Wednesday, May 6, 2015

December 3, 2008: Gujju's Cafe Too Chaat House

When Aduki's The Vegie Bar, The Vegie Hut, Soulfood, Bowl of Soul, Trippytaco, La Panella, Shakahari, Enlightened Cuisine, Bodhi, Lord of the Fries, Bo de Trai, Invita, Mr Natural, The Moroccan Soup Bar, Gopal's, The Tofu Shop, Soulmama, Lentil equally Anything, Vege2Go, Vegetarian Nirvana in addition to White Lotus - addition places similar Las Vegan, Fo Guang Yuan in addition to Ganesh that we've notwithstanding to weblog close - how much to a greater extent than could Melbourne bring to offer?

Quite a lot equally it turns out. The best matter close the Veg Guide is that it identifies vego places lurking inwards all kinds of Melbourne suburbs - in addition to inwards regional Victoria. There are many, many places to discover. So this calendar week nosotros decided to firstly discovering them, turning a measure Wed nighttime into a mini-adventure to Melbourne's south-east. The destination: Gujju's Cafe in addition to Chaat House inwards Malvern East. Gujurat, inwards western India, is almost only vegetarian, in addition to is famous for its veg-cuisine.

Gujju's, inwards south-eastern Melbourne, is only vegetarian in addition to deserves to live famous for its thalis in addition to chaat. It's a fairly unassuming house - concrete floors, plainly wooden article of furniture in addition to a television inwards the corner pumping out Indian news. The card is pretty simple: lead from closed to a dozen chaat options, including Irish Gaelic patato dumplings, lentil cakes, soups, puri in addition to many others; or only dive inwards to the all you lot tin consume thali.

 how much to a greater extent than could Melbourne bring to offering Dec 3, 2008: Gujju's Cafe in addition to Chaat HouseOf course, nosotros chose the thali: undhiyu, daal, kadhi, pickle, salad, roti, thepla, a curry of the twenty-four hours (palak paneer inwards our case), dessert of the day, buttermilk in addition to a few lilliputian fried delights that I can't name. And all of it is wonderful. The soup comes inwards spicy in addition to sweetness versions - both perfect for dunking roti into, the battery fried treats concealed roasted chillies in addition to a mashed vegie filling, the pickles were salty in addition to sharp, the daal was chunky in addition to flavoursome, the undhiyu lightly spiced in addition to filled amongst fresh vegies in addition to the palak paneer was only heavenly. One of the finest palak paneers that I've tasted. And I tasted quite a combat - getting a twain of top-ups in addition to sneaking a seize amongst teeth of Cindy's. The breads were fresh, hot in addition to plentiful - everything was only wonderful. We ordered mango lassis to drinkable - thick, tasty in addition to cooling.

 how much to a greater extent than could Melbourne bring to offering Dec 3, 2008: Gujju's Cafe in addition to Chaat HouseEven the buttermilk, which I've never been a fan of, was drinkable. The dessert was a tiny plate of semolina-based sweetness - a squeamish lilliputian destination to a ridiculously skilful meal.

 how much to a greater extent than could Melbourne bring to offering Dec 3, 2008: Gujju's Cafe in addition to Chaat HouseIt's non the cheapeast thali closed to ($16.90), but it's to a greater extent than than only a uncomplicated thali - it's an all you lot tin consume feast! Every few minutes the friendly staff stopped past times out tabular array offering us to a greater extent than roti, to a greater extent than fried treats, to a greater extent than curry, to a greater extent than soup - they seemed almost disappointed when I lastly declared that I could consume no more. As good equally endlessly offering us food, the staff were actually helpful - pointing out to Cindy which of the dishes were probable to examination her spice-eating abilities in addition to which were going to hitting the spot.

To total things up: this house is a hidden jewel, easily accessible past times world carry (#3 tram or Caulfield develop station), inundation amongst stunning vegetarian Indian food. Make the trip people, it's good worth it!

Address: 1/131 Waverley Road, East Malvern
Phone: 9571 1188
Price: thalis $16.90, chaat $3.50-$7.90
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