March 30, 2011: Tan Truc Giang

March was a actually crappy calendar month for Michael at operate but past times the fourth dimension I'd returned from Canberra he was but close done together with wanted to stimulate got a half-day off. We used it to devise our ain mini-tour of Footscray - start compiling a Google map of places nosotros could visit, together with then jumping on the motorbus together with using my smartphone equally a direct for a few hours.  I stimulate got but about Luddite tendencies but must acknowledge that picayune device allowed us the perfect ease betwixt planning together with flexibility.

K together with Toby had deduced the magic words to obtain a vegetarian banh mi:

"Vegetarian roll".  Though nosotros didn't grab the exact cost, based on our full nib nosotros were most probable charged $3.50, mayhap $4 at a stretch, per roll.  And that crusty curl is stuffed to bursting alongside bbq-style seitan, pickled carrot together with unevenly distributed chilli.

And that veg choice comes alongside a recommendation from Footscray's food-blogging ambassador Ms Baklover.  I'll stimulate got to laissez passer it a endeavour later on my please inward their vegetarian roll's really being wears off.  

That could stimulate got a while.

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Tan Truc Giang has too been blogged at In the Mood for Noodles, Half-Eaten together with Footscray Food Blog (twice).

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Tan Truc Giang

36A Leeds St, Footscray

9689 9509

BYO

vegetarian curl $3.50

March 30, 2011: Ebi Fine Foods

our Footscray tour, as well as thus our initial innovation to separate a scroll at Tan Truc Giang had been derailed past times our ravenous 2pm lunch-hungers. So, amongst a scroll each nether our belts, fifty-fifty an lx minutes or as well as thus browsing Savers, a few other op-shops as well as a shopping spree at Aangan or Dosa Hut. Instead, nosotros decided to banking concern gibe out the curious-sounding Japanese-inspired fish as well as fleck store that our Cheap Eats direct promised us would supply fine vegie takoyaki as well as other snack-sized treats.

The decor is a foreign combination of neighbourhood chippy as well as cute sushi place, as well as the carte du jour offers upwardly a like mix: beer-battered fish as well as chips, but too sushi, bento boxes as well as tempura options, along amongst a gain of Japanese-inspired snacks. We were intrigued past times the vegan friendly veg-bento box ($15), but could solely facial expression upwardly a twosome of snacks: a vegie croquette each ($2 a pop) as well as unopen to of the veg takoyaki ($5, inspired past times octopus balls, which are patently a mutual Kyoto street-food).

The croquettes were pretty expert - a murphy heavy vegie filling, crumbed amongst panko as well as drizzled amongst a delicious sweetness Japanese bbq sauce. But the existent stars were the takoyaki, which apprently started life equally festival nutrient cooked upwardly past times Ebi proprietor John Byrne. They've got a crispy outer as well as a gloriously squishy texture, presumably dominated past times tofu (although nosotros didn't genuinely ask) as well as are served amongst a splash of low-cal soy sauce as well as a smothering of Japanese mayo. Amazing - as well as a pocket at $5 a serve.

The dessert carte du jour includes donuts, fudge as well as home-made H2O ice cream, but live on warned - the tofu cheesecake contains both eggs as well as gelatine, as well as thus it's non equally vegan-friendly equally it sounds. Still, I'm pretty certain vegans would live on good rewarded past times the bento box - we're definitely going to banking concern gibe it out adjacent fourth dimension we're inward the west.

All inward all, our afternoon inward Footscray was a winner - delicious as well as reasonably priced food, decent java at the fairly limited but amongst aid from commenters on our previous post we're already edifice upwardly a massive listing of places to sample. Any to a greater extent than hot tips for wonderful veg-friendly places would live on appreciated.

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Despite the Cheap Eats honey as well as a thumbs up (twice!), Fill Up on Bread is a fan, equally are Charles Whyte as well as I dream of a brewery.

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Ebi Fine Foods
18A Essex St, Footscray
9689 3300
Snacks: $2.5 - $5, bento box: $15

Accessibility: Ebi has a tiny stride equally y'all travel into as well as is a niggling cramped (outdoor seating is to a greater extent than spacious). Ordering as well as payment laissez passer on at a high counter.

The Reverence Hotel

December 26, 2012

We'd been hearing a few rumours close the vegan-friendly Mexican-inspired carte du jour that had popped upwards at The Reverence Hotel inwards Footscray, in addition to so when The Moody Noodles invited us over to the westward to banking concern friction match it out nosotros trekked on over. The Reverence is the new(ish) dwelling of the peeps who used to run The Arthouse inwards North Melbourne, in addition to along amongst alive music in addition to decent beer, they've got a veg-friendly carte du jour going. And they've clearly struck a chord - they were doing a roaring merchandise on Boxing Day, amongst a mix of hipsters, veg*ns in addition to a handful of to a greater extent than old-school Footscray peeps filling every available space.

Th through Lord's Day they offering pizzas, empanadas in addition to a few other nibblies, amongst plenty of vegan in addition to gluten-free activeness (including an intriguing-sounding 'ham' in addition to 'cheese' option). They too convey a inexpensive taco nighttime to coincide amongst their Tuesday trivia. For obvious reasons, they postponed the scheduled Tuesday trivia to Wednesday, important nosotros could dive into some inexpensive Boxing Day tacos We didn't stick to a greater extent than or less for trivia, at to the lowest degree partly because it was crammed amongst people, leaving us out the dorsum inwards the courtyard.

The tacos come upwards inwards 2 veg in addition to 2 meaty varieties. We gave the veggie options (both vegan in addition to gluten free) a proficient going over, amongst 7 tacos ($3 each) proving plenty to satisfy the 2 of us. I was most enthused yesteryear the tofu tacos - pan fried tofu, amongst smoky paprika, crunchy coleslaw in addition to coriander, served amongst chipotle lime mayo. They were generous amongst the paprika, which gave the mashed upwards tofu a lovely smoky flavour, which went brilliantly amongst the acidic coleslaw in addition to creamy mayo. As amongst all tacos, they were improved fifty-fifty farther amongst a generous milk tremble of hot sauce.

Cindy was to a greater extent than enamoured yesteryear the edible bean tacos: dark in addition to pinto edible bean mush, amongst spinach, corn, avo in addition to pumpkin salad, served amongst the same chipotle lime mayo. While I preferred the tofu, these were yet pretty proficient - a overnice hefty edible bean filling in addition to some fresh salad - I simply had the feeling that nosotros could likely churn these out at home. 

The staff were efficient in addition to friendly, fifty-fifty land slammed amongst the taco desires of seemingly every hipster inwards Footscray. Throw inwards $3 Tecates for the evening, in addition to The Reverence inexpensive taco nighttime seems similar a pretty cracking argue to cross the Maribyrnong.

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The Moody Noodles convey already got The Good Hearted crunch us both to the punch.

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The Reverence Hotel

28 Napier Street, Footscray 

9687 2111

veggie pizzas $9 - $11, tacos $3 

http://www.reverencehotel.com 

Accessibility: There's a modest measuring at the (narrowish) front end door, but the side door is apartment in addition to wide. Inside things are fairly spread out, amongst at most modest steps betwixt the bar, side-room in addition to courtyard. We ordered in addition to paid at the bar, in addition to didn't watch the toilets.

Reverence Hotel Ii

January 26, 2013

We were hanging out alongside the Moody Noodles inward the inner-west in 1 trial to a greater extent than and, later on weighing upwards our options, nosotros decided to caput dorsum to The Reverence Hotel to banking concern agree our their newly expanded menu. Since our before view they've greatly expanded their range. The bill of fare is Mexican-themed as well as is super veg-friendly, alongside tacos, a tofo burrito as well as veggie chimichangas, summation iv veggie pizzas as well as a veggie torta.

Having sampled their tacos final fourth dimension (although the vegan pulled pork selection is new!), nosotros branched out a bit, splitting the chimichanga (deep-fried flour tortilla filled alongside pinto beans as well as cheese, served on spinach as well as rice, topped alongside guacamole, salsa as well as sour cream, $15 - vegan option) as well as the vegan smoky chicken torta (housemade chickpea cutlet, dark beans, spinach, tomato, avocado, fried onions, salsa, jalapenos, lime chipotle mayo as well as spicy bbq sauce inward a toasted roll, $15).

The chimichanga was form of junky as well as ridiculous - deep-fried Mexican is overkill really. Still, the crispy tortilla stuffed fully of melty cheese as well as beans was non without its charms, peculiarly to accompany a few beers. It's a pretty massive repast - there'll move no dessert for y'all if y'all brand your means through 1 of these.

The torta was a to a greater extent than balanced repast - it's basically a chickpea burger turned upwards to 11. The patty is smoky as well as delicious - zip similar the mock-chicken of its name, but first-class nonetheless. It's loaded upwards alongside salad, condiments as well as jalapenos, as well as comes alongside a side of first-class chips. This is a competition to the Gaso's southern-fried chicken burger for vegan pubby goodness.

Speaking of the Gasometer, The Reverence is treading a pretty similar path - providing interesting, junky as well as vegan-friendly (and gf-friendly for that matter) pub nutrient to a crowd of tattooed hipsters as well as assorted hangers-on. It's going gangbusters too, alongside loads of people in that place both times nosotros visited. It's corking to come across - we'll move dorsum to explore to a greater extent than of the bill of fare soon.

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Read nearly our showtime view the The Reverence here. Nobody else seems to bring blogged it since nosotros final visited.

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The Reverence Hotel

28 Napier Street, Footscray 

9687 2111

veggie pizzas $9 - $11, tacos $3 

http://www.reverencehotel.com 

Accessibility: There's a pocket-size pace at the (narrowish) front end door, but the side door is apartment as well as wide. Inside things are fairly spread out, alongside at most pocket-size steps betwixt the bar, side-room as well as courtyard. We ordered as well as paid at the bar, as well as didn't view the toilets.

October 25, 2008: Cafe Lalibela

Jo-Lyn had mustered upwardly a gang of us to banking concern check out The Go Show inward Footscray - a foreign combination of autobus tour in addition to community arts extravaganza that was on every bit purpose of the Melbourne Arts Festival. We've non spent plenty fourth dimension exploring the astonishing array of nutrient options inward Footscray, in addition to then this was a practiced chance to sample something new. Between the Melbourne Veg Food Guide in addition to the Cheap Eats Guide, it became clear that Cafe Lalibela was the house to be, in addition to then Cindy booked us a tabular array for an early on dinner.

There aren't likewise many surprises at Ethiopian restaurants, especially for vegos - it's lentil stews, split upwardly pea curries, perhaps a few vegies in addition to a few lilliputian piles of salad. Cafe Lalibela offering upwardly yetsom beyaynetu - a mix of all their vego dishes plonked on a glorious platter of injeera. We were early on plenty (or the others were belatedly enough) to hold upwardly granted sum ordering responsibility, in addition to then it was vego mix all round. This equated to 2 gigantic platters, amongst plenty nutrient to feed 8 people comfortably.

The sour, fermented injeera is e'er delicious in addition to the whole procedure of ripping, dipping in addition to mopping upwardly is bully fun, guaranteeing a practiced fourth dimension regardless. Luckily, the nutrient hither matches the fun, amongst each of the stews providing a slightly dissimilar season - from the spicy lentils to the milder in addition to slightly tangy vegie curry, it all striking the spot. Everything is soft in addition to paste-like - perfect for scooping upwardly inward lilliputian parcels of staff of life - remarkably I solely ended upwardly amongst 1 stew-coloured stain downwardly my front! Note of caution: don't plow to the salad every bit something to cool your oral cavity downwardly - it's basically equal parts lettuce in addition to dark-green chilli. Throw inward roughly crisp Ethiopian beer in addition to lively conversation in addition to you've got an splendid Sabbatum eventide inward the west.

Address: 91 Irving Street, Footscray
Ph: 9687 0300
Price: Vego meals - $12
Licensed

Huong Viet Vegetarian & Vegan

June 11, 2018

After a forenoon wander roughly Point Cook, nosotros took payoff of this rare westside excursion to dejeuner with Lisa together with the Moody Noodles. To our delight, Huong Viet was opened upward on this populace vacation together with happy to concur a tabular array for us. We piled inward together with keenly scanned the carte du jour - past times my reckoning it's all vegan with the exception of their spud wedges with mayonnaise. Unfortunately there's non a lot for coeliacs, with mock meat abounding. K was express to a plate of tofu-stuffed rice newspaper rolls, together with the staff were real agreement almost avoiding soy sauce together with what dipping condiments would operate for her.

The remainder of us took to the Vietnamese carte du jour with gusto, starting with some pleasantly peppery outpouring rolls ($8). I rehydrated with a kokosnoot juice ($3.50), which wasn't bobbing with sweetness kokosnoot flesh equally I'd secretly hoped it would be.

The Hainan chicken rice ($15, pictured higher upward left) was real pop roughly the tabular array - the chicken was juicy, the rice oily, together with the dipping sauce brightly flavoured. The claypot of saute pork chops ($15, higher upward right) was Lisa's pick of the table.

Meanwhile, I was to a greater extent than devoted to the saute duck ($15, higher upward left), with its tender texture together with layer of 'skin'. The deep-fried mackerel ($15, higher upward right) had the pungency of its namesake together with a terrific ginger sauce.

Three of our dishes ended upward looking a flake samey, but nosotros all flora dissimilar things to bask with them, eagerly shifting the options from i halt of the tabular array to the other together with soaking upward the sauces inward our rice bowls.

The staff were welcoming, helpful with ordering, together with didn't rush us out. I wouldn't hesitate to come upward dorsum together with create it all again.

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Huong Viet has already received positive coverage on Veganopoulous.

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Huong Viet Vegetarian & Vegan
36A Leeds St, Footscray
9041 3922
menu page 1, menu page 2, specials
facebook page

Accessibility: There's a stride upward on entry. The interior article of furniture is moderately crowded. We ordered at the tabular array together with paid at a high counter. We didn't view the toilets.