March 28, 2011: Au Lac

I spent a niggling fourth dimension inwards Canberra for locomote during March.  My trip was booked at belatedly notice as well as I ended upwardly inwards a hotel some distance from the coming together venue.  This turned out to live on a approving to a greater extent than than a nuisance because my hotel was inwards Dickson, inside walking distance of atomic publish 79 Lac Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant.  I could barely believe my luck when I discovered that atomic publish 79 Lac would live on opened upwardly until 10pm on a Mon night, the alone gratis fourth dimension I had.  I exited Canberra's novel international drome at 8:30 as well as had a taxi deliver me straight off there.

Au Lac is a Vietnamese restaurant, alongside a lot of simulated meat across its menu.  Since I was ordering for 1 I reluctantly skimmed by the entrees as well as didn't allow myself whatever fourth dimension on the dessert page, either - I allowed myself a kokosnoot juice ($3.50) equally a to a greater extent than sensible treat.  The residue of the card is divided into Vietnamese noodle specialties, vegetables, tofu delight, soy beef, soy chicken, soy fish, chef's specials as well as rice.  The chef's specials include soups, some simulated duck as well as seafood as well as a arrive at of Vietnamese fondues (something I've never encountered before!) that toll upwardly to $58.

Some season combinations repeat themselves inwards the card equally they're available alongside to a greater extent than than 1 mock meat.  K recommended I convey something alongside lemongrass therefore I ordered the version alongside fried soy fish ($14 + $2 extra for steamed rice).  I was relieved to take in it brand it alongside some veges, though the primary 1 was onion - roughly an entire onion sliced into strips as well as stir-fried alongside the soy fish.  I couldn't handgrip to a greater extent than than a distich of strips as well as spent much of the repast picking simply about it, salvaging what lettuce as well as other greenery I could.

It's a shame I missed out on some of the lemongrass flavouring inwards this agency 'cause what I tasted on the 'fish' I liked.  I can't assist feeling that I didn't larn to travail the best of atomic publish 79 Lac.  The roast duck powerfulness accommodate me better, but as well as therefore I'd desire some veges too, as well as actually I'd simply similar to wing the entire vegan potluck crew upwardly to portion a banquet or 1 of those intriguing fondues.  But I don't intend I could notch that upwardly equally a locomote expense.

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Au Lac has also appeared on the blogs In the Mood for Noodles, The Fairest Feed, missklicious, Grab Your Fork as well as Snowdrop Meringues & Berries.

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Au Lac Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant

4/35-39 Wolley St, Dickson, Canberra ACT

(02) 6262 8922

BYO vino only

entrees $5-9, mains $12-16

Accessibility: The primary eating theatre expanse is apartment as well as quite good spaced; bills are paid at a high counter.  Toilets are substantially less accessible.

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.

April 26, 2011: Tea Master

Easter saw us flight through Brisbane spell travelling betwixt coasts as well as seeking tiffin inwards the Valley on 'Easter Tuesday'. Our favourite tiffin spot Kuan Yin was shut, but nosotros managed to rail downwardly Tea Master equally an alternative.

Tea Master has much inwards mutual alongside Kuan Yin - an extensive, all vegetarian card featuring noodle as well as rice dishes, soups as well as bento boxes for some $10 apiece, most of them featuring mock meats, as well as an iced tea card of similar length.

And tea, nosotros purchased - lemongrass love ($3.50) as well as passionfruit light-green alongside pearls ($3.40). Michael idea the onetime was a piffling brusk on the lemongrass; I loved the passionfruit season but was disappointed past times viscous (overcooked or oversoaked?) tapioca pearls.

Michael ate the Vegetarian Hainan Chicken Rice ($8.90), an iconic Chinese/Malaysian dish that's rarely available to us vegos (although we've tried making it at home!). The 'chicken' as well as vegetables weren't all that inspiring, but the flavouring stock was lovely.

