(from eatpress.com)
As the ladies and I were frankly too tired to put something together for LadyDinner this week, it was decided that we should have a night out. Lola Rosa may be my favorite restaurant. It's a tiny vegetarian restaurant, holed away in the McGill Ghetto (so named because of its huge McGill student population). Its twelve or so dishes remain constant (so much that I'm pretty sure that chalk menu list on the walls has remained the same in the three years I've lived here), though ingredients change depending on the season and the chef's whimsy. The staff is friendly, and in the little drawers in the table are notes left by other patrons sharing riddles, anecdotes, well wishes, or simple nonsense. Not to mention that watching the snow plows go by the huge windows during the winter is surprisingly entertaining.
I was a little nervous, as Lola Rosa comes up against the peril of many vegetarian restaurants: in order to add flavor, they throw in cheese, and LOTS of it. However, it turns out all of their dishes can be changed to have little/no cheese. So, I was able to order my ratatouille quesadilla in peace.
Being in a rush, I forgot my camera to photograph the meal, but let me tell you, it looked DELICIOUS. The quesadilla only takes up half the plate and is topped with a huge helping of sauce and sour cream. The other half is filled with basmati rice, a slice of an orange, and a salad topped with shredded carrot and red cabbage. Other dishes come with a chickpea salad and still others have different forms of rice. That's the thing about Lola Rosa: even if one orders the same meal every night, it will never be the same.
Whenever I go with people to Lola Rosa, even though we're all relatively poor college students, it's not even a question whether or not we're going to get dessert. Though I settled for the vegan chocolate cake (over my absolute favorite, the croustade aux pommes), it came topped with raspberry sauce and was filled with walnuts.
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