Verdura Plant Based Eatery recently opened in a shopping center on seventh street that is also known as the Phoenix restaurant row in Phoenix Arizona. Verdura is a popular name for vegan restaurants because Verdura translates to vegetable in Italian and Spanish. The menu is sort of melting pot American with global inspirations. The Atmosphere is mostly cool classic rock and roll with greenery accents. Memorabilia like records, album covers, concert posters and super star vocalist portraits grace the walls. Classic Rock and Roll Music fills the air not LOUD but on a comfortable level. Lots of bright light comes threw the large window front during the day.
Looks like this when you walk in.
You order at the counter, pay, grab a number with a classic rock star like Patty Smyth and seat yourself inside or on the patio.
They run your food to you when its ready and ask if you need anything and they check on you.
We started out by sharing the Kimchi Aranchini that comes over German Cucumber salad.
The fried rice balls (arancini) are filled with lots of carrots and some cabbage…They are lightly laced with kimchi essence. The rice balls are fried perfectly and seem free of oil and are tasty……They are GOOD and tasty……..but……. The taste to me was unexpected because kimchi is so strong, spicy and a pungent in your face flavor that I wasn’t expecting these rice balls to be so mild. Under the kimchi rice balls is an unusual pairing of creamy German Cucumber salad. The German Cucumber salad is very good. It’s just delicious! This cucumber is just right and flavorful. We both loved the German Cucumber Salad.
We also shared the General Pow Cauliflower.
We have roasted cauliflower, a mild sauce, nori peanuts, shishito peppers, chimichurri with rice, Korean pepper threads and Korean Brussels. The cauliflower and brussels are roasted nicely. The Shishito peppers add a different touch of mild heat too. My favorite flavor here is the chimichrri sauce in the front of the plate because it’s very bright and flavorful. Again a tasty vegetable plate….Not too much POW or General Tso to it but tasty and nicely prepared.
We also shared the Avocado Mofongo FT Jerk Jackfruit.
This is fried plantain that’s mashed with seasoning avocado It’s topped with pineapple corn relish, and Caribbean style jerk jackfruit. This was the most seasoned of the dishes we tried. It’s mildly spicy. To me its very mild to be jerk jackfruit but its an approachable tasty vegan dish.
Nicely prepared vegetables of different inspirations.
Worthy of a try!
That was my trip to Verdura Plant Based Eatery in Phoenix.
www.VerduraPhx.com
Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.
