Sano Cafe

horrible. overpriced. bad. just plain bad. i got a steamed tofu dish with veggies. it was served in a bamboo steamer. i’d rather eat an entire bamboo hutt. or be eaten by a panda. it was unedible and completely bland. all of the bizaro sauces it came with for dipping were horrible. i just didn’t enjoy this place. i wish i had just spent the money grocery shopping in their healthfood store and cooked myself something. or just bought some tofutti cuties and stuffed my face. what a bad meal.

Oh, the disappointment! Sano is a café that is attached to a small-​time grocery store of the Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods variety. There is no mad asparagus disease, carrot flukes, or onionella poisoning. It’s hard to screw up making vegetarian food. However, just like with Whole Foods, this seemingly vegetarian friendly café does unholy things to food. While they could have gone the route of presenting vegetables as vegetables, they seem to work hard at making vegetables seem to be meat. However, while they work hard on such an appearance, the flavor of such food is clearly a nod to the very early days of fake meat. Everything the strictly carnivores think fake meat takes like (without ever actually tasting an example, of course), this stuff is. It is that bad. Still, I suppose I have to throw their chef a star above one just for trying. Besides, my wife said that the non-​veggie stuff is pretty good. Still, neither of us ever get a hankering for Sano. As a final note, should you choose to try the fake meats despite my warning, be sure to stay clear of the veggie meatball.