Virginia Bloggers

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  • Meet Up Recap @ Kabab Grille

    Saturday afternoon, we had another fantastic Blogger Meet Up, this time, over a delicious spread of Pakistani food, at Kabab Grille in Richmond! After Sarah and I tasted their food at the Richmond Vegetarian Festival (and chatted with the amazingly sweet staff) we knew it would be the perfect place for a meet up!

    They were super accommodating, bringing out dish after dish of delicious food, explaining what everything was along the way! It was awesome, since most of us were totally unfamiliar with Pakistani cuisine. They had a range of vegetarian and meat options, which meant there really was something for everyone!

    My favorites were the chickpeas (pictured above) and the zucchini. Both of them were so flavorful and delicious! I also ate quite a few pieces of Nann and lots of mixed vegetetables and rice.

    They had a variety of sauces for us to taste, which meant you could pretty much customize your spice preference! And those mixed vegetables pictured above were incredible!

    You can’t have that many bloggers and cameras in one place without getting a great group shot:

    From left: Tatianna, Janieseca, Shaina, Sarah, Adrienne, Lindsay, Liz, Brian, Sydney, Anna, Mollee, Meg, Robin 

    Such a fun group of Virginia Bloggers!

    You can check out more of Kabab Grille on their Facebook page, and follow them on Twitter!

    Keep an eye out for more meet up announcements and events to come!

    Virginia LOVE,

    Liz @ I Heart Vegetables

  • Event Announcement! Meet Up @ Kabab Grille

    Hey bloggers!

    Come join the Virginia Bloggers at Kabab Grille in Richmond on August 4th at 1:00 PM for a #VAis4Bloggers meet-up, where we will feast on authentic halal Pakistani (Punjabi) dishes prepared especially for us by the creative, and award-winning kitchen.

    Kabab Grille has offered us a 50% discount ($5.75 for everything except drinks) on an array of menu items that will be served to us family style, as well as the opportunity to sample more of what we’ve tasted—or entirely different dishes altogether—from the impressive lunch buffet.

    In addition to the ever-changing buffet menu, some of the dishes prepared exclusively for us will be Chicken Tandori Kababs, Goat Curry, Channa Masala, Tofu Jalfrezzi, Tandori Naan, Chicken Curry, and assorted Basmati rices. Vegetable dishes will rotate throughout the day, but may include Baingan Bharta (eggplant), zucchini, and Daal Tarka (lentils).

    And of course, let’s not forget the real reason I’m going to be there: Halwah, a saffron-and-pistachio infused cream of wheat dessert that I first tasted at the Richmond Vegetarian Festival and subsequently had a near- foodie heaven experience.

    Please RSVP to virginiabloggers@gmail.com if you can make it!

    [For directions, please visit Kabab Grille’s website.] You can also check out their Facebook page here!

    Hope to see you there!

  • Richmond Vegetarian Festival This Weekend!

    Summer time is festival time.

    And there is nothing I love more than a good celebration bringing the community together around a shared interest.

    Especially when that interest is food.

    Vegetarian food? Well, that’s just (non-dairy) icing on (vegan) cake.

    I know where I’ll be this Saturday: the 10th Annual Richmond Vegetarian Festival at Bryan Park.

    (Not to be confused with New York Fashion Week at Bryant Park. Just, you know, in case you made that mistake, too.)

    Join me for a couple of hours of restaurants and exhibitors proferring their vegetarian-friendly wares, while we listen to local music and enjoy (what will hopefully be) a lovely summer day in the park.

    The festival lasts from noon to 6:00, and the Virginia Bloggers will be meeting at 1:00 at the festival entrance, should you care to join the pack! [If you are late, tweet to us, or use the hashtag #VAis4Bloggers.]

    May the greens and beans be with you. 🙂