October 1, 2010: White Lotus Iv

Edit 11/11/2017: Sadly White Lotus is no longer inwards business, but there's a Loving Hut here now.

White Lotus has e'er been a family-run draw of piece of occupation concern as well as thence when they had personal household unit of measurement draw of piece of occupation concern to attend to, the eating theatre unopen for several months.  But we're real happy to written report that they've reopened!  They're dorsum serving upwards Chinese-style mock meats on Thursday, Fri as well as Sabbatum nights.  Given their express hours, I'd highly recommend that y'all majority a tabular array inwards advance.  We saw quite a few people regretfully turned away on the Fri black that nosotros visited.

Though nosotros were visiting primarily for the mock meats, it was a skilful affair that our wok tossed greens ($15) arrived first.  We hungrily lined our stomachs with bok choy before embarking on the richer stuff.

The restaurant's signature vegetarian fish inwards tamarind sauce ($19) was a must.  The 'flesh' was a piffling mushier as well as homogeneous that I recalled on past visits but the nori-and-bean-curd peel was frail as well as crisp as well as the tamarind sauce every bit zesty every bit ever.

We likewise tried out i of the specials, sugariness as well as sour spare ribs ($16).  I suppose nosotros imagined something similar the seitan ribs I made before inwards the twelvemonth as well as received a starchy stupor on outset seize with teeth - within were layers of vegetarian ham, pumpkin as well as taro!  They were tasty as well as new i time nosotros got going, but pretty stodgy every bit nosotros neared the cease of the plate.  Like most things at White Lotus, the ribs are best shared with several people.

Although the eating theatre was busy, the i waitress on duty provided us with reliable as well as unwaveringly friendly service.  Prices are a piffling steep but I don't hear paying them inwards back upwards of a local vegetarian draw of piece of occupation concern on the strange black out.  And until Peace Harmony or Mei Lin run across represent to opened upwards a eating theatre here, they boast the best vegetarian fish inwards Melbourne.

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You tin terminate likewise read close our previous visits to White Lotus: one, two, three.