This vegan restaurant, jointly operated by Malaysian and Taiwanese owners, doesn’t use eggs, dairy or the five common pungent spices (like garlic). Despite its small size, Y.N. Vegetarian serves outstanding, delicious dishes with a touch of Southeast Asian flavors. Various spices such as curry, lemongrass, galangal, turmeric and chili, plus other Indonesian and Malaysian ingredients, are also used in the cuisine.
Each dish on the diverse vegetarian menu is carefully designed and even the free chili sauce on tables is a homemade Indonesian rendang sauce. On hot summer days, start with some refreshing, Indonesian soto style konjac (starchy corm) noodles, with a crispy texture and lemongrass curry flavor, followed by homemade Pea Salt Cakes (NT$50), resembling fried tofu with a green color and fragrant pea taste and made from ground peas, compressed and processed into blocks. The menu also includes eye-catching dishes like Fried Tempeh, made from fermented and pressed soybeans (NT$70), Fried Wontons (NT$30), G Nuggets, Bean Curd Sheets, and Bread Rolls, all made from non-GMO soy products.
A set meal for two (NT$300) includes six exquisite, tasty dishes. A highlight is the crispy outer layer of the plant-based meat patty, made with new plant-based meat and natural spices for a delicate, complex flavor similar to a hamburger patty. The set also includes seasoned vegetables with minced noodles, glutinous meat sauce, vegetable soup, pea salt cakes, broiled vegetables, and thin, crispy plant-based shrimp skin resembling fried chicken skin. In addition, there’s a business set meal (NT$150) with a variety of donburi, broiled vegetables, specialty snacks and soup. A la carte options (NT$70) include Fried Tempeh Donburi, Dried Preserved Vegetables Donburi, Vegetarian Meat over Rice. Drinks include the cool, slightly sweet Pandan Leaf Tea, exuding the refreshing aroma of pandan leaves.
To promote diverse, delicious vegetarian options for everyone, the owner invests in high-quality ingredients that encourage diners to change their eating habits and consume more vegetables, allowing you to help the planet as you enjoy a delicious meal.
(04) 2359-8859
11 am-2 pm, 5-9 pm (closed Thu)
8, GuoJi St, Xitun Dist
這間維根(vegan)餐廳，沒有蛋奶和五辛，店面雖然不大，卻做出令人驚艷又有南洋味的料理；以各種咖哩、香茅、南薑、薑黃、辣椒等多種香辛料、加入印尼與馬來元素。老闆娘來自馬來西亞與台灣老闆兩人共同經營這間多元化蔬食小館。每一道菜色都精心設計，連桌上的免費辣椒醬都是自製的印尼仁當醬。在炎炎的夏天可先來碗清涼的蒟蒻麵，這道開胃涼菜是以印尼soto手法做成，爽脆的麵中帶著咖哩汁香茅風味。再來個自製的豌豆鹹糕50元，很像炸豆腐，只是顏色是草綠色，外脆內嫩有豌豆仁的清香，碗豆榨汁後做成碗豆漿，濾出豆泥經過繁瑣工序切塊就製成碗豆糕。眼睛一亮菜單上還有用黃豆發酵壓製做成的炸天貝70元、炸餛飩30元、G塊、百頁、銀絲卷等，所有豆類製品都使用非基改。
雙人套餐300元，包含炸得外皮酥脆，內餡以新植物肉與天然香料做成類似漢堡肉口感細膩層次多元、鹹香得宜，控若飯是滷素麵腸、麵筋做的素肉燥、羹湯、碗豆鹹糕、燙青菜和炸得又酥又薄的看起來像炸雞皮的香酥素蝦皮，共6道美食精緻好吃。還有商業套餐150元各種井飯、燙青菜、特色小吃、湯品。單點有天貝井飯、梅干菜井飯、朱排飯70元等。飲料有香蘭葉茶，冰涼微甜中帶著葉子的清香。
老闆為了提倡大家都能享受到多元又好吃的蔬食，不惜成本用高品質食材，就是希望大家改變飲食習慣多吃菜。如今夏日越來越炎熱，溫室效應加劇，吃蔬食減少排碳又對地球有幫助，何樂不為呢?
(04) 2359-8859
11 am-2 pm, 5-9pm (周四公休)
西屯區國際街8號