What can a vegan eat in the Smoky Mountains?

The answer: in Gatlinburg, TN (hugest tourist trap I've ever seen), I had a veggie burger without cheese at Smoky's Pub & Grub. This was literally the only vegan fair I could locate in the vicinity. I forgot to take a picture before I ate it, but that's okay because I'm pretty sure it was just a Boca burger.

In Asheville, NC I forced my family to go to an all-vegetarian restaurant called Laughing Seed Cafe (there website has been down for the past week, I'm not sure why). There was an all-vegan restaurant there but it wasn't open on Sundays. Here are some pictures of what we all ordered.







And if the website were up I could actually describe what these things are. My parents ordered the Havana Cuban. I ordered Mercury Not Rising (mock fish sandwich). My brother got a giant Laughing Seed Salad. We shared some corn fritters and some sort of Asian dumplings for appetizers. The drink is a Melontini I think.



Next stop was the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, where they made me a vegan pizza, which was just red sauce and veggies... and yukon potatoes, which was kind of odd to me.



From there we went to Boone, NC, home of Appalachian State. And also the The Coyote Kitchen. I got the Pineapple Tempeh Melt, without cheese. They even asked ME if I wanted a substitution for the cheese, instead of me trying to convince them to give me one for free. I picked mushrooms. Yeah I know that's kind of gross. But it tasted delicious.



Anyway, I am tired of updating, more updates regarding American Vegan Kitchen to come soon.