October 11th, 2011 » Vegan Mofo 8: Philadelphia – The Abbaye
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I only stayed in Philadelphia for approx 15 hours (Sept 7th evening to Sept 8th afternoon). I missed 1 day due to missed flight in San Francisco, so it sucked. So I went on a vegan “lovely binge” for 8 hours to try nearly all the vegan restaurants in Philadelphia as much as I can.
The Abbaye was the second vegan restaurant that I stopped at and it is well known for its vegan chicken wings. The first vegan restaurant I stopped at was Blackbird Pizzeria, which was really late at night after my arrival in Philadelphia. It was worth $20 taxi fare to The Abbaye from the downtown area near Reading Terminal Market. The location of the restaurant was a bit odd, maybe in a rougher side of Philly. When we first entered the restaurant, it was a pretty dark with bar setting, but quiet still with locals enjoying their drinks.
So I had their vegan hot wings with no blue cheese or ranch dressing at the side because it’s not vegan. The service was a bit long, but understandable that it was just a vegan appetizer. The texture was soft, a bit soggy, but the flavour was definitely hot-wing style (more of a Tabasco hot sauce flavour). The price for a vegan hot wings is pretty high: $9.00 for an appetizer plate. But it’s cool to see that they can create vegan chicken wings. Beer was dandy, nice ambience and definitely a nice way to escape the disgusting Philly rain.