After spending likewise much fourth dimension poring over the tea card for the perfect drinkable to sooth my sore throat, I kinda panicked when it was fourth dimension to lodge my meal, as well as brutal dorsum on the ol' sugariness & sour veggie pork alongside rice ($8.90). This was i of the to a greater extent than watery sweet'n'sour sauces I've had inwards my time, but I appreciated the fresh capsicum, carrot, zucchini as well as pineapple inwards the mix. (I was to a greater extent than ambivalent close the shredded iceberg lettuce.)

This repast didn't quite alive upward to our high Kuan Yin standards, but it's even then smashing value as well as good worth a await in. The setting is brilliant as well as cheerful, as well as equally were the women running the cafe.

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Tea Master has received by as well as large positive reviews from the Australian School of Meditation as well as Yoga, Random Rambling of Impressionable Me, Food Hunters as well as ferrous's posterous.

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Tea Master
Shop 18, 115 Wickham St, Cathedral Village, Fortitude Valley QLD
(07) 3257 0038
veg snacks as well as lunches $1.10-$11.95

Accessibility: at that spot is a ramp available for accessing this strip of cafes. Indoor as well as outdoor seating are reasonably spaced. Ordering occurs at the table; payment at a high counter.

May 21, 2011: Loving Hut

still inwards Richmond together with feeling much to a greater extent than similar over-tired children.  Only the hope of trying out a vegetarian eatery for luncheon had us suppressing tantrums together with trying our best to last good.

That restaurant, Loving Hut, is business office of a world-wide chain of eateries associated amongst the Supreme Master together with they've got Supreme Master's ain TV channel blaring inwards the background, spreading the word.  It no incertitude dominates the ambience when the eatery is anything less than fully occupied.

There's a decent arrive at of juices, smoothies, together with tea on offering although the bill of fare cautions that "availability depends on Mother Earth's mood & changing seasons".  Mother populace allowed Michael a kokosnoot juice ($5) sans pulp spell I sampled the zesty greenish lime ($5.50), an odd not-too-sweet together with lightly carbonated drink.

Michael generously urged me to fellowship for both of us.  The menu's quite heavy on the tofu together with also includes mock meats; fresher vegetables are offered to a greater extent than sparsely.  It took a piddling fourth dimension to select what I hoped mightiness last contrasting dishes.

The lemongrass tofu ($12) was a pretty practiced pick - pan-fried 'til golden, slathered inwards a spicy lemongrass glue together with served amongst shredded lettuce together with carrot (quite similar to my Au Lac main, minus all that god-forsaken onion!).

The 5-spice flavoured Taro Delight ($18) was to a greater extent than of a gamble.  These enormous fritters consist of generous chunks of taro, wrapped inwards yuba together with seaweed, battered together with fried.  They're crazy-starchy together with quite tasty, though I'd non last inclined to swallow to a greater extent than than i inwards a sitting again.  Veg-errific capsicum strips aside, the sauce didn't actually appeal to me - it contained seaweed of the rubbery kind, together with the liquid had a slimey agency close it.

The staff at Loving Hut were friendly together with attentive, if a piddling reserved.  I'd swallow at that topographic point i time to a greater extent than - I've read practiced things close the entrées together with the rendang - but this eatery mightiness larn by to lure me dorsum so long every bit Thanh Nga Nine offers such neat veg options inwards the same neighbourhood.

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Loving Hut's trajectory thence far has been blogged past times vegos words@random, In The Mood For Noodles, Veg inwards the west together with Veganise This!, together with so unexpectedly past times the high-end omni eaters at 1001 Dinners: 1001 Nights.

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Loving Hut
Shop 10, 242 Victoria St, Richmond
9427 8916
veg mains $8-18, rice $1.50pp
facebook page

Accessibility: Loving Hut has a apartment standard-width entry together with generously spaced tables.  Ordering occurs at the table, payment at a high counter. We didn't view the toilets.

May 22, 2011: A Caterpillar's Dream

 Kuan Yin.  All 4 of us honey the Brisbane eating theatre therefore nosotros had high hopes for this novel venture.

We were surprised at the vastly dissimilar ambience - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Caterpillar's Dream has a large as well as lite infinite at the halt of a strip mall, naught similar the dim Kuan Yin premises that's squeezed into Chinatown.  The carte du jour bears piffling to a greater extent than than a passing resemblance either.  Though there's all the same much mock meat, it's simply every bit probable to hold out tucked into a sandwich or stirred through pasta every bit it is to hold out served Chinese-style amongst rice. ACP likewise boasts ii large display cabinets stocked amongst all fashion of pastries, cakes as well as other sugary delights.

