Central American breakfast. Pinto (rice & beans), corn, scrambled eggs and corn tortillas. 

Some of the best food I had on Utila and it wasn’t even island native. Foo Wok King’s Chef Scotty has been cooking asian/thai style food for quite some time now on this amazingly powerful cook top and a well seasoned wok. Pictured is a very special fried rice, a green thai curry, and vegetable egg rolls. Would recommend this place to anyone traveling to the island of Utila in Honduras. 

Baleadas are one of Honduras traditional foods. Hand made thick flour tortilla, refried beans, eggs, tomato, crumbled cheese, cream and avocado. 

I’ve eaten far too many of these. 

Vegan Breafkast Hash - Potatoes, Veggie Sausage, Blackened Cauliflower, Avocado and Basil - Seasoned with salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil.

Vegan BBQ Chicken Plate from Strictly Vegan Jamaican Cuisine. Featured from right to left is bbq chicken, rice, beans, fresh salad and fried plantains  This was super tasty and was happy to hear that they are super strictly vegan, which I believe was the only one of its kind at Coachella.

Lentil & Chickpea Vegan Burger topped with Banana Peppers.

Comfort food and vegetarian aren’t necessarily known for going hand in hand. I do believe however that all vegetarians deserve to enjoy those same comforts that so many people have come to enjoy. It is comfort food (and food in general) that does in fact bring us back to relive particular memories of our childhood, or even perhaps to more present day pasts of a hung over brunch shared with some friends and friends of friends left over from the previous nights’ endeavors  Here we have: Homemade Pancakes, Roasted Potatoes with Haricot Vert & Veggie Sausage

One of these and you’re good to go. Brought to you by Illinois brewers Goose Island Beer Co, this 2012 Bourbon County Stout is a whopping 15% abv, and is classified as an American Double / Imperial Stout. As you can see, it’s color is super rich like a motor oil and is topped with caramel colored and beautifully tanned head, completing the image for a picturesque bourbon barrel aged beer. The taste, however, is quite contrary to what you might think a 15%’er would taste. Don’t get me wrong though, because when you smell this beer you’ll no doubt think bourbon and boozey, but with finishing notes of both vanilla and chocolate, and a warming sensation that a whiskey can bring, you’ll be glad you poured yourself a glass, or jar, of this deliciously strong beer. 

Roasted Vegetable Board with a homemade orange pepper sauce and chive oil. Veggies include broccoli, mushroom, cauliflower, mini-carrots, potatoes and haloumi over a bed of romaine. 

Tapas Bravas, an Austin based, Spanish Tapas food truck. I ventued over to this food truck whilst on Rainey St. It was located in the backyard of a Rainey St ‘home,’ amongst a few other trucks. I chose Tapas Bravas because of how veggie friendly it was with nearly 3/4 of their menu being vegetarian. Pictured are flash fried brussel sprouts with sea salt and a garlic aioli. They were certainly tasty, although a bit pricey for the quantity (roughly $8 for the sprouts.) Would have liked to have seen a two for $10 deal, which would have been perfect considering I was still hungry after. But, they were tasty nonetheless. Follow them on twitter here and check them out on your next trip to Austin.

House Of Card, a sustainable, pop-up mobile coffee house. Owner Georgia Hopkins was here all week during SXSW providing delicious coffee and lovely, fresh trimmed flowers, all the while promoting her super cute cardboard coffee shop. Good luck Georgia!

Vegan Dog with Sauerkraut, Jalapenos, and Spicy Brown Mustard from The Hot Dog King Food Truck in Austin, Tx

Spinach and Mushroom Embanada from mmmpanadas food truck in Austin, Tx.

Vegetarian English Breakfast. 

Homemade hash browns, fried tomatoes, veggie sausage, scrambled eggs, veggie bacon, lightly fried bread and baked beans. Note that these are Heinz baked beans. Very important as the beans they sell here in the US are not the same as sold in the UK. These were imported.