SVCC 2018 -- Wild Rooster Bistro

We’re in the home stretch for this year’s Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge, and there are still several restaurants I haven’t visited. So this afternoon, my husband Phil and I took a drive to Fair Oaks Village for lunch at the always vegan-friendly Wild Rooster Bistro.

There are six fabulous-sounding dishes on Wild Rooster Bistro’s special menu, which made deciding among them very difficult. Sopes, chile relleno, cochinita pibil, chile verde, tacos, mole – what to choose, what to choose? So far during this year’s challenge, I’ve had chile relleno at El Papagayo, tacos at Golden Road Brewing and Crocker Café, and mole at Mayahuel, so I decided to try the sopes de picadillo at Wild Rooster Bistro.

Sopes are very thick corn tortillas that serve as the base for various toppings. In this case, the toppings were shredded soy in a house-made marinade, potatoes in red sauce, refried beans, lettuce, vegan sour cream and queso fresco, and pico de gallo. I loved the flavors in this creative dish, which was served with rice and refried beans.

I was much too full for dessert, but couldn’t say no to the walnut pudding everyone has been talking about on Facebook and Instagram. I don’t even know how to describe this delicious pudding, which was sweet, but not too sweet, had the texture of gelatin, but obviously wasn’t gelatin, and was completely full of walnuts. It was a very large helping, so Phil and I shared it, and we both really liked it.

Wild Rooster is located at 7984 California Boulevard in Fair Oaks Village, and their phone number is 916-966-6384. Their website address is http://wildrooster.eat247.menu/, and their Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/wildroosterbistro/. The restaurant is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.