We didn't hand ourselves a lot of fourth dimension to rails downward the veg*n restaurants of Beijing but I did inquire Steph for her 1 most enthusiastic recommendation too she nominated Baihe Lily. There are iii Lily restaurants across the city, too this 1 was a convenient dyad of kilometres from our accommodation. We stopped inwards for an early, serenity dinner afterwards a hot 24-hour interval hiking upwards to the Great Wall (see photograph at the destination of the post).
Online sources had helpfully pointed out that from the hutong entry, this eating seat merely looks similar a modest wholefoods shop. On entering, a serial of courtyards too modest rooms emerge, each decorated amongst plants, mismatched comfy slice of furniture too soft lighting, amongst bookcases forming extra partitions betwixt tables. These afforded us a feel of privacy too quietude fifty-fifty though at that topographic point were enough of other customers about.
While the staff spoke pretty expert English, the bill of fare was a fleck of a mystery; stored on an ipad amongst haphazard English linguistic communication too Chinese labels, Michael too I exactly swiped around too picked whatsoever took our fancy.
The start to brand it was a plate of real hot glazed eggplant batons amongst edamame - nosotros hadn't tired of this sweet-soy mode yet, fifty-fifty afterwards eating it repeatedly. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 heated clay dish of bamboo shoots was to a greater extent than new to us, too contained a generous dose of chilli.
The asparagus was much lighter too plainer, spell our saucy sweetness too sour alternative was a mushroom amongst a mock-meaty texture, served amongst sweetness semi-dried plums.
When nosotros ordered mock fish, nosotros didn't realise nosotros were committing to this enormous centrepiece! Its bubbling broth held some genuinely first-class mock fish (even our Chinese omni companion was impressed) too all sorts of other treasures - nosotros plucked out dark fungus, lotus roots, ginger too lightly cooked too pickled vegetables.
Our finally dish took unusually long to brand it at the table, too then much too then that we'd assumed the repast was over. This looked similar some other mock meat but was really a glazed root vegetable (I suspect burdock). With its crown of fried spud threads, it was the most delicately presented of our dishes too easily my 2nd favourite afterwards that fish.
We ended upwards paying around AU$20 each for this four-person repast - higher than our average too good worth it. The staff were a fleck aloof, but helped out when nosotros needed them, too for certain didn't detract from the comforting peaceful atmosphere of the restaurant.
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Baihe Lily Vegetarian Restaurant
23 Caoyuan Hutong, Beijing, China
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