List of Vegetarian Restaurants

[divea]

Quite a few foodies keep asking for WCIF vegetarian restaurants???

Here is a district wise link.
http://www.chvu.org.tw/restinfo/taipeicity_e.html

[elektronisk]

Thanks Div! This will take some housekeeping but mr m can do that.

[divea]

You're welcome! I debated between posting it in 'LiT' and the food forum.....I just hope it's a recent list and not compiled in 1997!

[Fennec23]

Thank you! What about indian vegetarian restaurant?

Chinese vegetarian food is quite boring (really, sorry to say that but its quite true)

[jimipresley]

Chinese vegetarian food is quite boring (really, sorry to say that but its quite true)

I agree. It's usually very bland. They don't use garlic and onions and douse everything in too much black pepper.

And where are the POTATOES?

[lostinasia]

Thank you! What about indian vegetarian restaurant?

I'm not aware of any specifically vegetarian Indian restaurants in Taipei, but all the Indian restaurants I've been to here have plenty of vegetarian dishes, often indicated as such on the menu.

[rosarot]

there' this one street off Shi-Da Rd (opposite side of the nightmarket) that has a lot of Indian restaurants, all of them offer several vegetarian dishes. There's also a Tibetan restaurant with tasty vegetarian food.
http://www.happycow.net/ lists vegetarian and vegan restaurants all over the world (including ratings). It has 70+ places listed for Taipei and also some for other cities in Taiwan.

[finley]

thanks for the tip, rosarot ... could you be more specific about the indian-restaurant area? Street name? Google maps maybe? Sounds worth a visit.

[rosarot]

Ok, I looked it up on google maps. The name of the street is 台北市大安區浦城街13巷. It's one of the little streets that go off Shi-Da Rd. behind the park. On the corner of this street there is a bar/restaurant that's called 紅館. It is a red (who would've thought it ) building that is completely open facing the park and has a balcony on the second floor. I think if you pass by Starbucks walking toward Heping Rd. it's the next street to the left.
There should be about five Indian restaurants in this street but I haven't tried them all. I like the Tibetan place and one other restaurant. Can't remember the name though. I'll check the next time I'm around. Prices can vary a bit but should all be around 150 NT for a veggie set meal.

If you really wanna treat yourself to something special and are willing to spend a bit more I can not recommend Saffron enough. It's in Tianmu and they serve the best Indian food I`ve ever had! (Never been to India though)
Last time I've been there was in spring 2010 (I've been out of the country for a while) but I plan on paying them another visit soon.
Check http://hungryintaipei.blogspot.com/2009/10/indian-i-strongly-recommend-saffron.html for details, pictures and a review.
Everytime I went there the service was extraordinary (even compared to Western European standards) and they also have a wide selection of wines (which I never tried). The staff there sure know what they are doing.
And the Indian bread they serve is to die for.

[rosarot]

I just remembered two more online resources for veg*-places in Taipei:
http://veg.thejamies.com/taiwan/ (Chinese and English)
http://morethansalad.com/earth/asia/taiwan/taipei/taipei/ (English only)