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General: Located in Allston, this vegetarian/vegan friendly Vietnamese cuisine is very different. Grasshopper comes with an extensive menu, where you are bound to find something worth the try. Pricing is fair, on the cheaper side, so if you’re low on cash, and in the Allston area, Grasshopper isn’t a bad stop. Located: 1 North Beacon St at Brighton Ave, Allston.

She Said: CALLING ALL VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS! or just anyone that was to try some new stuff. This restaurant serves all vegan-Asian dishes. For location, Grasshopper is out of my way, but it isn’t all that bad to stop here when I’m coming home from golf. It isn’t the nicest of all places, but the smell of it is wonderful! (probably the perk of this place.) Obviously if you are vegan, you’re going to want to try this place out… if not.. you might want to just try it, to say you did. There are a few dishes that I liked suchs as the appetizers. Seriously, you can make a meal of them. The entrees are fairly large, so you might want to split a plate. I enjoyed the grilled eggplant, however, stay away from the Vietnamese Style Vegi-Pizza. I didn’t like it at all.. and it’s NOT pizza. if you want pizza, go to TJ Scallywagger’s next door. So in all… this place was just okay. It’s nothing special, unless you are vegan. I wouldn’t come to this place unless I was in Allston.

He Said: As fate would have it, I lived above this place for a couple of years and never thought to go in.  To tell the truth, Grasshopper was probably one of the last places I could see myself going given its menu laden with Asian-theme vegan food.  So why did I end up going?  One day She was having a tough day, and I knew she is into vegetarian/Health food, so that day on the way back from golfing, I said why not let’s try something new and different… From the outside, Grasshopper is hardly distinctive. But as we drew near, the difference became apparent: the aroma; as She said, the smell was so good that I was hooked in the first 5 seconds. Then the menus came, and there seemed to be like “40,000″ items… just kidding of course, but it is indeed a pretty large menu.  It took me - a non-vegetarian – a moment to realize that the “steak” and “chicken” listed on the menu was not the real thing, and I ultimately decided to just try the vegetarian cuisine and avoid anything laden with a fake flavor and potential disappointment.  My Hot and Sour Soup was very good, and then we split some sort of pizza that looked more like a green omelet to me.  This dish was a bit lacking in the flavor department…it almost seemed like it needed salad dressing. That said, I liked the experience at Grasshopper and it was fun for me since I like to try new stuff all the time.  I also loved the big jar of tea they gave you…a nice touch. Vegetarian food will never be my first, second, or third choice, but I would go again and try more of the endless menu, so if you want a point of view from a non vegetarian and are wondering, how is it? or what is about? I will keep you posted.

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