Toby, Michael as well as I shared a plate of fried dumplings ($7.90), as well as they were improve than average.

K permit us repeatedly sample her bowl of murphy wedges ($5.90), which arrived amongst sugariness chilli sauce as well as (non-vegan) sour cream. They had lovely fluffy interiors, but nosotros couldn't sense of savour a lot of the promised spice mix (salt flakes, dark pepper, thyme as well as paprika).

I tried out their tuna salad sandwich ($10.80), which contained a modest sum of veggie tuna, celery, dill, cucumber, cream cheese, as well as then enough of love apple tree as well as fresh greens.  I liked that they didn't overdo the mock meat or condiments; this was a pleasantly lite sandwich.

With all our Kuan Yin expectations, Michael was hanging out for a bento box ($14.50), which comes amongst steamed rice, pickles, cooked vegetables, miso soup, fruit as well as a pick of veggie meat.  His Thai spicy duck was hot, crisp as well as non greasy, though peradventure lacking inward Thai spices. The bigger disappointment was the vegetables, which had seemingly been cooked without whatever seasoning at all.

The cooks at Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Caterpillar's Dream accept given about idea to dietary requirements, amongst vegan as well as gluten-free options clearly marked throughout the carte du jour as well as on the specials board. However both of K's dishes arrived amongst non-vegan condiments inward spite of their vegan labelling. The hold off staff were cheery as well as tried to hold out helpful but knew no to a greater extent than than what was printed on the menu. It's likewise a shame that a vegetarian cafe offering such a large diverseness of sweets seems to accept solely i vegan-friendly item.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Catepillar's Dream is a overnice location for luncheon if you lot honour yourself hanging 'round Kew Junction. However, I'd recommend that anyone amongst dietary needs utter upward spell ordering to ensure a suitable meal.

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A Caterpillar's Dream
Shop 4, 26 Princess St, Kew
9939 6133
veg lunches $8.95 - $18.90
http://www.acaterpillarsdream.com.au/

Accessibility: Looks proficient - apartment broad entry, enough of infinite betwixt tables, tabular array service as well as payment at a depression counter. We didn't view the toilets.

June 18, 2011: Enlightened Cuisine Iv

Edit 25/04/2017: Enlightened Cuisine is directly rebranded as Vegie Kitchen.

On Sabbatum nighttime nosotros met upwards amongst or so friends to feast on the Chinese-style mock meats at Enlightened Cuisine. The educate banquets are ever tempting, but nosotros resolved to do our ain Mighty Banquet of Probably Way Too Much Mock Meat.

The get-go plate to larn inwards held fried dim sims ($4.50) together with they were gobbled upwards quickly, stuffed amongst a white mock meat that didn't gustatory modality of much.

Next came the highly anticipated sesame prawn ($4.50). This toast is deep deep-fried crispy together with golden brown, all the agency through to the mysterious white 'prawn' filling.

There were also chicken satay skewers ($5.50), which I idea were a fighting undercooked inwards the middle. (Still it could locomote worse - they weren't undercooked actual chicken.)

The get-go principal to larn inwards was or so impressively sizzling pepper steak amongst mushroom ($17.90). The steak slices were homogeneous but tender together with the sauce was for sure heavy on the pepper. It wasn't likewise strong, though, providing lots of seasoning without sticking inwards my throat.

I used upwards my ordering selection on that ol' Aussie fave, lemon chicken ($16.90). I was delighted that the sauce wasn't sickenly sugariness together with had a proper lemon sourness to it. Alas, the battered chicken was soft together with doughy again. Maybe I require to permit this custom go.  

By contrast the plum sauce duck ($16.90) had an unremarkable gravy together with superlative meat texture, crisp on the outside, simply a piffling nobbly, together with 'flesh' amongst a fighting of chew but no rubberiness.

