Eating vegan when away on a trip

So here we are in Albuquerque. Our friend George is a costume designer and is here on location, doing a movie with Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany and Rebecca Hall called Transcendence.  We came in for the 4th July weekend to hang with him and go to Santa Fe.
It's often a bit of a challenge to eat vegan when away, so we were very happy when everything on this trip went SO perfectly, including our culinary experiences.

"WOW ALERT"
The highlight was "Loving Vegan" a vegan sushi and bento box restaurant, on Coors Blvd.
Tel# 505-890-1555.
Owned by Cathy Punya, who has several other restaurants in the area as well as a restaurant in Laguna Beach, Ca. This is her first all vegan sushi restaurant.
The two people managing the restaurant and preparing all the food were Surapan Phonsukha and Khemjira Jongkolsapaporn the most delightful and talented twosome.
We ordered the Monkey balls (I know) - mushrooms stuffed with vegan spicy tuna, deep fried with a sauce. They were so light and delicious we thought we'd died and gone to heaven.
The New Mexico roll was a tempura Chile with avocado and cucumber, absolutely awesome and a avocado roll so fresh and light it melted in your mouth.
We then indulged in dessert, coconut ice cream and a vegan, gluten free chocolate cup cake.
If you live in the area or are visiting you HAVE to check out this INCREDIBLE place.
Also ranked #1 vegan sushi restaurant by Peta

Gary doesn't like mushrooms and tofu isn't always his favorite, but these were so incredible, he couldn't resist

You'll have to try them to understand how awesome these are.

Beautiful presentation and most delicious

Decadent

The sweetest twosome

Here are a few other photos of our trip and other taste delights.

I'm always a happy girl when I can have some pool time.

George had rented a really nice condo while on location. We got to enjoy all the cool amenities.
We had the pool all to ourselves on Wednesday. 

Always an easy poolside snack, guacamole and chips.

Having breakfast each morning with fresh peaches right off the tree. Yum!

Delicious vegetable soft tacos with grilled veggies and of course a Margarita at La Fonda in Santa Fe

I was very excited when i saw Cauliflower Steak on a menu at a restaurant in Santa Fe. The sauces and extras were delicious, but the steak was just slightly cooked cauliflower. I think I can do better. It's going to be a mission of mine to make a really great cauliflower steak. Stay tuned and I'll let you know how it goes.