Eat Green, Be Happy

Beirut , West Saint Paul, MN 55118 🌿🌿🌿🌿 This is one of the first restaurant I tried since I moved to Saint Paul. I have been there several times, last time with my family that visited me from Peru. The atmosphere is very pleasant, the space is small but very well decorated, there is always some music playing that transport you to the beautiful landscape of Lebanon, that you can see in the pictures around the room. There is a menu for two, one with meat and one veggie, that includes seven different plates (in the photo the veggie option), plus kebabs, rice and pita bread. It is plenty for two, so maybe you have some leftovers. I always bring my own Tupperware, just in case. I strongly recommend this place that has the complete four leaves because nothing is plastic, exception of the garlic butter that is served with the kebabs.  Eat Green, Be Happy rating system 🌿🌿🌿🌿   4 leaves: All green 🌿🌿🌿.  3 leaves: Great but you can do better 🌿🌿  2 leaves: Green by ...

Chimborazo , Minneapolis 🌿🌿🌿🌿 I was so happy to try the food at Chimborazo, an Ecuatorian restaurant in Minneapolis. It is a small business with two rooms but the service is very good and of course, the food as well. Nothing is one use only, even the container for the leftovers is ecofriendly. I tried the veggie "saltado" that was very spicy but anyway very good. The best of everything are the "patacones" and the "salsa criolla" that come with it. I have been in Ecuador in different moments of my life and I always liked it. It is also the home country of close friends and a brother country to Peru. I visited Chimborazo after attending Cine Latino festival and watching an Ecuatorian docummentary "After they were gone," (2019) the opera prima of Veronica Haro Abril. So, Chimborazo become a place of friendship, of latino flavors, of warm memories. I want to come back already. Eat Green, Be Happy rating system 🌿🌿🌿🌿   4 leaves: All green ...

Ichiddo Ramen, St Paul, MN 55116 🌿🌿🌿  There is some people that don’t pay for noodles but others that enjoy them, especially when taste good and came in a beautiful and artistic bowl, I am one of the latter. This small restaurant is delicious, I tried the ramen in a soup but there is also an option of fried noodles. My bowl was full of vegetables and it was enough for a good lunch. All the utensils were not only non plastic but pretty, it was obvious that were chosen with good taste, even the chopsticks that in many restaurants are of one use only. The decoration of the restaurant is simple but gives a great impact. They use spoons or ceramic bowls of different styles to bring an artistic touch. Unfortunately, I can’t give Ichiddo the perfect score because of the plastic container of the thai tea, other wise delicious and with bubbles, which I enjoyed but I think I prefer my tea withouth them. The tea was served in a plastic container with a big straw. The other dis...