Vegie Hut Ii

April 8, 2012

We had a fairly unconventional Easter Sunday, heading out eastward alongside our mate Michael for walks in addition to eats. We hitting Box Hill's Vegie Hut kickoff for yum cha.

While it isn't quite thence glamorous equally Sydney's Bodhi inward the Park, there's much to dear virtually Vegie Hut. The yum cha plates are withal simply $4.20 each, the same cost this eating seat was charging when we kickoff visited inward 2008. And all-vegetarian yum cha (I tin cease conduct anything, ANYTHING from the menu!) is ever a luxury. Many seem to appreciate it - though the photograph inward a higher house shows a few empty tables 10 minutes later opening, Vegie Hut chop-chop fills in addition to reservations are advisable.

Congee is set out alongside multiple orders from the yum cha bill of fare - warm, salty in addition to gently filling, I tin cease encounter why it's a sick-day comfort nutrient for thence many.

I was genuinely hoping that the 'soup dumpling' would last dumplings filled alongside soup (made famous inward Melbourne past times HuTong) but it's served the other means round. Less of a marvel, but withal quite tasty.

I was quite insistent that in that place would last BBQ mock-pork buns.  Sweet-savoury in addition to freshly steamed, nosotros all loved them in addition to ordered seconds. Thirds, to ensure that nosotros each had a equal number, was tempting.

The steamed ribs inward dark edible bean sauce aren't real rib-like, but the dish is genuinely all virtually the silky, savoury sauce. 

The grilled dumplings equally good warranted a 2d round. As good equally crispy-fried edges, they had a fetching gingery kicking to them. 

We cutting all the richness equally best nosotros could alongside steamed choy-sum inward vegie-oyster sauce.

While there's no shortage of mock meat inward Melbourne's inner city, a trek out for yum cha is ever a treat. There's simply zippo quite similar a BBQ mock-pork bun... its *ahem* non-veg namesake aside.

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You tin cease read virtually our kickoff see to Vegie Hut here. Since then, their yum cha has been blogged in addition to loved past times veg*ns at The Fairest Feed in addition to Vegan About Town (twice). Vicki Vegan was less impressed past times the banquet, spell the a la carte options are reviewed favourably at Black Bunny Carousel. Positive accounts equally good look on omni blogs Fooodgasm in addition to Foodies northward Places.

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Vegie Hut
984 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
9898 2287
yum cha plates $4.20 each
http://vegiehut.com.au/

Accessibility: Vegie Hut has a few steps on entry in addition to a high density of tables. There's total tabular array service. We didn't see the toilets.

Vegie Mum

November 5, 2012

Cindy as well as I decided to brand the most of our lazy long-weekend inwards Melbourne yesteryear hitting upward some of the to a greater extent than far-flung vego restaurants inwards town. Having ticked off Aum Shanti on Saturday, nosotros made plans for an early on sun dinner at Vegie Mum inwards Doncaster. Nestled inwards a pretty unappealing looking strip-mall, Vegie Mum isn't trying really difficult to win way points. The basic tables as well as chairs as well as sparsely decorated walls gives this house an nigh food-court ambience. Still, the card looked promising - pages as well as pages of Chinese as well as Malaysian-style mock-meat dishes, roofing the regular chicken as well as pork dishes but also incorporating a few wackier options similar kokosnoot prawns, kung-po squid as well as furry mushroom hotpot.

It's a pretty overwhelming menu, as well as it would travel wonderful to come upward inwards a bigger grouping as well as simply instruct for i of the many banquets they offering ($20-$30 per head, for groups of iv or more). We ended upward simply ordering from the specials page, splitting ii mains, a serve of rice ($2) as well as a roti ($4) betwixt us.

First upward was the Malaysian-style dried veggie beef rendang ($17).

The combo of mock-beef as well as large chunks of zucchini worked surprisingly good inwards this curry. The sauce was sweet, spicy as well as fragrant but roughshod a chip curt of the standards develop yesteryear Loving Hut. By the fourth dimension nosotros got through this, I'd decided the occupation was as good much saccharide - it wasn't bad yesteryear whatever means, but didn't quite hitting the heights I was hoping for.

In contrast, the Soy Fish with Nyonya Sauce ($18) was a consummate winner.

The sauce was spicy as well as tangy, with a citrussy season shining through amongst a decent chilli kick. The combo of light-green beans, okra as well as splendid soy fish slices worked perfectly - this is perhaps a competitor for White Lotus' famous tamarind fish. 

We were pretty stuffed afterwards getting through those ii dishes, then the lack of a dessert card wasn't as good upsetting. Our waitress did driblet off these weird trivial jelly palate cleansers to air current things up, paired with a twosome of slices of orange. It was as much as I could crush in.

Vegie Mum is an splendid mock-meat option, specially if y'all uncovering yourselves inwards the eastern suburbs for some reason. I'm non certain we'll board the 908 autobus over again inwards the close hereafter - we've got a bunch of equally good (or better) options to a greater extent than locally - but I'm glad nosotros checked it out. There's clearly a marketplace for mock-meat inwards Doncaster though - they were doing a roaring merchandise at 6pm on a sun as well as accept been roughly for nearly 10 years. Long may they continue.

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Surprisingly few bloggers accept made the trip out to Doncaster. There are positive reviews from The Journal of the Whills weren't actually excited yesteryear the mock meat experience.

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Vegie Mum
27 Village Avenue, Doncaster
9816 322
entrees $3-12, mains $9.50-25

Accessibility: There are a twosome of steps upward at the entry, but things are apartment as well as relatively spread out inside. We ordered at the tabular array as well as paid at a depression counter. We didn't depository fiscal establishment tally out the toilets.