"Kamonegi in Fremont specializes in homemade soba and tempura, many of which do include meat and/or seafood. But some of the most fantastic options here are vegetable-based, like blistered shishito peppers with miso ranch, fried eggplant with dashi, curry seiro with mozzarella and leek, and outstanding kabocha tempura (that you can order without the duck glaze it usually comes with). Chase it all with habanero-infused plum sake, which happens to be made of plants, too." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley