March 30, 2011: Tan Truc Giang

March was a actually crappy calendar month for Michael at operate but past times the fourth dimension I'd returned from Canberra he was but close done together with wanted to stimulate got a half-day off. We used it to devise our ain mini-tour of Footscray - start compiling a Google map of places nosotros could visit, together with then jumping on the motorbus together with using my smartphone equally a direct for a few hours.  I stimulate got but about Luddite tendencies but must acknowledge that picayune device allowed us the perfect ease betwixt planning together with flexibility.

K together with Toby had deduced the magic words to obtain a vegetarian banh mi:

"Vegetarian roll".  Though nosotros didn't grab the exact cost, based on our full nib nosotros were most probable charged $3.50, mayhap $4 at a stretch, per roll.  And that crusty curl is stuffed to bursting alongside bbq-style seitan, pickled carrot together with unevenly distributed chilli.

And that veg choice comes alongside a recommendation from Footscray's food-blogging ambassador Ms Baklover.  I'll stimulate got to laissez passer it a endeavour later on my please inward their vegetarian roll's really being wears off.  

That could stimulate got a while.

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Tan Truc Giang has too been blogged at In the Mood for Noodles, Half-Eaten together with Footscray Food Blog (twice).

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Tan Truc Giang

36A Leeds St, Footscray

9689 9509

BYO

vegetarian curl $3.50

March 30, 2011: Ebi Fine Foods

our Footscray tour, as well as thus our initial innovation to separate a scroll at Tan Truc Giang had been derailed past times our ravenous 2pm lunch-hungers. So, amongst a scroll each nether our belts, fifty-fifty an lx minutes or as well as thus browsing Savers, a few other op-shops as well as a shopping spree at Aangan or Dosa Hut. Instead, nosotros decided to banking concern gibe out the curious-sounding Japanese-inspired fish as well as fleck store that our Cheap Eats direct promised us would supply fine vegie takoyaki as well as other snack-sized treats.

The decor is a foreign combination of neighbourhood chippy as well as cute sushi place, as well as the carte du jour offers upwardly a like mix: beer-battered fish as well as chips, but too sushi, bento boxes as well as tempura options, along amongst a gain of Japanese-inspired snacks. We were intrigued past times the vegan friendly veg-bento box ($15), but could solely facial expression upwardly a twosome of snacks: a vegie croquette each ($2 a pop) as well as unopen to of the veg takoyaki ($5, inspired past times octopus balls, which are patently a mutual Kyoto street-food).

The croquettes were pretty expert - a murphy heavy vegie filling, crumbed amongst panko as well as drizzled amongst a delicious sweetness Japanese bbq sauce. But the existent stars were the takoyaki, which apprently started life equally festival nutrient cooked upwardly past times Ebi proprietor John Byrne. They've got a crispy outer as well as a gloriously squishy texture, presumably dominated past times tofu (although nosotros didn't genuinely ask) as well as are served amongst a splash of low-cal soy sauce as well as a smothering of Japanese mayo. Amazing - as well as a pocket at $5 a serve.

The dessert carte du jour includes donuts, fudge as well as home-made H2O ice cream, but live on warned - the tofu cheesecake contains both eggs as well as gelatine, as well as thus it's non equally vegan-friendly equally it sounds. Still, I'm pretty certain vegans would live on good rewarded past times the bento box - we're definitely going to banking concern gibe it out adjacent fourth dimension we're inward the west.

All inward all, our afternoon inward Footscray was a winner - delicious as well as reasonably priced food, decent java at the fairly limited but amongst aid from commenters on our previous post we're already edifice upwardly a massive listing of places to sample. Any to a greater extent than hot tips for wonderful veg-friendly places would live on appreciated.

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Despite the Cheap Eats honey as well as a thumbs up (twice!), Fill Up on Bread is a fan, equally are Charles Whyte as well as I dream of a brewery.

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Ebi Fine Foods
18A Essex St, Footscray
9689 3300
Snacks: $2.5 - $5, bento box: $15

Accessibility: Ebi has a tiny stride equally y'all travel into as well as is a niggling cramped (outdoor seating is to a greater extent than spacious). Ordering as well as payment laissez passer on at a high counter.