The sizzling lamb ($17.90) was or so other winner together with arrived amongst a practiced dose of proper vegetables.

Once the steamed rice ($2.20 pp) supplies waned, or so wag ordered a platter of particular fried rice ($13). I could barely comport on it, though I admired the charred corn kernels.

I did honour room together with sufficient encouragement for dessert. I shouldn't bring bothered, though - the pineapple fritters were bloated together with heavy amongst far likewise much batter. I ended upwards much the same, fifty-fifty though I didn't complete the bowlful. And would y'all believe that 2 of our set out ordered more prawn toast for dessert? And they suffered less regret than I. Amazing.

We ordered amongst abandon together with our mouth (for 4 people, including drinks) came to $171. That's non cheap, but nosotros ate well... perchance non nutritionally well, but for sure inwards slap-up quantity together with amongst much enthusiasm! Enlightened Cuisine has been highly consistent inwards the 4 years we've been visiting - the slap-up dishes bring ever been slap-up together with the few less wonderful ones disappoint for just the same argue each time. The expression staff are distant but never rude.

Enlightened Cuisine volition non accommodate all moods together with tastes but it's a please when the correct people, appetites together with dishes collide. Especially when someone orders prawn toast.

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You tin read close or so of our previous visits to Enlightened Cuisine: one, two together with three.

This eating seat has received many reviews, almost unanimously positive, since together with then from Vegan About Town (three times!), easy every bit vegan pie, More Cheese Please, tofu inwards disguise, apmmryyu, Vegetarian Life Australia together with MelbourneStaycation.com.

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Enlightened Cuisine

113 Queensbridge St, Southbank

9686 9188

veg entrées $4.50-5.50, mains $14.90-25.00, desserts unknown

www.ecuisine.com.au

Accessibility: The entry is apartment together with wide; there's a reasonable sum of infinite betwixt tables. There's tabular array service together with bills are paid at a high counter. From memory, access to the toilets is narrow together with includes a step.

June 19, 2011: Piffling Deer Tracks

Coburg's bringing the cute cafe culture! ElegantGourmand kindly pinged us when he dined at newly opened Little Deer Tracks, northward of Bell St. Though I didn't assist for the twee name, I wasn't going to plough my olfactory organ upwards at an all-vegetarian cafe. Michael as well as I took to the Upfield wheel path the next weekend to banking concern gibe it out.

Italian-style restaurants are rarely places to excite vegetarians (pasta inward napoli sauce or risotto amongst suspiciously-sourced stock, anyone?) but this card has plenty of "ooh, I desire that!" options - crumbed as well as fried fennel amongst lemon aioli, a warm beetroot salad, eggplant balls, fifty-fifty the measure risotto looks good! (It's made amongst broad beans as well as saffron.) Impressively, all the cheese is rennet free. On the human face upwards of it there's non a lot for vegans, but the kitchen volition conform a pose out of items on request... as well as they've got vegan lamingtons inward the cake display, as well as hence there's that. I intend there's been a lot to a greater extent than vegan involvement than they expected on opening as well as hence hopefully the attain volition exclusively better over time.

The other pleasant surprise was that her thorough review inward advance of The Age's coverage.

I tried the gnocchi amongst Red Hill bluish goats cheese, rocket as well as walnuts ($17.50) from the specials board. When it arrived, I idea it looked pretty gluggy. Happily it was non - the gnocchi pieces were quite low-cal as well as held together but enough, the cheese had that flake of bite, as well as the walnuts provided closed to crunch. Even if it wasn't gluggy, it was enormously rich. I would select been a happier luncher if I'd had, tell one-half or two-thirds the quantity of gnocchi amongst a big handful of peppery rocket on the side. But it's non the done thing, is it?

Michael had the less-typically-Italian dark edible bean pie amongst squash as well as broccoli salad (aka steamed broccoli, $14.50 all up). This got 2 thumbs upwards - first-class pastry amongst a skillful meaty filling as well as elementary sides that complemented the characteristic nutrient well.

The staff were real friendly as well as informative, fifty-fifty chatty. They've got everything to hold upwards cheery nigh - this is a real pleasant eatery, inward a neighbourhood amongst an increasing need for such things, offering a vegetarian card that volition appeal to many omnivores besides. We'll for certain hold upwards back, inward cycle-friendly weather.

