We understand that vegans don't eat eggs. The foods shown are items we ate at Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Dining.  Gyu-Kaku, 7862 Warner Ave., #109, Huntington Beach, CA. Tel: (714) 842-8333. www.gyu-kaku.com

Gyu-Kaku

Japan's favorite restaurant with over 800 locations, Gyu-Kaku, offers a fantastic dining experience in California for those seeking vegetarian. There are a growing number of restaurants that offer excellent vegetable options for meals, but this Japanese BBQ is a treat. The cooked vegetables maintain more of their original properties than those boiled, baked and heated in other ways. Binchotan oak charcoals that promote the build up of amino acids and add flavor to the foods while protecting them from  breakdown are used in special, smokeless grills invented in Japan.

Some vegetables and non-meat food items you can choose on the extensive menu include:

Crispy Seaweed, Kim-Chee, Green Onion Pancake, Tofu Salad, Seaweed Salad

Soups include Seaweed Soup

Vegetables to cook on the grill include Portobello Mushroom, Shitake with Ponzu, Eggplant Shio or Miso, Zucchini, Shishito Pepper, Sweet Onion, Corn, Japanese Tofu Platter, Asparagus, Spinach Garlic, Mushroom Medley, Enoki Mushroom, Garlic Butter Mushroom and Edamame

In addition to the unique vegetable preparations you cook yourself over a special grill, there's also the staple of a Japanese meal, rice.

Prices on the affordable meal entrees range from $7 to $15, approx.

Gyu-Kaku, 7862 Warner Ave., #109, Huntington Beach, CA. Tel: (714) 842-8333. www.gyu-kaku.com