The Reverence Hotel

December 26, 2012

We'd been hearing a few rumours close the vegan-friendly Mexican-inspired carte du jour that had popped upwards at The Reverence Hotel inwards Footscray, in addition to so when The Moody Noodles invited us over to the westward to banking concern friction match it out nosotros trekked on over. The Reverence is the new(ish) dwelling of the peeps who used to run The Arthouse inwards North Melbourne, in addition to along amongst alive music in addition to decent beer, they've got a veg-friendly carte du jour going. And they've clearly struck a chord - they were doing a roaring merchandise on Boxing Day, amongst a mix of hipsters, veg*ns in addition to a handful of to a greater extent than old-school Footscray peeps filling every available space.

Th through Lord's Day they offering pizzas, empanadas in addition to a few other nibblies, amongst plenty of vegan in addition to gluten-free activeness (including an intriguing-sounding 'ham' in addition to 'cheese' option). They too convey a inexpensive taco nighttime to coincide amongst their Tuesday trivia. For obvious reasons, they postponed the scheduled Tuesday trivia to Wednesday, important nosotros could dive into some inexpensive Boxing Day tacos We didn't stick to a greater extent than or less for trivia, at to the lowest degree partly because it was crammed amongst people, leaving us out the dorsum inwards the courtyard.

The tacos come upwards inwards 2 veg in addition to 2 meaty varieties. We gave the veggie options (both vegan in addition to gluten free) a proficient going over, amongst 7 tacos ($3 each) proving plenty to satisfy the 2 of us. I was most enthused yesteryear the tofu tacos - pan fried tofu, amongst smoky paprika, crunchy coleslaw in addition to coriander, served amongst chipotle lime mayo. They were generous amongst the paprika, which gave the mashed upwards tofu a lovely smoky flavour, which went brilliantly amongst the acidic coleslaw in addition to creamy mayo. As amongst all tacos, they were improved fifty-fifty farther amongst a generous milk tremble of hot sauce.

Cindy was to a greater extent than enamoured yesteryear the edible bean tacos: dark in addition to pinto edible bean mush, amongst spinach, corn, avo in addition to pumpkin salad, served amongst the same chipotle lime mayo. While I preferred the tofu, these were yet pretty proficient - a overnice hefty edible bean filling in addition to some fresh salad - I simply had the feeling that nosotros could likely churn these out at home. 

The staff were efficient in addition to friendly, fifty-fifty land slammed amongst the taco desires of seemingly every hipster inwards Footscray. Throw inwards $3 Tecates for the evening, in addition to The Reverence inexpensive taco nighttime seems similar a pretty cracking argue to cross the Maribyrnong.

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The Moody Noodles convey already got The Good Hearted crunch us both to the punch.

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The Reverence Hotel

28 Napier Street, Footscray 

9687 2111

veggie pizzas $9 - $11, tacos $3 

http://www.reverencehotel.com 

Accessibility: There's a modest measuring at the (narrowish) front end door, but the side door is apartment in addition to wide. Inside things are fairly spread out, amongst at most modest steps betwixt the bar, side-room in addition to courtyard. We ordered in addition to paid at the bar, in addition to didn't watch the toilets.

Reverence Hotel Ii

January 26, 2013

We were hanging out alongside the Moody Noodles inward the inner-west in 1 trial to a greater extent than and, later on weighing upwards our options, nosotros decided to caput dorsum to The Reverence Hotel to banking concern agree our their newly expanded menu. Since our before view they've greatly expanded their range. The bill of fare is Mexican-themed as well as is super veg-friendly, alongside tacos, a tofo burrito as well as veggie chimichangas, summation iv veggie pizzas as well as a veggie torta.

Having sampled their tacos final fourth dimension (although the vegan pulled pork selection is new!), nosotros branched out a bit, splitting the chimichanga (deep-fried flour tortilla filled alongside pinto beans as well as cheese, served on spinach as well as rice, topped alongside guacamole, salsa as well as sour cream, $15 - vegan option) as well as the vegan smoky chicken torta (housemade chickpea cutlet, dark beans, spinach, tomato, avocado, fried onions, salsa, jalapenos, lime chipotle mayo as well as spicy bbq sauce inward a toasted roll, $15).

The chimichanga was form of junky as well as ridiculous - deep-fried Mexican is overkill really. Still, the crispy tortilla stuffed fully of melty cheese as well as beans was non without its charms, peculiarly to accompany a few beers. It's a pretty massive repast - there'll move no dessert for y'all if y'all brand your means through 1 of these.

