July 16, 2011: Las Vegan Iv

July 3, 2015: Las Vegan convey announced that they're closing the cafe in addition to going to focus only on catering from forthwith on - we've sampled their catering earlier in addition to it's great.

On Sat morn nosotros checked out Las Vegan's relatively novel breakfast menu... though it's pretty unstructured equally menus go! H5N1 pocket-size blackboard listed scrambled tofu on toast alongside mushrooms, love apple tree in addition to tempeh available equally sides, in addition to then pancakes. Our waiter went on to explicate that at that spot was to a greater extent than that they could do: pancakes come upward inwards maple/tempeh-con (i.e. tempeh bacon) in addition to sour cherry varieties, in addition to they could too whip upward avocado on toast, spiced eggplant on toast or raw muesli.

Michael didn't intend long earlier ordering the tofu scramble on toast ($7) alongside mushrooms ($1) in addition to tempeh-con ($2). The scramble in addition to mushrooms weren't bursting alongside flavour, though olives inwards the toast gave this a flake of a boost. And nosotros convey to bring together the chorus of other bloggers: the tempeh-con is amazing. Sliced really thinly, it's ultra-crisp in addition to super-smoky. We were pretty smug nigh our home-made tempeh bacon but this volition ship us dorsum to the drawing board.

Zuckerbaby tried them the next day in addition to made like comments, acre Vicki Vegan was to a greater extent than positive.

While the nutrient was variable, the toll was correct - it's nifty to encounter Las Vegan offering hearty dishes for $10 in addition to less. And it's for sure worth heading over for the tempeh-con alone!

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Las Vegan's breakfast bill of fare has too been blogged at Vicki Vegan, Tales of a Vegan Food Fetishist.

We've written nigh Las Vegan at other repast times one, two, three times.

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Las Vegan
22 Smith St, Collingwood
9415 9001
veg mains $9-15
http://www.lasvegan.com.au/

Accessibility: Pretty skillful - reasonable entry, enough of infinite roughly tables, gild at the tabular array in addition to pay at a low-ish counter. We haven't visited the toilets.

April 7, 2011: Las Vegan Iii

July 3, 2015: Las Vegan convey announced that they're closing the cafe in addition to going to focus exclusively on catering from instantly on - we've sampled their catering earlier in addition to it's great.

Las Vegan changed management a few months agone in addition to I tin laissez passer on notice happily written report that it's looking good.  It's casual in addition to unpretentious (though I suppose offering mock meat is technically pretentious!) in addition to non every bit hippy-dippy every bit I ever assume it volition be.  Michael in addition to I stopped past times for dinner earlier a Th nighttime comedy show.  The staff were incredibly friendly, although non solely efficient; our meals arrived promptly thus I was content.

Michael had the T & T salad ($10), a garden salad featuring edible bean shoots, chunks of tofu in addition to tempeh in addition to satay sauce.  He nominates the satay-slathered tempeh pieces every bit the highlight in addition to was happy that it all tasted pretty healthy.

I went for the snitzel & chips ($10), which was served amongst to a greater extent than garden salad.  I actually liked the proportions hither - a minor in addition to non-greasy slice of crumbed mock meat topped amongst chunky tomato plant sauce, in addition to thus oodles of fresh veg in addition to a satisfying serve of chunky skin-on chips amongst enough of dipping sauce.  I listen these snitzels are a existent knock-out inwards burger shape too.

This is the form of not-entirely-junk nutrient I similar making at home: burgers, chips, salads in addition to sauces... at that spot are also beans, mock mince in addition to rice balls elsewhere on the menu.  With skillful execution in addition to real reasonable prices, I may commencement relying on Las Vegan for those meals on my too-lazy-to-cook nights.

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In the past times twelvemonth Las Vegan has appeared on blogs The Fat-Fuelled Vegan, Vegan About Town, In The Mood For Noodles, Half-Eaten, Cupcake Kitteh, Vicki Vegan in addition to crosslegged on the forepart lawn.

We've previously blogged near Las Vegan here in addition to here.

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Las Vegan
22 Smith St, Collingwood
9415 9001
veg mains $9-15
http://www.lasvegan.com.au/

Accessibility: Pretty skillful - reasonable entry, enough of infinite some tables, social club at the tabular array in addition to pay at a low-ish counter.  We haven't visited the toilets.

Las Vegan V

July 3, 2015: Las Vegan convey announced that they're closing the cafe too going to focus solely on catering from immediately on - we've sampled their catering earlier too it's great.

March 10, 2012

We hitting Las Vegan on a Sabbatum nighttime amongst a gang of 10 people or then for here), but the nutrient that Las Vegan served upwardly was pretty dandy every bit well. Since nosotros concluding visited they've added pizzas to the night-time menu, too Cindy too I both decided they were worth a shot.

She had the Hawaiian ($10), which was smothered inward fake-ham, vegan cheese too pineapple. It was a pretty corporation effort, falling simply below Cindy's favourite junky vegan pizza. I couldn't resist the bbq chicken pizza ($12), which was good topped amongst mushrooms, vegan cheese too mock chicken. It's adept to know that I'll hold upwardly able to fulfil my bbq meatlovers cravings fifty-fifty afterward the EBC closes downward inward the adjacent few weeks.

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Since nosotros concluding visited Las Vegan has appeared on blogs vegan most town, crosslegged on the front end lawn (one, two, three, four times.

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Las Vegan
22 Smith St, Collingwood
9415 9001
veg mains $9-15
http://www.lasvegan.com.au/

Accessibility: Pretty adept - reasonable entry, enough of infinite or then tables, monastic enjoin at the tabular array too pay at a low-ish counter. We haven't visited the toilets.

Las Chicas Ii

Cheap Eats 2006, a decade on 

February 7, 2016

We decided to broaden out our Vegan Sparkles together with Cheap Eats 2006 project past times heading southward of the river for a render breakfast at Las Chicas, a house we'd terminal visited Vegan Sparkles together with almost just nine years ago. It's managed to hold a good for y'all buzz over the decade, important nosotros were confronted alongside a queue for a tabular array at 11:00 on a Sunday. When nosotros were shuffled inwards afterwards 10 or fifteen minutes nosotros were slotted into the dorsum bench of the courtyard, overlooking ane of the most picturesque carpark views inwards town.

The carte du jour is massive together with well-stocked alongside vego items. Vegans stimulate got 7 dishes to select from, including kokosnoot sago ($14) together with shitake mushrooms alongside marinated tofu together with miso broth ($16). Prices must stimulate got gone upwardly since 2007 - our erstwhile transportation service has the most expensive vego brekkie at $12, piece nowadays y'all tin teach a vegetarian big breakfast for $25.

Cindy ordered something similar to the dish I had means dorsum inwards the twenty-four sixty minutes catamenia - the pumpkin, polenta together with sunflower loaf alongside avocado, feta, pomegranate, fresh herbs together with lemon ($17). The presentation is a fleck fancier these days together with the dish itself was an improvement on my erstwhile baked beans-based version - the loaf was lighter together with non equally dry, alongside the feta together with avocado serving equally delicious condiments. The salad was basically all basil, which was form of overkill, but that was the solely tike electrical charge that Cindy had.

She paired the repast alongside a banana together with love smoothie alongside milk together with yoghurt ($8). The ii characteristic flavours were prominent together with real sweet.

I opted for ane of the vegan meals - Vik's vegan wrap, an overstuffed wind filled alongside broccoli, marinated tofu, mushrooms, onion together with vegan mayo together with drowning inwards avocado together with a Lycopersicon esculentum salsa ($16).

There's zippo fancy nearly it, but this is a massive together with hearty plate of fresh, tasty food. The vegan mayo was groovy - non the low-fat Praise selection that nosotros unremarkably autumn dorsum on - together with the mushrooms together with tofu provided the rich savoury flavours to residual out the brilliant freshness of the broccoli together with avocado.

We were pretty impressed alongside our render to Las Chicas - the coffee's good, the staff are friendly together with they've actually got their systems together. Despite the crowds of people queuing upwardly for tables, service was brisk together with the java together with nutrient turned upwardly speedily. They've stuffed thus many tables together with chairs inwards though that it doesn't experience similar a real relaxed setting - y'all can't actually avoid the feeling that you're beingness rushed through thus they tin clear the decks together with cram the side past times side grouping in. Still, the nutrient is great, together with the carte du jour is huge together with varied - in that place are heaps of things I'd love to teach dorsum together with try. We'll only endeavour to teach inwards at a quieter fourth dimension of the week.

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Read nearly our offset see to Las Chicas here. Since together with thus it's reputation has remained strong, alongside positive write-ups on veg blogs Vegan Sparkles together with Nouveau Potato addition loads of omni-bloggers:Vegan Sparkles together with Eat together with Be Merry, for Tomorrow We Die(t), Vegan Sparkles together with Ichigo Shortcake, Vegan Sparkles together with Yum Yum, Vegan Sparkles together with The Melbourne Glutton, Vegan Sparkles together with ps: I see you, Vegan Sparkles together with One Fat Cow, Vegan Sparkles together with Tell Her She's Dreaming, Vegan Sparkles together with Melbourne Din(n)ing Blog, Vegan Sparkles together with My Diet Starts Tomorrow together with The World Loves Melbourne.

There are only a few people alongside less than rave reviews - run across Vegan Sparkles together with Howie's Melbourne Food Blog, Vegan Sparkles together with The Epicurean of Southbank,Vegan Sparkles together with Yellow Eggs, Vegan Sparkles together with two fatty buns.

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Las Chicas
203 Carlisle St, Balaclava
9531 3699
breakfast menu, lunch menu, drinks menu, specials
http://www.laschicas.com.au/

Accessibility: There is a apartment entry, but the infinite is crowded alongside people together with tables. There are a mix of regular tables together with higher benches alongside stools. We ordered at our tabular array together with paid at a depression counter.

November 10, 2010: Konjo Ethiopian Restaurant

Cindy in addition to I got the opening hours of Las Vegan incorrect in addition to establish ourselves inwards ask of a feed at the placidity destination of Smith Street. Our final few meals had been Mexican-inspired then Trippytaco was, for once, off the menu. Lucky for us, Konjo was sitting quietly side past times side to Las Vegan amongst tables to spare in addition to enough of veg carte items. Ethiopian vegetarian nutrient seems pretty similar betwixt restaurants: dissever pea in addition to lentil stews amongst diverse spices, served on transcend of injera. We've had fun amongst it before, but you're never probable to last surprised. Konjo made things easier for us past times offering a Beyeinatu combination: iii lentil dishes in addition to a turmeric-y dish of cabbage, carrot, murphy in addition to onion served on a big injera plate ($14.50 each).

This did the chore of feeding us relatively cheaply on a Wed nighttime - Cindy liked the murphy dish, spell I was almost into the Kai Misir Wot (red lentils, tomatoes, garlic in addition to onions, simmered inwards berbere).

Kono is a cute niggling place, though it lacks the atmosphere of The Horn or the cheapness of Cafe Lalibela. The service is friendly in addition to the carte provides decent vegetarian options, but Konjo shares Smith Street amongst approximately of the best vego places inwards Melbourne then I'm non certain we'll render besides quickly.

Foodie Dreams are the alone other bloggers who bring made the trip to Konjo then far.

Konjo Ethiopian Restaurant
xx Smith St, Collingwood
9419 5713
Vegie mains: $15, combo: $14.50
Unlicensed (no BYO)
http://konjo.com.au

June 19, 2011: Mister Prissy Guy Cupcakes

lunch nosotros headed dorsum downfield* to the Noise Bar, which is correct on the bike path. By hateful solar daytime it's immediately abode to Mister Nice Guy Cupcakes, who've been making a cite for themselves inward the yesteryear twelvemonth selling vegan confections at places similar the Empire Cafe, Las Vegan. In setting upward their ain infinite Lucas as well as Deb convey also expanded their card to savoury Tex Mex inward the evening.

Daylight doesn't demo upward every bit much gig-venue grunge every bit I feared. Nevertheless, the house has a punky rockabilly vibe as well as the music's all the same turned upward to 11 mid-afternoon.

Michael as well as I ordered a cupcake each ($4 apiece) as well as were real pleased amongst the goods! Most notably, the icing-to-cake ratio is much lower than seems mutual these days, making for a less sickly sweetness experience. We heartily approve. Michael's Lemon Booberry cake was abundant amongst berries as well as had a piddling tartness to the icing. My Peanut Butter Cup was lovely as well as moist; non likewise rich. Now that my baseline season gets the tick I'll convey to live on to a greater extent than adventurous inward futurity - I tin laissez passer on the axe barely imagine what joys the rosewater pistachio as well as French toast varieties mightiness hold!

*not genuinely a direction.

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You tin laissez passer on the axe also read well-nigh Mister Nice Guy's sweetness treats on vegan well-nigh town as well as Ruby's Vegan Blog, as well as then encounter their Tex Mex offerings on Words @ Random.

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Edit 14/08/2011: Mister Nice Guy Cupcakes are no longer trading at this shopfront. They're all the same taking custom orders as well as their delicious desserts are still on sale at a hit of cafes, stores as well as cinemas. We surely haven't heard the terminal of them yet! 

Edit 06/10/2011: Now Mister Nice Guy Cupcakes are running their ain stall at the Prahran Markets! We necessitate to larn downwardly there, endeavour some novel flavours as well as study dorsum properly.

Mister Nice Guy Cupcakes
291 Albert St, Brunswick (entrance via bike path)
0405 001 442
large cupcakes $4
http://www.misterniceguy.com.au/

Accessibility: This venue has a apartment broad entrance as well as enough of infinite unopen to the tables as well as chairs within (which include couches as well as java tables, every bit good every bit casual dining sets). Orders are received as well as paid for at a high counter.

Gingernut Hedgehog

May 23-24, 2015

Last weekend nosotros joined inwards on a large political party for a picayune girl's birthday. Much of the nutrient was expertly catered past times the Las Vegan crew, too about other invitee prepared a cake decorated alongside fairies too fondant mushrooms. I brought along a tray of hedgehog slice, a fairly mutual process from my ain childhood.

I don't accept a identify unit of measurement recipe, but I knew Vegan About Town posted i that I could depict from too adjust to suit my pantry. The whole hedgehog bargain was actually but a plot to piece of employment upwards ii packets of LEDA gingernuts, too it served to smooth off about walnuts, cashews too dried cherries too. Best of all, it's an oven-free melt'n'mix method easily accomplished inwards twenty minutes.

The field has a non bad fudgy texture too a much darker chocolate base of operations than the non-vegan versions I've known before. On reflection, it was belike also rich too bittersweet for the kids. In fact the picayune tackers barely took an involvement inwards the savoury pick or the birthday cake i time the candles were off either - they seemed to accept eyes exclusively for the bowl of Skittles! That but left us greedy grown-ups to graze on political party pies, stuffed potatoes too pastry pinwheels all afternoon.

Gingernut hedgehog
(adapted from a recipe at Vegan About Town)

300g gingernuts
3/4 loving cup walnuts
3/4 loving cup raw cashews
3/4 loving cup dried cherries
300g margarine
300g nighttime chocolate
iii tablespoons cocoa
3/4 loving cup raw sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
120g tub apple tree puree
2 teaspoons maple syrup

Line a large baking tray alongside paper.

Crush the gingernuts lightly, too thus that they're a mix of large chunks too powdery crumbs, too identify them inwards a large mixing bowl. Roughly chop the nuts too add together them to the bowl. Stir inwards the dried cherries.

In a medium-sized saucepan over depression heat, melt the margarine. Add the chocolate too stir occasionally every bit it melts, ensuring that it doesn't burn. When the chocolate is completely melted, whisk inwards the cocoa, sugar, vanilla, apple tree puree too maple syrup. 

Take the saucepan off the oestrus too pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl; stir it all together alongside a wooden spoon until good combined. Pour the field mixture into the baking tray too spread it out every bit evenly every bit y'all can. Refrigerate the field for at to the lowest degree a few hours earlier slicing too serving.

Cocoa Crackles

August 9, 2015

We were invited to celebrate the showtime birthday of our youngest friend terminal weekend. Her political party had a rainbow theme, in addition to the savoury nutrient was provided past times the wonderful Las Vegan Catering (I ate so much pizza). H5N1 calendar week ahead I asked how I could help, in addition to I was enlisted to brand chocolate crackles.

Chocolate crackles are ever vegan in addition to rattling most gluten-free, but these ones convey the 2015 treatment. There's kokosnoot crude oil instead of copha, of course, in addition to kokosnoot saccharide instead of regular icing. I fifty-fifty had gluten-free brownish rice puffs on manus instead of Kellogg's bubbles. This version appeals to 2015 me much to a greater extent than than the master copy recipe - although it's a picayune crumbly, it's got a stronger cocoa flavor in addition to none of the greasiness of copha.

The political party wasn't solely novel historic catamenia mama mania - in that place was enough of lurid colouring inwards the vegan-friendly Skittles in addition to the spectacular six-layered rainbow cake prepared past times a pro.

Cocoa crackles
(slightly adapted from a recipe at Natural New Age Mum)

125g kokosnoot oil
1/2 loving cup kokosnoot sugar
three tablespoons cocoa
pinch of common salt
1/2 loving cup dessicated coconut
ii cups brownish rice puffs

Melt the kokosnoot crude oil inwards a medium-large saucepan. Add the sugar, cocoa in addition to salt, stirring until smooth. Stir inwards the dessicated kokosnoot in addition to and then the rice puffs, until everything is good mixed.

Line a muffin pan alongside a dozen papers in addition to spoon the crackle mixture out every bit betwixt them. Refrigerate the crackles for an hr or to a greater extent than earlier serving.

November 2, 2010: Monk Bodhi Dharma

It's rare that a vegetarian cafe generates buzz with the omnivore set, but Monk Bodhi Dharma has done only that (see, again, an extensive link-list towards the bottom of the post). This is most probable due to their java chops - it's some other 3rd moving ridge articulation with a fancy edible bean rotation in addition to fifty-fifty fancier laid of java training methods.

It's consistently crowded, in addition to densely designed at that. I induce got rarely felt this cramped piece eating out, having to exit my spot in addition to shuffle circular the cafe inward companionship to allow some other customers depart. BYO collegial attitude!

However Monk Bodhi Dharma has some other features that endear it to this finicky breakfaster - an extensive tea card in addition to a consummate lack of eggs. Yes, folks, they induce got a page-long breakfast card where the solely affair that's poached is a pear. I was spoilt for pick - the cereals had luscious-sounding fruit accompaniments, toast came with beans or bruschetta toppings or kicked-up avocado in addition to the ricotta hotcakes were pesto-topped savoury temptations.

I tried out their soy chai in addition to it was non solely 1 of the cutest ones I've been served closed to Melbourne; it was 1 of the tastiest in addition to best prepared.

Michael ate the Yucatan "Peasant" Beans ($14.50) - wearisome cooked chile beans served with feta, toasted sourdough in addition to household made chile jam. Michael flora the presentation awkward - at that spot was no room to slather the beans on the toast, in addition to a fork wasn't the best tool for scooping upwardly such a runny sauce - but he spoke highly of the flavours.

Ray in addition to Gingerlee's French-inspired toasts every bit a personal favourite (all the ameliorate that it's egg-free in addition to vegan-friendly!).

Having heard practiced things well-nigh their cakes, Michael ordered 1 to takeaway - it was an enormous iced wedge of cakey brownie goodness, with a squeamish java kick.

Service was reasonably efficient given the demands of the crowded space; some staff were notably to a greater extent than cheerful than others.  I'd similar to attempt to a greater extent than from the real appealing card but it's rare that nosotros larn inward across town; I haven't sampled plenty from nearby Las Chicas or the Galleon either.  There appears to hold upwardly no terminate of southsiders frequenting these slap-up cafes, though, in addition to I await forwards to at to the lowest degree experiencing a few to a greater extent than of their dishes vicariously online.

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Here are many other blogged accounts of Monk Bodhi Dharma: 1001 Dinners, 1001 Nights, vegan well-nigh town, In the Mood for Noodles (twice), What's For Tea, Melbourne Coffee Review, Pocket Carnival, Eat More Vegies, The Belly Rules the Mind, Melbourne Cafes Photo Blog, Eat in addition to Be Merry, Easy every bit (vegan) Pie, Uproar

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After breakfast, nosotros continued to explore Balaclava.  K recommended a see to Rishon Foods, a specialty kosher shop - inward their efforts to avoid mixing meat in addition to milk, the Jewish community induce got developed many vegan-friendly products.  Rishon has shelves total of vegan sweets in addition to freezers well-stocked with dairy-free icecreams, a few faux-meats in addition to the like.  For us non-vegans, the collection of rennet-free cheeses is impressive too.

We enjoyed observing the mix of quondam in addition to novel along Carlisle St, picking upwardly some bagels from Glick's in addition to checking out an izakaya card earlier heading into Coles, where some other wealth of kosher specialty products awaited.  It's a facet of Melbourne we've non actually experienced earlier in addition to 1 I'd for sure similar to revisit.  As Carla wryly noted, this is the southside that us northsiders are allowed to like.

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Monk Bodhi Dharma

rear of 202 Carlisle St, Balaclava

9534 7250

unlicensed

veg breakfasts $7-15.50

www.monkbodhidharma.com.au

Rishon Foods

23 William St, Balaclava

9527 5142

www.rishonfoods.com

Glick's Cakes & Bagels

330 Carlisle St, Balaclava

9527 2198

www.glicks.com.au

September 1, 2007: Soulfood Cafe

02/01/2013: Recently Soulfood has changed hands. While the menu's notwithstanding largely vegetarian, they bring introduced meat dishes. This post service in all likelihood doesn't reverberate the electrical flow incarnation. 

Sabbatum dawned sunny too (relatively) warm, too then Cindy too I decided to instruct for a wander through Fitzroy too Collingwood. Sure at that spot were 'good' reasons - grocery shopping to do, haircuts to get, marriage ceremony presents to purchase - but the existent argue was to rails downward closed to form out of delicious lunch. We had a few ideas - Las Vegan bakery (which nosotros notwithstanding haven't visited) too Roundhouse Roti, but past times the fourth dimension nosotros got to Smith Street nosotros were both starving too unable to walk past times the impressive carte du jour on display at Soulfood Cafe. There's been something of a redesign since nosotros were concluding at that spot - the display illustration total of nutrient has disappeared too the carte du jour seems to bring been expanded.

Cindy too I both opted for a breakfast-styled lunch. Cindy went for something appropriate for her notwithstanding slightly tender teeth - French toast amongst berries, pineapple too maple syrup (which was slightly dissimilar to the berries, banana, stewed apple tree too maple syrup the carte du jour promised - but I didn't take away heed every bit good many complaints). The toast was super-thick too slathered amongst delicious berries too syrup - for all Cindy's wisdom teeth difficulties, she mowed downward most of her large plateful inward quick time.

I went for savoury, amongst the scrambled tofu. It came amongst shallots or something similarly oniony inward it too a twain of slices of well-toasted sourdough. It was all flavoured amongst soy sauce too something else a picayune spicy. I could in all likelihood bring done amongst closed to butter on the toast, but I estimate they made the fair supposition that people ordering scrambled tofu were most in all likelihood vegan. It was a picayune on the minor side, but given I'd already eaten breakfast, it was a pretty suitable lunch.

I was most impressed amongst the array of choices on the carte du jour - at that spot were a twain of girls eating pizzas which looked amazing - it sure enough left me inspired me to provide again. I actually postulate to brand the endeavour for dejeuner 1 day.

You tin read close our previous catch to Soulfood here, too catch their novel website here.

Tempeh Bacon

October 2, 2011
Cindy's version a fixture inwards our wowed us at Las Vegan, together with therefore when I saw Carla's version I was bully to endeavour a unlike approach.

This recipe offered upwardly 2 innovations: steaming the tempeh commencement to ameliorate its marinade soaking-up might together with grilling rather than frying the tempeh strips. I'd scope 2 thumbs upwardly to the first, but a frustrated thumbs downwards to the second. Steaming the tempeh makes it much to a greater extent than absorbent than only using it straight off out of the packet, important the flavours permeate correct through the sparse slices. I retrieve we'll survive doing this whenever nosotros marinate tempeh inwards future.

Grilling the tempeh proved tricky. Carla's recommendation of 10 minutes on each side twice nether a high grill didn't run for us - afterwards the commencement 10 minutes I'd basically turned 1 side of the tempeh black. I tried 1 time to a greater extent than using a depression grill rut together with turning the strips every v minutes or together with therefore - afterwards 2 runs through nosotros had some reasonably crispy together with tasty tempehcon strips. Getting them crispy basically way drying them correct out, together with therefore serving them amongst something that has a flake of wet to it would survive wise.

I retrieve I'll endeavour frying side past times side fourth dimension to come across if I tin flaming larn something I'm a flake happier amongst - I'm definitely going to fiddle to a greater extent than or less amongst this recipe until I striking the jackpot.


Tempeh bacon
(recipe from Easy equally Vegan Pie)

200g package tempeh, sliced into sparse strips
1/4 loving cup tamari
1/4 loving cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon liquid smoke

Steam the tempeh slices for almost 10 minutes, until they soften together with plow white.

Combine the marinade ingredients. Cover the tempeh amongst the marinade together with move out for equally long equally you lot tin flaming afford (we did it overnight, but less fourth dimension would in all likelihood run okay).

Grill the tempeh pieces nether a depression grill, turning regularly until they crisp upwardly together with larn dainty together with brownish - sentinel them carefully, they become from delicious to tasting similar charcoal really quickly.

Nourish Cafe

Update Jan 11, 2012: While preparing for our latest trip to Hobart, I've discovered that Nourish has closed down. It's been replaced yesteryear some other veg-friendly identify called Frankie's Empire - we'll study back.

January 19, 2012

The MONA ferry delivered us dorsum to the metropolis merely about 6pm, giving us enough of fourth dimension for an early on dinner at Nourish Cafe earlier it unopen at 8pm. Michael noticed Nourish on extravagant, buttery lunch.

Nourish is the form of casual cafe that I right away experience comfortable in: friendly staff who're inwards no hurry, a couch or two, gig posters on the walls too photocopied newspaper menus with a lineage tracing dorsum to 70s hippy food. (Brisbane's Forest too Melbourne's Las Vegan restrict to heed equally others of this ilk.) What's notable hither is that the card isn't alone meat costless - at that spot are a twain of seafood dishes alongside it all, though it's bulk vegetarian with gluten-free options equally good well marked.

I was inwards a mushroom mood again, too after quite some humming too hawing I elected for the herbed too crumbed Rocky Mountain Mushrooms ($13.50) over the mixed mushroom ragout with beetroot risotto balls ($14). It was sure a mount of mushrooms, crispy-crumbed too non at all greasy. The strawberry chilli dipping sauce didn't brand a stronger impression than the touchstone bottled sugariness chilli, but I barely minded. The side salad was unusually fresh.

Michael ate the marinated tofu with sourdough, sunflower seeds, a garden salad too sate sauce ($12). This was some other light, fresh winner; the form of materials nosotros aspire to brand at home.

We resisted the carby temptation of the mixed vegie wedges, but the bowlful eaten at the side yesteryear side tabular array over looked huge too smelled great. There's equally good soup, a curry, coffee, lots of tea, juices, smoothies too a dessert cabinet. There's zippo mind-blowingly experimental here, but much to brand a vegetarian experience correct at home.

We had our portion of the unexpected in 1 lawsuit nosotros striking FOMA afterwards, from the hypnotic Prince Rama to the surprise covers (Nick Cave, Beastie Boys, Neutral Milk Hotel, Black Sabbath, Jacques Brel) too cameos (Brian Ritchie on acoustic bass, seemingly everyone from backstage on riotous dancing) sprung on us yesteryear the endlessly entertaining Dresden Dolls.

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Nourish Cafe
129 Elizabeth St, Hobart
(03) 6234 5674
veg meals $10-14
https://www.facebook.com/nourishcafe

Accessibility: Nourish is apartment inside, with reasonably spaced tables. We ordered at the tabular array too paid at a low-ish counter. We didn't watch the toilets.

May 17, 2009: Buddha's Hateful Solar Daytime & Multicultural Festival

blogged the festival food. Last twelvemonth Michael too I were out of town when the festival rolled merely about too I enviously read to a greater extent than almost the nutrient from Kristy too Buttons. Finally, this year, Michael too I got ourselves to the festival too having skipped breakfast, nosotros couldn't hold off to striking the stalls. Though they're operated past times exclusively 2 or 3 organisations, the book of deep-fried too faux-meaty goodness is pretty amazing - barbecued corn, turnip cakes, deep-fried sushi too bread, curry puffs too saltation rolls, veg oysters too squid, steamed buns, noodles, soup too mucilaginous rice... these are the things nosotros ultimately didn't detect room for!

Las Vegan crew, or larn how to brand roti too simulated meats past times hand, similar the ones nosotros enjoyed from the stalls. How almost some East Asian Buddhist cooking?

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed our outing to the Buddha's Day too Multicultural Festival; I'll hold off frontward to stopping past times for a lunchtime feast side past times side year. In the meantime, I'll hold out thankful for the many Melbourne cafes too restaurants who know their materials too tin sell me a vivid vegetarian repast whatever fourth dimension I desire it.