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The White Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant

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Indulge your carnivore cravings while avoiding the karmic guilt at this totally vegan restaurant. Legumes and tofu are cleverly crafted into creative faux meat dishes.

Editorial


Everything about the White Lotus says suburban Chinese restaurant - the red paper lanterns, 1980s pink furniture, the wall calendars and the white tiled floor. Yet open the menu and you'll quickly discover that this is not your average restaurant. Not that you can be in any doubt when you see the sign above the counter: "No life is sacrificed for your meal."

 

 For more than a decade, the Lee family has been delighting vegetarians and curious carnivores with their mock-meat menu. It is a curious concept, admittedly, dishes made from beans, taro, gluten and flour to resemble the animal kingdom. Yet this is more than the clever crafting of faux meat. It's good Buddhist style. Vegetarian calamari, vegetarian fish with tamarind sauce (a new twist on being pescetarian) and vegetarian chicken curry are some of the dishes you will find on this menu. Begin with the mini seaweed rolls (black moss in soy sheets) before ordering vegetarian steak with black bean sauce or vegetarian chilli prawns. The chef's combination of black and white wood-ear fungi and mushrooms is among the alternatives to faux-meat options. Order one of the banquets to appreciate the full artistry of chef Shirley Lee.

 

Fiona Symington, April 2006

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Emily Black
April 11, 2007


One of my favourite vegan places to dine. Try the 'Bird's Nest'.

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Jayne
March 13, 2010


Amazing food and wonderful friendly service.

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Di Johnson
October 26, 2010


This place came recommended to me by a Dietician. Looking forward to trying it out.

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