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Little Deer Tracks has already been reviewed yesteryear The Quince Poacher.

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Little Deer Tracks
44 O'Hea St, Coburg
9354 3449
veg lunches $7.50-17.50

Accessibility: This cafe has a apartment broad entrance. The furniture's a petty crowded upwards front end but there's to a greater extent than infinite behind the counter (and I think plenty room to get, say, a wheelchair or pram through). Service is all at the table. ETA 15/01/2011: come across Marilyn's farther comments below regarding accessibility - looks good!

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.

June 25, 2011: Badde Manors Cafe

In belatedly June Michael too I found ourselves inward Sydney for the weekend! We caught upward alongside a few friends but spent Sabbatum equally a duo - strolling the city, greedily soaking upward the Sun too eating where nosotros pleased. We started out inward Glebe for breakfast. The market stalls didn't appeal equally much equally we'd hoped thus nosotros crossed the street to Badde Manors Cafe.

Badde Manors clearly has only about history - this vegetarian cafe was established inward 1982. It's slow to imagine several generations of students too artists adopting it equally their minute home. The crowd this Sabbatum morn was quite eclectic, ranging from teens to immature families, recovering ravers too a few geriatric punks.

The bill of fare is solid, if non innovative, vegetarian fare. Breakfast offers eggs several ways, mushrooms or beans on toast, fruit too muesli too yoghurt, pancakes too French toast, opened upward grills too bagels. Vegan options (23% of the brekkies) are marked too they obviously offering gluten-free toast.

Michael went for the scrambled tofu too tamari ($9.50) alongside a side of mushrooms ($3.50). Though he'd ordered soy coffees too a vegan-ticked plate it arrived alongside a butter sachet - a sign that vegans should definitely specify their needs too non assume that staff volition notice. Michael was disappointed that this was to a greater extent than a stir-fry than a scramble, too a footling also sweetness for his taste. Still, it was a rattling generous serve for the toll alongside Michael non fifty-fifty managing to complete it all.

I was afterward something that'd sustain me reliably for a few hours, non my park saccharide rush, thus I picked the opened upward grill alongside mushrooms, avocado, shallots too fresh love apple tree ($9.50) alongside a side of chat potatoes ($2.50). The mushrooms were delicious but the plate was otherwise a flake bland - I found myself repeatedly reaching for the common salt too pepper for a boost. Just a lemon wedge could've saved it, I reckon. The fresh breadstuff was excellent, but thus crusty that it was near-impossible to cutting alongside the butter knife I was equipped with. I left the final quarter inward defeat.

Props, though, for a pitch-perfect raspberry too apple tree juice ($5) - sweetness too sour too unloosen of that scummy fresh-juice froth that creeps me out. I found out almost Badde Manors' famous chai also late, but however don't regret choosing the juice instead. The desserts they display bring a skillful reputation, too Michael said the pancakes that mortal behind me ordered looked amazing. Maybe this cafe's forte is the sweetness stuff.

While nosotros weren't totally wowed past times our breakfasts, they were corporation value for money. I enjoyed the onetime schoolhouse vibe of Badde Manors too get together that it's a venue that fills many a Sydney-sider alongside nostalgia.

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This cafe has received unloosen reviews from The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, panda & cakes, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, The Oatmeal Diaries, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, The Hungry Girl, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, Food, booze too shoes, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, eat similar a cow, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, What's on my plate, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, Jaarius, too thus to a greater extent than mixed reviews from The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, Diary of a Ladybird, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, easy equally (vegan) pie, The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, Betty's Bites, too The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, The Collective Cook misses their Bagel Manhattan.

Badde Manors is clearly considered a local institution, captured on celluloid at The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, In Sydney alongside an onetime Leica, too The Splitpin Diary, Adventurous Me, Gluten Free, in pigment past times Eloise O'Hare.

