When Molly was visiting, we took her to eat at Veggie Heaven, a hole-in-the-wall restaurant on the Guadalupe strip. Is hole-in-the-wall right? At VH, it's definitely not about the decor, which is a strange mishmash of posters, wall art and calendars. It's about yummy Asian food that is completely veggie friendly.

As we perused the menu, which is replete with photographs of every entree, food for the table next to ours was delivered. They had two orders of a half broccoli and half something that looked like breaded meat in some sort of sauce. It looked good. It smelled yummy. A quick perusal of the photo-friendly menu revealed they were eating Protein 2000. I ordered it. It was good. It was very good. And I noticed everyone around me was eating it. It seemed the whole restaurant had ordered Protein 2000.

What is Protein 2000, you ask? The VH menu describes the dish as, "vegetable proteins made of soybeans in a slightly sweet brown sauce with broccoli, garlic, and onions." But what's with the silly name? No idea. Of course, thoughts do turn to Soylent Green, the Charlton Heston 'classic' where the food source turns out to be people. (It's people! Soylent green is people!) But since VH is run by a 'cult' of vegetarian practitioners, we can assume that Protein 2000 is not people.

That's right, VH is run by Falun Gong practitioners, which you probably know because of their persecution by the Chinese government. They are seen by many, including experts in the West, as a cult with questionable practices for followers. But, they run a great restaurant! And you know how I love a cult-run restaurant.

I think they are putting something in that Protein 2000 though. If not, why the strange, futuristic name? And why is everyone ordering it? And why do I think about it all the time and wonder when I am going to get some more Protein 2000? Why have Thursdays become Protein 2000 day?

Today, Katie and I met for lunch at Veggie Heaven and I ordered the Protein 2000 without even looking at the menu. I don't have answers to any of the questions lingering over my plate, but I am going to stop asking them, set back and enjoy my meal. That is what the Protein 2000 is telling me to do.

Mangez!