Naam

If i were to go to on restaurant in all of Vancouver it would be this one.Takes a while to get service.. its always busy.But well worth the wait.Best vegetarian/vegan food EVER

Even if the food wasn't awesome---which it is---it would be worth it to visit the Naam just for the interaction with the waitstaff. 

Think hippie throwbacks with new millennium dreads. 
Think facial piercings and blank eyes. 
Think milk-pale skin, and weed-slow motion. 

We ordered some water and a bottle of house white.  I scanned the menu 
and asked our waiter's opinion. 
"So, what's good here?" 
Pause. 
Glance at dining companions. 
Pause. 
It's like you could see he was searching for some remaining dregs of energy 
to fuel his response. 
"Well...the sesame fries...they're really good." 
"Is there a dipping sauce?" 
Pause. 
Blink. 
"Okay, I need you to reach down through your cellular levels and marshal the mitochondria...do the fries come with a dipping sauce?" 
"We have...a miso gravy." 
Time passed.  The earth cooled.  "The miso gravy...is really good...it's 
really famous." 

It took us well over 5 minutes to order, and then our poor pale waiter 
shuffled off.  I've seen more alacrity in a palliative care home, but I 
unwound and shifted nicely into the Naam's laidback vibe. 

The food at the Naam is Full-On Vegetarian, but they somehow managed to keep all the taste, and the portions---unlike the waitstaff, God bless them--- 
aren't anemic.  Even non-vegetarians will love the food here.  The waiter was right, the sesame fries with miso gravy totally rocked.  The chapatis are a meal unto themselves, stuffed with cheese and guacamole, cucumber and tomatos and beets and sprouts.  And even the butchest of he-men can order a Dragon Bowl---a big bowl of brown rice with carrots and beets and chilis and curry sauce---without worrying their manhood might be put on trial... 
Soups are likewise fabulous, and if you can resist the urge to slip the waiter a PowerBar, the Naam is a definite thumbs-up!