The torta was a to a greater extent than balanced repast - it's basically a chickpea burger turned upwards to 11. The patty is smoky as well as delicious - zip similar the mock-chicken of its name, but first-class nonetheless. It's loaded upwards alongside salad, condiments as well as jalapenos, as well as comes alongside a side of first-class chips. This is a competition to the Gaso's southern-fried chicken burger for vegan pubby goodness.

Speaking of the Gasometer, The Reverence is treading a pretty similar path - providing interesting, junky as well as vegan-friendly (and gf-friendly for that matter) pub nutrient to a crowd of tattooed hipsters as well as assorted hangers-on. It's going gangbusters too, alongside loads of people in that place both times nosotros visited. It's corking to come across - we'll move dorsum to explore to a greater extent than of the bill of fare soon.

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Read nearly our showtime view the The Reverence here. Nobody else seems to bring blogged it since nosotros final visited.

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The Reverence Hotel

28 Napier Street, Footscray 

9687 2111

veggie pizzas $9 - $11, tacos $3 

http://www.reverencehotel.com 

Accessibility: There's a pocket-size pace at the (narrowish) front end door, but the side door is apartment as well as wide. Inside things are fairly spread out, alongside at most pocket-size steps betwixt the bar, side-room as well as courtyard. We ordered as well as paid at the bar, as well as didn't view the toilets.

Bo De Trai Iii

May 3, 2015

We spent a lovely weekend downwards at Ocean Grove amongst a gang of friends too the crusade dorsum through Melbourne seemed similar a proficient excuse to halt past times Bo De Trai for roughly lunch. It's a cosy footling Buddhist vego house inwards Footscray, too 1 that nosotros view far likewise infrequently. On this view nosotros stumbled across their special monthly total Luna menu, which offers a narrower range, presumably for religious reasons.

Cindy ordered the Com Ga Sa Ot, faux chicken inwards lemongrass too chilli on rice ($10). It was simply what Cindy was after, tender too nutty amongst a mild curry pulverization flavour. H5N1 watery sauce tipped over the rice brought it all together well.

I ordered off the specials board - a mock duck noodle soup amongst greens, mushrooms, roughly footling berries (maybe goji berries?) too a few other bits too pieces ($10). It was rich too warm, amongst a powerful boot from the birds-eye chilli pieces I sprinkled through.

Bo De Trai is a decent vego selection inwards Footscray - the staff are friendly (although non ever peculiarly efficient - the house is run past times volunteers!), the nutrient is inexpensive too everything we've had has been good. It's non a house for a fancy repast or somewhere that exudes ambience, but it's worth stopping inwards if you're later a quick, tasty meal.

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Read most our previous visits to Be De Trai here too here. Since our final visit, MEL: HOT OR NOT has given it the thumbs up, but Chef John Smith was real unimpressed.

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Bo De Trai

94 Hopkins Street, Footscray

9689 9909

full Luna menu

Accessibility: There's a pocket-size stride at the door, too fairly close-packed tables but a clear broad passage through the middle. Ordering is at the tabular array amongst payment at a depression counter. The toilets are out the dorsum past times the kitchen via a slightly narrow passageway. They're unisex, but non peculiarly designed amongst accessibility inwards mind.

Krishna Indian Restaurant

May 31, 2015

The Moody Noodles invited me as well as another friends across to West Footscray to percentage a repast at Krishna Indian Restaurant. Although this identify unit of measurement concern has been established for xx years, it has entirely lately operate 100% vegetarian. They've actually gone all out, ofttimes skipping the ghee as well as using ingredients similar tofu as well as soy nuggets to convey a various alternative of vegan-friendly, every bit good every bit traditionally vegetarian, dishes. Vegan, dairy-free as well as gluten-free options are good marked throughout the menu. The staff know what's what tin volition happily lend advice on asking too. If you lot telephone outcry upwards ahead, they tin fifty-fifty laid upwards gluten-free naan!

We started out amongst roughly gratis chips as well as a jammy tamarind sauce amongst a surprise picayune ho-hum burn. Onion bhaji ($6.50) as well as mushroom pakora ($8.95) had a lovely besan batter as well as a vegan-friendly minty-creamy dipping sauce.

It was tough picking from the multidude of mains! The vegetable korma ($10.95, bottom left) as well as soy nugget masala ($10.95, altitude right) were pleasant but turned out a picayune samey. We were to a greater extent than taken amongst a saag mushroom curry ($12.90, bottom right) as well as their unusually vegan-friendly malai kofta ($12.95).

