Solo traveler extraordinaire. Looking for vegan food.
Kitchen Mouse 5.11.25
Kitchen Mouse is one of those Los Angeles vegan restaurants that shows up on all the “best of” lists. (Although their menu says they are “mostly vegan, all vegetarian.”) Folks seem to be especially big fans of their chilaquiles, so I thought I’d wander over and give them a try. (They were good, not quite as good as the egg toast from Green Table Cafe from the day before, but good.)
I failed to realize that I’d be going to a family-friendly restaurant on Mother’s Day.
It was packed. Mothers are the least-supported members of society, and the speed of the line showed it. The women in line who had kids were 1) carrying all the kid accessories in large backpacks and purses, 2) herding the kids through line and making them behave, 3) getting everyone’s order and translating it for the cashier, 4) picking out a table and getting everyone seated, and 5) going back to the counter to get drinks. Then they 6) were doing all the socializing with grandparents and friends while they waited for food, and 7) keeping the kids entertained while they waited for the meal to wrap up. Husbands couldn’t even be bothered to hang around. Instead they filtered in and out of line, wandered up the block, and played on their phones. It was infuriating (how is our society this toxic to women) and validating (I made the right choices given these options).
For anyone who wanted to avoid the crowds, Kitchen Mouse has a bakery around the corner!
There was no wait, and they had all the delicious goodies I’d seen in the Kitchen Mouse Cafe display case (plus some yummy-looking extras).
I went with the salted chocolate chip cookie. It tasted … healthy. Like the texture was a bit grainy (ground flaxseed maybe?) and the flavor was sort of fruity (dates? applesauce?). It wasn’t the warm buttery-smooth sugar and salt hit that I was hoping for. And yet by the time my train arrived the cookie was completely gone.
