The place wasn’t very busy and the servers were terribly disorganized. Seems we’re really in the minority as everyone here and on Yelp rave about this place. Maybe it was an off day? Either way, I won’t be giving it a second shot.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.quarrygirl.com/2009/07/15/go-mexican-at-cinnamon-vegetarian/comment-page-1/#comment-5137 Michelle Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:09:38 +0000 http://www.quarrygirl.com/?p=3593#comment-5137 My boyfriend and I hit up Cinnamon yesterday evening after a failed attempt to get vegan BBQ at the Verdugo Bar. The food was delicious! I got the vegetable enchiladas with green sauce and he had the chicken fajitas on corn tortillas (I have to admit the fajitas were the best I've ever had & I wish I had ordered them). The best part of the night, however, was our stop at the Whole Foods on National on our way home, when I found Daiya cheese for sale!!!! Whole Foods packages it in plastic containers and sells it by weight. I don't know how often or which locations do this, but it completely made up for the earlier failure. My boyfriend and I hit up Cinnamon yesterday evening after a failed attempt to get vegan BBQ at the Verdugo Bar. The food was delicious! I got the vegetable enchiladas with green sauce and he had the chicken fajitas on corn tortillas (I have to admit the fajitas were the best I’ve ever had & I wish I had ordered them).

The best part of the night, however, was our stop at the Whole Foods on National on our way home, when I found Daiya cheese for sale!!!! Whole Foods packages it in plastic containers and sells it by weight. I don’t know how often or which locations do this, but it completely made up for the earlier failure.

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