The vegan garlic naans ($2.95) were nevertheless crispy-edged as well as buttery. Their gluten-free analogue reminded me of an arepa as well as it was roundly enjoyed past times K, the table's coeliac.

Krishna's almost exciting excogitation mightiness endure their dairy-free desserts - as well as hence ofttimes vegans get got to skip this concluding card section! K shared a minor bowl of carrot halva ($4.95) amongst picayune due south spell the residual of us ordered a gulab jamun ($2.00 each). The picayune doughballs were gorgeous, i of the loveliest, fudgiest versions of this dish that I've always eaten.

We had many to a greater extent than hits than misses at Krishna Indian Restaurant. It's wonderful to run across a identify unit of measurement Indian eating seat catering imaginatively to a hit of dietary requirements. Their prices are reasonable as well as the service is really accommodating. We promise the local community volition comprehend their newly meat-free menu.

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Krishna Indian Restaurant
Shop 3, 578 Barkly St, West Footscray
9687 5531
card front page, thalis & entrees, entrees & mains, mains 2, bread & rice, accompaniments & desserts
facebook page

Accessibility: There's a measuring upwards on entry as well as the tables are good spaced. We ordered at our tabular array as well as paid at a high counter. I didn't view the toilets.

Cafe Lalibela Ii

Cheap Eats 2006, a decade on

January 11, 2016

Cindy's household unit of measurement wanted to run across us for dinner inward Footscray and, amongst our enthusiasm for our novel Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Cheap Eats 2006 project yet high, nosotros decided it was a adept chance to revisit Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Cafe Lalibela. It's been to a greater extent than than 7 years since nosotros final visited, in addition to non much seems to convey changed. The staff are friendly, the service casual, the bill of fare has a adept attain of vego options in addition to there's a steady flow of people coming through the door.

We made the same deed equally final fourth dimension in addition to ordered the beyainetu (the platter below serves 3), a combination of dissimilar veggie dishes on an injera platter ($14 per caput - upward from $12 7 years ago, which is pretty adept going).

The dishes are heavy on the protein: lentils in addition to beans cooked inward diverse sauces, along amongst a murphy in addition to carrot dish. The injera is the star of the present - the fermentation adds a citruss-y boot to the chewy, spongy bread, which soaks upward the relatively mild flavours of all the stews. It's fun in addition to messy to tear at the injera in addition to scoop upward the stews - it's a rare process to swallow amongst your hands. Added bonus: the delicious Ethiopian beers are a ridiculously affordable $5 a pop.

Cafe Lalibela feels timeless - most aught has changed since nosotros visited nearly viii years agone - great, inexpensive nutrient inward a cheerful, casual setting. We actually ask to larn dorsum earlier 2023 rolls around.

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Since our catch inward 2008, Lalibela has been positively written upward past times vegos Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, In the Mood for Noodles in addition to omni-bloggers Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Footscray Food Blog, Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Howie's Melbourne Food Blog, Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Eurasian Sensation in addition to Gosstronomy, Apples Under My Bed, Eat in addition to Be Merry for Tomorrow We Die(t).

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Cafe Lalibela

91 Irving Street, Footscray 
9687 0300
vegetarian menu

Accessibility: The entry is apartment in addition to there's a reasonably clear path upward the middle of the restaurant, although the tables themselves are all wedged inward pretty unopen together. We paid at a high counter in addition to didn't catch the toilets. 

Huong Viet Vegetarian & Vegan

June 11, 2018

After a forenoon wander roughly Point Cook, nosotros took payoff of this rare westside excursion to dejeuner with Lisa together with the Moody Noodles. To our delight, Huong Viet was opened upward on this populace vacation together with happy to concur a tabular array for us. We piled inward together with keenly scanned the carte du jour - past times my reckoning it's all vegan with the exception of their spud wedges with mayonnaise. Unfortunately there's non a lot for coeliacs, with mock meat abounding. K was express to a plate of tofu-stuffed rice newspaper rolls, together with the staff were real agreement almost avoiding soy sauce together with what dipping condiments would operate for her.

The remainder of us took to the Vietnamese carte du jour with gusto, starting with some pleasantly peppery outpouring rolls ($8). I rehydrated with a kokosnoot juice ($3.50), which wasn't bobbing with sweetness kokosnoot flesh equally I'd secretly hoped it would be.

The Hainan chicken rice ($15, pictured higher upward left) was real pop roughly the tabular array - the chicken was juicy, the rice oily, together with the dipping sauce brightly flavoured. The claypot of saute pork chops ($15, higher upward right) was Lisa's pick of the table.

Meanwhile, I was to a greater extent than devoted to the saute duck ($15, higher upward left), with its tender texture together with layer of 'skin'. The deep-fried mackerel ($15, higher upward right) had the pungency of its namesake together with a terrific ginger sauce.

Three of our dishes ended upward looking a flake samey, but nosotros all flora dissimilar things to bask with them, eagerly shifting the options from i halt of the tabular array to the other together with soaking upward the sauces inward our rice bowls.

The staff were welcoming, helpful with ordering, together with didn't rush us out. I wouldn't hesitate to come upward dorsum together with create it all again.

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Huong Viet has already received positive coverage on Veganopoulous.

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Huong Viet Vegetarian & Vegan
36A Leeds St, Footscray
9041 3922
menu page 1, menu page 2, specials
facebook page

Accessibility: There's a stride upward on entry. The interior article of furniture is moderately crowded. We ordered at the tabular array together with paid at a high counter. We didn't view the toilets.

May 19, 2007: Bo De Trai

After months of vague intentions, Cindy in addition to I lastly made the trip to Footscray on Sat to explore Melourne's mulitcultural heartland. It was an strange variety of hateful solar daytime - quite sunny in addition to warm when nosotros left Carlton, but cloudy in addition to windy past times the fourth dimension the autobus pulled upwards inward Footscray. The alter inward the atmospheric condition actually enhanced the feeling that we'd travelled a lot farther than 5 kilometres. After a quick wander through the Little Saigon market, which is filled alongside unidentifiable fruits in addition to vegetables, Vietnamese hawkers in addition to lots in addition to lots of people, nosotros decided to accept a pause from the crowds in addition to honor some lunch. There are a handful of impressive looking Ethiopian restaurants dotted some the suburb, but Cindy was determined to bask some Vietnamese food. Unfortunately, Vietnamese restaurants tend non to live the almost vegetarian friendly places inward town - the description of the beef pho inward the window at Hung Vuong included the words: blood, tendon, offal in addition to pizzle - important that nosotros couldn't but wander into i of the dozens of bustling places that nosotros strolled past. Luckily, our Cheap Eats guide came to the rescue - recommending Bố Dế Trai, a eating seat that combines Vietnamese cooking alongside Buddhist vegetarian ethics.

Emphasising how meat-based Vietnamese nutrient tends to be, the card was at to the lowest degree 50% faux-meat, alongside mistaken abalone, snapper, squid, chicken, duck, pork in addition to lamb on offering (no pizzle though, unfortunately). Despite having spent the calendar week munching our agency through gluten pieces in addition to TVP, Cindy in addition to I were both neat to direct maintain a crevice at some to a greater extent than imitation meat. She went alongside shredded imitation pork pare served alongside rice vermicelli in addition to shredded greens. It looked a flake dry out to me, but came alongside a picayune bowl of sauce that livened things up.

I was going to avoid faux-meat, but at that topographic point was an article from The Age stuck to the wall advocating the imitation claypot lamb in addition to I was unable to resist. It was a fine choice - a huge hotpot filled to bursting alongside vegies, crispy 'skin' bits in addition to chunks of tender 'lamb'. The sauce was mild in addition to flavoursome, loaded upwards alongside Chinese 5 spice in addition to low-cal on the chilli. It ended upwards existence likewise much for me - it actually would direct maintain sufficed equally a lunch-sized repast for both of us - and, equally delicious equally it was, it's in all likelihood position me off whatsoever to a greater extent than faux-meat for a few weeks at least.


Which was unfortunate, equally our adjacent halt was Vincent's Vegetarian Food, an Asian grocery specialising inward faux-meat products. We had a quick browse through the freezer sections, spotting eel, lobster, oysters, fish, beef, ham, pork, chicken, bacon in addition to lamb, in addition to grabbing a few bits in addition to pieces for the (reasonably distant) future. Three loving cup chicken was something nosotros used to purchase fairly regularly from an Asian supermarket inward Brisbane in addition to plough into satay dinners, in addition to thence nosotros grabbed a bundle of it. For the sake of variety, nosotros also picked upwards some vegie sesame fillets (which expect a picayune similar the fake-fish of a few weeks ago), some roast 'chicken', a bundle of taro paratha and, but because nosotros spotted it, some agar agar (a non-animal based alternative to gelatine).

