Asian cuisine in San Francisco is plentiful and impressive, both in its variety and quality. We lucked out with two great lunches that were vegan, inexpensive but generously portioned, authentic and mouth-wateringly tasty:Steamed vegetables, pan-seared veggie dumplings, steamed rice, veggie roll and wontons (huge plate all for $8.95!) - and good tea of course - at Lucky Creation in Chinatown:
Lucky Creation is a 100% vegetarian Chinese restaurant, and one I highly recommend. In addition to the straight up vegetable-based options I opted to order, they also have menu items that sound more typical of your average Chinese restaurant - but everything is bean curd or wheat gluten-based. Vegetable and rice noodle pho with bean sprouts, jalapeno and lemon on the side from Pho Vietnam in Nob Hill:
