One of the things Cindy together with I dearest most nigh blogging is the input nosotros larn from our readers - we've discovered some bully places together with bully recipes cheers to suggestions from diverse enthusiastic contributors. So nosotros were both rattling excited when an unsolicited e-mail turned upward letting us know nigh Tinh Tam Chay, a novel 'vietgetarian' house inwards St Albans. We speedily rounded upward a posse of interested veg-folk together with arranged a road-trip into the wilds of the western suburbs.It's a foreign footling house - tucked inwards alongside a fairly nondescript shopping strip, seemingly co-sharing its premises with a churros place. It was all a flake odd. Once you're within though, you're inwards capable hands - the guy running it was incredibly welcoming, adding to our excitement nigh the repast ahead.
It's a mock-meat heavy menu, with classic Vietnamese dishes served upward with faux-pork together with chicken. We started things off with rice-paper together with leap rolls. The rice-paper rolls were filled with a combination of tofu together with fresh vegies together with were a build clean together with crisp maiden of all to the meal. The leap rolls were less salubrious together with thence slightly to a greater extent than delicious, although their filling lacked the multifariousness of the rice-paper wraps.
I steered away from mock-meat, ordering a tofu-based dish: Dau Hu Chien Xa O't (fried tofu with lemongrass, served with steamed rice - $8.50, encounter moving-picture demonstrate at top). It was an first-class alternative - crispy skinned tofu with a hint of chilli together with a brilliant lemongrass flavour. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 smear of chilli glue together with a splash of soy sauce together with I was inwards heaven.The balance of the tabular array spread their orders or together with so nicely, important nosotros all got to sample a hit of what was on offer. The star of the demonstrate was fancier mock-meat places inwards Melbourne.
Cindy's giant Bun Bi Supon Chay (rice vermicelli with vegetarian shredded grilled pork, $8.50) was a success every bit well, with a crispy 'pork' bits, generous serves of vegetables together with nuts together with a tasty sauce to pour over the whole thing.
Craig together with Toby were adventurous plenty to lodge the Banh Tam Bi (Vietnamese spaghetti with shredded grilled pork, $8.50), which came with an intriguing coconutty sauce together with lots of crispy fried bits together with pieces.Steph together with looked bully (it looks fifty-fifty amend inwards Steph's photo).
The dessert bill of fare is basically 2 smoothies ($3 each) - avocado...
... together with jackfruit.
These got mixed reviews - I retrieve the thought of a sweetness avocado potable set a few people off, but Cindy was pretty happy with the results, piece the jackfruit smoothie lacked the avocado's creaminess but provided a to a greater extent than tropical flavour.So our nighttime inwards St Albans was a bully success - Tinh Tam Chay does wonderfully tasty nutrient for fantastically inexpensive prices together with with friendly together with helpful service. The alone downside: the constant flow of fauna cruelty images existence shown on the idiot box close the counter - I don't retrieve images of slaughterhouses are actually the best appetiser. It may survive a piece earlier nosotros tin muster the loose energy to trek out to St Albans again, but I'm certain we'll survive dorsum - brand the effort, it's good worth it together with likely a pace inwards a higher house its competition.
Update 10/5/10: According to the VNV, Tinh Tam Chay has stopped focussing on vegetarian nutrient together with is chock total of meat these days. Booo.
Address: 13 Alfrieda Street, St Albans
Ph: 9366 3952
Price: Mains $8.50, entrees $6
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