Vina

February 3, 2013

Vina Vegetarian Restaurant seems lesser known inwards Newtown than Green Gourmet but I was to a greater extent than interested inwards tasting its Vietnamese cooking, craving around fresh vegetables too herbs. We arrived early on too had no problem securing a table; the need for eat-in too takeaway nutrient solely grew over the adjacent sixty minutes or two.

Vina's bill of fare runs to several pages - though it's non clearly marked, I get together that most dishes are vegan, too the introductory page says they'll endeavour their best to adapt whatsoever declared dietary requirements. Our waiter was friendly too knowledgeable, seeming rattling much upwards to that task. There's a arrive at of fried too fresh foods, mock meats too whole vegetables: salads, soups, noodles, rice newspaper wraps, stir fries, hot pots too rice.

Safe inside the walls of a vegetarian restaurant, nosotros tried an entree whose cite nosotros didn't recognise - Xui Cao ($6) - too were treated to around crunchy-fried dumplings filled amongst finely minced vegatables, tofu too noodles.

We uncovering it impossible to resist sweet, pillowy steamed mock BBQ pork buns wherever nosotros uncovering them ($4.50).

Michael focused mainly on a bowl of vermicelli amongst jump rolls, around delightfully flavoured too shredded mock chicken, lettuce, mint, cucumber too dipping sauce ($12).

I was at to the lowest degree every bit impressed over again yesteryear the DIY rice newspaper rolls ($16) - they featured a mix of tofu, mock beef too crispy-skinned mock pork rubbed amongst lemongrass too spices, served amongst the requisite vermicelli, lettuce, mint, vegetables too dipping sauce. We couldn't behavior to larn out a shred of this behind.

While Vina is non peculiarly atmospheric, it had a appealing golden low-cal on this greyness eventide too the staff were welcoming. The nutrient - peculiarly our brain dishes - was terrific! The noodle soups, noodle bowls too fried rice plates are especially practiced value at simply $12 each. If solely I lived a niggling closer, I'd dear to slink inwards for regular low-fuss feeds.

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Vina
395 King St, Newtown NSW
(02) 9557 0456
veg entrees $4-6, mains $6-18

Accessibility: Vina has a ramp on entry too moderate-to-tightly spaced tables. We ordered at the tabular array too paid at a high counter. We didn't take in the toilets, but Toilography did.