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Badde Manors Cafe
1/37 Glebe Point Road, Glebe Sydney NSW
9660 3797
veg breakfasts $3.50-$13.50
http://www.baddemanorscafe.com/

Accessibility: This cafe has a apartment entry too average-width door, though it is quite cluttered inside. Outdoor tables offering a flake to a greater extent than space. Service is at the table, payment at a high counter. We didn't see the toilets.

July 8, 2011: The Mercy Seat

Edit 07/06/2012: The Mercy Seat is similar a shot closed.

The veg*n grapevine is pretty amazing - it seemed similar the tidings of The Mercy Seat's beingness had hitting Facebook earlier it had fifty-fifty opened its doors. Cindy gave them a few days to classify themselves out earlier heading inwards to come across me for a quick weekday lunch. The Mercy Seat occupies the daylight hours of the infinite that newish bar 99 Problems uses at night. It's all vegetarian, doing a curt carte of breakfast in addition to luncheon dishes - mean value tofu scramble, bagels in addition to burgers.

We sampled both their burgers: Creole individual chicken burger for Cindy ($10) in addition to a blackened tofu mushroom burger for me ($12).

My burger was burstingly total amongst fried mushrooms, tofu cubes, salad, avocado in addition to a smear of vegan mayo. The success of this burger is driven to a greater extent than frequently than non yesteryear the wonderful Mexican salsa that the tofu is cooked inwards - there's a smoky spiciness to it that takes this from adept to outstanding.

Cindy's chicken burger looked a fleck less exciting to me - its centrepiece was a highly processed  in addition to perfectly circular 'chicken' patty. Still, the Creole spices added a fleck of spark in addition to the house-made lime-infused vegan mayo didn't wound either. Cindy enjoyed the sesame-seed heavy bun equally well, but this couldn't alive upwardly to the spicy chicken burger standards ready yesteryear The Gasometer (admittedly at a much higher price).

We were pretty impressed amongst The Mercy Seat - the nutrient was tasty in addition to affordable, the infinite is pleasant in addition to the staff were friendly. There's lots of vegan options - everything on the carte bar the scrambled eggs is vegan or vegan-adaptable, equally are nearly of the sweets, although there's naught gluten-free at this stage. We'll hold upwardly dorsum for brekkie presently - the scrambled tofu in addition to BLT bagel both audio worth a shot.

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I was certain we'd hold upwardly commencement to review The Mercy Seat, but Vetti in addition to Garden of Yoga were fifty-fifty quicker than us.

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The Mercy Seat
31 Johnston Street, Collingwood
no phone
brekkies $7.5 - $10, lunches $10-$12
Facebook page

Accessibility: Flat entryway amongst a pocket-size mensuration betwixt the front end room in addition to the room amongst the counter (which is where you lot social club in addition to pay). It's fairly spacious in addition to tardily to instruct around, although nosotros didn't suss out the bath situation.

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.

August 6, 2011: The Mercy Topographic Point Ii

Edit 07/06/2012: The Mercy Seat is forthwith closed.

first view to The Mercy Seat had acted every bit a variety of barbarous taunt to our coeliac buddy K from and turned some a weblog quicker than nosotros have!).

Cindy in addition to I had spent our offset view eyeing off the diverse dishes nosotros hadn't ordered, so were happy to cause got some other adventure at the menu. Cindy went amongst the vegan BLT bagel (seasoned vegetarian bacon amongst sliced tomato, lettuce in addition to house-made mayo on a savoury bagel, $8). The 'bacon' seemed to endure a slightly tastier version than the measure Sanitarium fare (Redwood maybe) in addition to the bagel was nicely toasted, but it turned out a trivial on the dry out side. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 heavier manus amongst the mayo would cause got this to a yummier place.

I decided to dissever ii savoury dishes, thank yous to Toby's enthusiasm for sharing. First up, the scrambled tofu I'd admired from afar on our offset view (pan-fried organic scrambled tofu, sautéed amongst sugariness Castilian onion in addition to sliced avocado on toasted rye, $10).

This was every bit practiced every bit it looks - turmeric in addition to cayenne pepper were the most obvious spices inward the tofu mix, but I reckon they mightiness cause got snuck some cumin inward every bit well. It's a generous serve for $10, peculiarly amongst the avo on the side. Impressive.

