Vegetarian Restaurants

[makaiwen]

I want to start a thread talking about Vegetarian Restaurants.

I'll start with:

FanYi Roosevelt Road, just north of Shi-Da.
Very good, ($200-350) vegetarian food, with taocan (full meal). The stuff is really good, especially the fried tofu. service is nice, and everytime you go they give you 10% off your next time.

[Bu Lai En]

Makaiwen, a thread on vegetarian restaurants is a great idea. I thought about it and then decided to go even further and start a whole website on it. It's mostly ready, I just want to get some photos developed and scanned on. I should eb ready to 'go public' in a couple of weeks. So if you've got more favourite vege restaurants, please note down the details (address, phone, price, etc) and I can include them later.

Whic one is FanYi? What's the address?

Bri

[makaiwen]

buenlai:
I'd be down to help, as I hope everyone else is. I know it's a pain finding a vegetarian restaurant in areas of Taipei you're not too familiar.

I've got a bunch in my head, and now that I know you're doing this, next time I'll write some stuff down.
Cheers, Kevin

[cranky laowai]

There's an excellent vegetarian restaurant between Jinshan and Xinsheng (closer to the former) on the north side of Zhongxiao E. Road. The buffet (NT$150?) is more expensive than most; but it's worth the money. Be sure to try the bread.

I'm not sure of the restaurant's name. It has an orange and green color scheme on the outside and the words "a taste of nature" in English.

By bus going east along Zhongxiao/Zhongxiao, get off immediately after going under the bridge at Jinshan/Jinshan. Cross at the flashing light, and you're there.

By bus going west, get off just past Xinsheng/Xinsheng. Walk about one minute toward the train station.

By MRT, get off at the Chunghsiao-Hsinsheng stop and take the northwest exit (across Zhongxiao from the park). Walk about one minute toward the train station.

[Alien]

Hui Liu is THE best in town.
Oh my god, the Gado Gado...
and the mini pizzas, avocado side dish, pesto pasta, sesame noodles...yummy. It's pretty reasonable for the quality of veggie gourmet fare. (about $250) Not to mention, the atmosphere is just lovely.

It's right there on Yongkang St. Park.
No. 9, Lane 228, Xinyi (Xinyi) Rd, Sec 2 is the actual address.

Don't forget the fruit pie for dessert, or the coconut black rice and icecream.

[Bu Lai En]

Thanks Cranky and Alien. I'll have to get down to those tow and review them for my web page. I'll quote you if you don't mind.

Trying to find a webcafe with a scanner so I can finish the launch of my website 'Veggie in Taipei'. Should be ready in a wekk or two (I know I said that a fewe weeks ago).

Bri

[sandman]

I hope you'll post a link here to your site, Brian.

[cranky laowai]

The restaurant I mentioned above has changed a little. It's no longer a buffet. For NT$113, you can select up to four different dishes, along with a salad, soup and a drink.
The food is still great -- not the usual tofu swimming in oil.

[cranky laowai]

My favorite vegetarian place has mutated again. Now it's the "Think Cheer New Vegetable Restaurant" (or something like that). The buffet price has gone up to NT$280, though the menu has been expanded.

When I was in there last night, I told the laoban I wasn't hungry enough to spend NT$280, so they she let me pick out some good food for NT$150.

Just down the alley is what's advertised as a "halal curry" restaurant. The "vegetarian" platter there, however, came with a little meat. But the food is quite good.

[mack rebenack]

besides good vegetarian buffets there's a heap of good vegetarian stands. there was this stand down in Yonghe off of Dehe Lu somewhere that then moved into a mysterious alley where it surely depends only on faithful customers. the guy makes the best vegetarian pig stomach, vegetarian shuijiao, vegetarian hongshaomian and stuff. he also specializes in some veggie hong-kong style noodles. its a very modest, under a $100 buddhist thing though there is little overtly buddhist business going on, no tapes of chanting or anything just marked solace. I've been meaning to check on him and eat some of his crap since i escaped Yonghe more than a year ago. if I get around there I'll get directions and all so you could put him on your site, Brian. his food rocks. the site is simple but graced by a tremendous and very austere neighborhood tree with a shrine in it, trees of its age and stature being extremely rare in the residential jungle of Yonghe it pretty well demands the shrine.