this is life in austin & aspen

When I first stopped in to Dhaba Joy to see what a vegan bakery looked like, and because I had read tons of awesome reviews on yelp.com, I got a vegan cookie. It was the most amazing, succulent, delicious cookie of my entire life. I became obsessed, and took everyone I knew there, and they loved them too. Obviously, I had to stop this behavior before I blew up to the size of a balloon.

But a few nights ago a friend was craving dessert, so we went to Dhaba Joy. I had yet to try the oatscreme, a soft-serve vegan concoction made of oats. I heard mixed reviews–some said it was amazing, others said it tasted like poop. I was wary. We got a sample of the chocolate, and it was very interesting. A little spicy, very authentically chocolate flavored, and not too sweet. My friend and I ended up splitting an oatscreme sandwich–this mess of chocolate oatscreme smushed between a snickerdoodle and chocolate chip cookie. It was a little piece of Heaven. And half of one was PLENTY. My friend doesn’t even like chocolate, and she loved the oatscreme.

Now I must admit, there was also a fella in our party, a vegetarian, not vegan, and he did not like the oatscreme–he didn’t like that hint of spiciness. He ordered the chocolate cheesecake. He didn’t like that either, so I tried it, thinking I might like it. It was bad. Just plain bad. It tasted like brown-colored tofu. Not cheesecake-y at all, not sweet, not delicious in any way, shape or form.

Lesson: stick to the dang cookies. They are amazing. Almond butter is the best if you ask me, but chocolate chip and snickerdoodle are close seconds. And the cupcakes are pretty delish too, although I’ve only been able to stray from the cookies once and wasn’t impressed enough to miss out on a cookie. Even if you’re not anywhere close to veganism, try the stinkin’ vegan cookies at Dhaba Joy. They will amaze you.