Our other dissever savoury was the Philly cheesesteak whorl (torn vegetarian beef chunks, sauteed amongst chopped mushrooms, bell peppers in addition to onion, covered amongst a melted cheese sauce on an organic baguette roll, $11/$11.50 amongst vegan cheese).

EBC's terrifyingly delicious cheesesteak roll amongst some pretty excellently flavoured mock-meat inward a fresh, crusty. It's awkward to eat, peculiarly amongst the thick layer of yellowish sauce on run past times (the vegan version, mayhap made using nooch, is pictured). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fight junkier than the scrambled tofu in addition to non quite every bit peachy every bit the blackened tofu burger I had concluding fourth dimension but all the same a success.

Along amongst g-f bread, the Mercy Seat had added a homemade lemonade to their repertoire since our offset trip - at $2 a drinking glass this is a sugariness in addition to tangy process that taunts yous past times looking simply similar a delicious mojito would.

Cindy was keen to sample 1 of the desserts (all vegan on our visit), opting for this cupcake ($4).

This was ordered inward business office to satisfy K's curiousity - she'd seen mortal at some other tabular array larn 1 in addition to idea that it mightiness cause got been vegan meringue. It was simply prettily swirled two-tone vanilla icing though, on a tasty trivial vanilla cupcake.

We're ii wins from ii attempts at The Mercy Seat - they've got a pocket-sized carte du jour of actually well-priced vegan-friendly meals. They were doing a pretty practiced merchandise on Saturday, so the discussion is clearly getting out.

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Read nearly our offset view to The Mercy Seat here. Since then, Mapping the Peace cause got given it a practiced write-up.

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The Mercy Seat
31 Johnston Street, Collingwood
no phone
brekkies $7.5 - $10, lunches $10-$12
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Accessibility: Flat entryway amongst a pocket-sized stride betwixt the front end room in addition to the room amongst the counter (which is where yous lodge in addition to pay). It's fairly spacious in addition to tardily to larn around, although nosotros didn't suss out the bath situation.

August 20, 2011: Munsterhaus Ii

Despite our initial enthusiasm, it's taken us to a greater extent than than a yr to brand a provide view to Munsterhaus. In business office this is to produce with their trading hours - they're basically a tiffin identify too are shut on Sundays. Given our weekend breakfast habit, it's a rare Sabbatum that we're looking around for somewhere to become for lunch. There's likewise something summery almost Munsterhaus - the mass of the nutrient is salady, too the large windows are made for letting inwards the sunshine, so it hasn't been a priority over winter. So when fountain all of a abrupt appeared on a fairly placidity Sabbatum nosotros jumped on our bikes too headed over for a revisit.

Not much has changed since nosotros were starting fourth dimension at that spot - the setup is as cute too fashionable as always too the dining options are the same: modest ($9), medium ($12.5) or large ($16) plates filled with a pick 'n' mix of salads too hot dishes. Even some of the dishes are the same - nosotros both returned for some other become at the delicious tempeh too broccoli salad, but otherwise nosotros mixed things upwards a little.

I had a medium plate with 1 of the hot dishes (a mild kokosnoot too tofu curry) served on a picayune scoop of quinoa, with a few garlicky brussel sprouts, the aforementioned tempeh, some other broccoli based salad (this 1 with marinated tofu), a chickpea salad too a miso-flavoured noodle salad. There's a dab of tofu-based dip somewhere inwards at that spot as well.

Everything was first-class - lots of fresh vegies turned into creatively flavoured salads. I mean value adjacent fourth dimension I'll ditch the hot meals altogether (the curry was fine, but it form of seeped into all the other dishes) too only compile a salad plate. The glazed slivers of crispy sesame tempeh were the stand-out, but that's hardly a surprise. It's wonderful to become out too swallow a large plate of delicious nutrient too non experience similar you're existence specially unhealthy.

Cindy had the broccoli too brussel sprouts as well, but otherwise ordered completely differently to me. She used a lentil too chocolate-brown rice dish as her base of operations too and then piled a duet of okara patties on exceed with a few crispy polenta triangles too a large dollop of spicy cashew dip.

