Cafe Zen is nestled in the hustle and bustle of Mongkok, located on the 13th floor of Dundas Square.
Spanish tomato pork cutlet linguine
The cafe is owned by Kelvin, a Buddhist who volunteers at the temple cooking vegetarian cuisines before setting up his own eatery five years ago with his parents.
Cafe Zen offers a wide variety of food and the Spanish tomato pork cutlet linguine is an example of its range of fusion dishes available.
If you like Thai food and Indian mutton curry, click more to check out pictures.
This canton-style teahouse located in Hong Kong Park is said to serve more than a hundred different types of tea from Flower tea, Black tea to Green tea from Anxi, Taiwan and Guangdong.
As me and my friend are not tea connoisseurs (I came for the vegetarian dim sum actually) so we settled for Rose with Pu’er and Osmanthus Phoenix Oolong.
Click more to find out the ritual in preparing tea and what dim sum you can get here.
Loving Heart is your go to restaurant if you’re looking for Sichuan cusines located at The Metropolis Mall in Hung Hom.
As I’m a big fan of spicy food, I love to order Mala noodles whenever I’m there. You can choose between the Shanghai (thicker like udon) or vermicelli noodles.
Click more to find out what are the must try dishes if you go there.
I’m a big fan of nachos and enjoy Mexican food especially on days when I crave avocado.
As you can see, this is Cafe Iguana at Civic Square in Elements shopping mall.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get the cushy seats shown in the background and had to settle for the chairs outside.
When it comes to nachos, I’ve eaten before where the cheese is too chunky and sometimes not melted enough or burnt and even worse, when the chips are not fresh.
Here, the toppings include roasted corn peppers, jalapeño, tomato cubes and a relatively generous amount of guacamole that comes with fresh and crispy chips.
Want to know what other options you can get at Iguana? Click more to find out.
Paul McCartney says, “If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That’s the single most important thing you can do. It’s staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.”
If you’re looking for compelling reasons to go meatless, watch this video from PETA which gives you 30 reasons why you should go veg.
Some of these resonate with me:
Because the grain used to feed animals could be used to feed hungry people.
Because no animal deserves to die for your taste buds.
Because you can’t eat meat and call yourself an environmentalist.
Because when animals feel pain, they scream, too.
Because commerce is no excuse for murder.
“In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people. ” – Ruth Harrison, author of Animal Machines
Whenever I crave Japanese food, Kiosk never fails to satisfy. This Japanese vegetarian restaurant is owned by Mrs. Chen and her son Kelvin usually helps out at the outlet. He’s friendly and speaks good English.
Taste like the real thing?
It’s common for vegetarians to opt for the predictable corn and cucumber varieties in normal sushi outlets, but here they serve vegetarian versions of meat floss, abalone, salmon and sashimi.
Read all about Doufu Mafia’s favourite veggie meals featured on CNNGo.
If you want to get authentic Dai Pai Dong style vegetarian dishes in Hong Kong, head on to Bowrington Road Market located in Causeway Bay.
Kan Kee Healthy Vegetarian is said to be Hong Kong’s first vegetarian stall located in a food centre, which has now being around for more than 20 years.
honey glazed char siew
The honey glazed char siew slices are sprinkled with sesame seeds to give it a slightly nutty taste. Elsa explains she doesn’t advocate using mock meats for her food and so they are all naturally made.
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