Loaded downwards alongside tiffin in addition to a backpack total of fake-meat, it was fourth dimension to boundary dorsum on the autobus in addition to provide to the to a greater extent than familiar surrounds of the inner-North. Still, it's dainty to know that the tastes, sounds in addition to smells of Vietnam are but a twenty infinitesimal autobus ride away.

Bố Dế Trai
Address: 94 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Ph: 9689 9909
BYO
Price: $5 - $13

Vincent's Vegetarian Food
Address: 353 Barkley Street, Footscray
Ph: 9687 0808
Website: http://www.vincentvegetarianfood.com/

May 19, 2007: Bo De Trai

After months of vague intentions, Cindy in addition to I lastly made the trip to Footscray on Sat to explore Melourne's mulitcultural heartland. It was an strange variety of hateful solar daytime - quite sunny in addition to warm when nosotros left Carlton, but cloudy in addition to windy past times the fourth dimension the autobus pulled upwards inward Footscray. The alter inward the atmospheric condition actually enhanced the feeling that we'd travelled a lot farther than 5 kilometres. After a quick wander through the Little Saigon market, which is filled alongside unidentifiable fruits in addition to vegetables, Vietnamese hawkers in addition to lots in addition to lots of people, nosotros decided to accept a pause from the crowds in addition to honor some lunch. There are a handful of impressive looking Ethiopian restaurants dotted some the suburb, but Cindy was determined to bask some Vietnamese food. Unfortunately, Vietnamese restaurants tend non to live the almost vegetarian friendly places inward town - the description of the beef pho inward the window at Hung Vuong included the words: blood, tendon, offal in addition to pizzle - important that nosotros couldn't but wander into i of the dozens of bustling places that nosotros strolled past. Luckily, our Cheap Eats guide came to the rescue - recommending Bố Dế Trai, a eating seat that combines Vietnamese cooking alongside Buddhist vegetarian ethics.

Emphasising how meat-based Vietnamese nutrient tends to be, the card was at to the lowest degree 50% faux-meat, alongside mistaken abalone, snapper, squid, chicken, duck, pork in addition to lamb on offering (no pizzle though, unfortunately). Despite having spent the calendar week munching our agency through gluten pieces in addition to TVP, Cindy in addition to I were both neat to direct maintain a crevice at some to a greater extent than imitation meat. She went alongside shredded imitation pork pare served alongside rice vermicelli in addition to shredded greens. It looked a flake dry out to me, but came alongside a picayune bowl of sauce that livened things up.

I was going to avoid faux-meat, but at that topographic point was an article from The Age stuck to the wall advocating the imitation claypot lamb in addition to I was unable to resist. It was a fine choice - a huge hotpot filled to bursting alongside vegies, crispy 'skin' bits in addition to chunks of tender 'lamb'. The sauce was mild in addition to flavoursome, loaded upwards alongside Chinese 5 spice in addition to low-cal on the chilli. It ended upwards existence likewise much for me - it actually would direct maintain sufficed equally a lunch-sized repast for both of us - and, equally delicious equally it was, it's in all likelihood position me off whatsoever to a greater extent than faux-meat for a few weeks at least.


Which was unfortunate, equally our adjacent halt was Vincent's Vegetarian Food, an Asian grocery specialising inward faux-meat products. We had a quick browse through the freezer sections, spotting eel, lobster, oysters, fish, beef, ham, pork, chicken, bacon in addition to lamb, in addition to grabbing a few bits in addition to pieces for the (reasonably distant) future. Three loving cup chicken was something nosotros used to purchase fairly regularly from an Asian supermarket inward Brisbane in addition to plough into satay dinners, in addition to thence nosotros grabbed a bundle of it. For the sake of variety, nosotros also picked upwards some vegie sesame fillets (which expect a picayune similar the fake-fish of a few weeks ago), some roast 'chicken', a bundle of taro paratha and, but because nosotros spotted it, some agar agar (a non-animal based alternative to gelatine).

Loaded downwards alongside tiffin in addition to a backpack total of fake-meat, it was fourth dimension to boundary dorsum on the autobus in addition to provide to the to a greater extent than familiar surrounds of the inner-North. Still, it's dainty to know that the tastes, sounds in addition to smells of Vietnam are but a twenty infinitesimal autobus ride away.

Bố Dế Trai
Address: 94 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Ph: 9689 9909
BYO
Price: $5 - $13

Vincent's Vegetarian Food
Address: 353 Barkley Street, Footscray
Ph: 9687 0808
Website: http://www.vincentvegetarianfood.com/