She was as happy with her choices - specially the okara patties, which were almost similar unprocessed chicken-nuggets too were an first-class vessel for the cashew dip.

Having ordered a modest plate, Cindy felt justified inwards trying out Munsterhaus' dessert. She ordered a land of flourless chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla icecream on exceed ($6).

This was a pleasant dessert - the cake was a chip lite on the cocoa, but Cindy liked the coarse home-ground texture of the almonds. I mean value she'd cause got been meliorate off getting a bigger plate of savoury delights.

I'm non certain how much of my positivity almost this tiffin is related to the speak gorgeousness of the conditions inwards Melbourne. We went for a wander along Merri Creek later too everything seemed correct with the world, so it's difficult to experience anything but neat almost our lunch. Munsterhaus was the perfect lucifer for the day, healthy, tasty too loaded with veggies. The service was friendly too the java was fine (although Cindy wasn't the excited past times her chai). Vegans should cause got no problems - I mean value my plate was accidentally vegan too alone the yoghurt on Cindy's brown-rice dish un-veganed her plate. There was at to the lowest degree 1 vegan dessert on offering as well. Pick a sunny Sabbatum too go!

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Read almost our starting fourth dimension view to Munsterhaus here. Since then, Juganaut too Words@Random cause got given it the thumbs up.

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Munsterhaus
371 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy
veg lunches $9 - $16, cakes $6

Accessibility: There's a apartment entryway into a reasonably spacious too well-lit interior. Ordering requires yous to await at your options across a reasonably high counter, too payment etc all takes identify there.

Invita Ii

September 10, 2011

usual precursor but alongside a fine home-made ane nether our belts, nosotros made our trip after as well as stopped yesteryear Invita for lunch. This is an outdoorsy vegetarian cafe, perched along the market's Therry St side, where what you lot encounter is what you lot get. You social club as well as pay at the counter as well as abide by a spot where you lot can. Most of the bill of fare items are pre-made as well as visible inward their display illustration alongside the total gene listing marked on every special - super-helpful for all mode of dietary requirements!

Michael zeroed inward apace on the Vegani pie ($9.80, including salad), a spelt-based crust stuffed alongside tofu as well as a diversity of vegetables alongside a little sum of spiced kokosnoot gravy.

It's no meat-pie imitator, but tasty on its ain terms. Michael complimented the salads betwixt mouthfuls -a edible bean mix, a light-green salad, as well as a hspicy carrot ane alongside plenty sauce to acquit across the whole plate.

Having ingested a hearty savoury breakfast as well as to a greater extent than of late caught wafts of the market's jam doughnuts inward the air, I ate cake. The Chocolate Cake Especial ($5.95) had a overnice density to it, as well as reminded me of the unproblematic iced chocolate cake that my mum most unremarkably made for birthdays when I was a kid. The ingredients list, though, was almost solely different! Though it's based on chickpea flour, almond meal, soy milk as well as vegetable oil, its vegan as well as gluten-free condition could easily wing nether the radar. My chai latte ($3.40) was pretty skillful too.

Invita actually hitting the spot for us on this visit. While it's totally vegetarian as well as has lots of salubrious options, it's non besides crunchy - I imagine that the well-stocked display illustration attracts plenty of omni eaters on their marketplace rounds, too. Umbrellas as well as partitions offering only a niggling shelter from bad weather condition as well as marketplace bustle, but it's a overnice spot to balance your weary legs as well as create total your breadbasket earlier heading abode as well as filling your refrigerator alongside Queen Vic produce.

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You tin read close our kickoff view to Invita here. Everyone else blogging Invita since has enjoyed it though many authorities notation little flavor flaws, encounter tummyrumbles.com, The Daily Veg, We Dare Food as well as Green Gourmet Giraffe.

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Invita
76 Therry St, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
9329 1267
cakes $3.50-6, veg lunches $9-14
http://www.invita.com.au

Accessibility: This cafe has the same apartment paving every bit the pedestrian walk out front. Tables accept average-to-crowded spacing; ordering as well as payment occurs at the counter. There's no straight attached toilet, expect elsewhere or then the Queen Victoria Markets.