Our Regular

Some people have a regular bar, or a regular cafe, our regular is Kuan Yin Teahouse, a slightly divey, vegetarian cafe run by Buddhists in Fortitude Valley.

We eat there probably every second Friday night, early, given they have very odd opening hours. We love their "fake meat" dishes like Thai Spicy Chicken and Fish and Vegetables - looks like meat, tastes like meat, but it usually made from vegetable protein or mushrooms.

We popped in on Friday night and the place was packed! Fuller than we'd ever seen it in the years it's been our regular.

This pleases me.

This place is as cheap as chips, I guess cause they're not in it to  make loads of money, so I love to see them do well.  The most expensive dish is this "Delicate Combo" a vegetable pancake with miso soup served on an individual gas cooker. At $14.95 it's pretty filling and basically an entree and main in one.

Don't expect anything fancy - the crockery and cutlery don't match, the decor is questionable and translation in the menu is amusing, but that's actually what I love about the place. The service is always friendly and did I mention the cheap dishes? All vegetarian with vegan options so it's ethical as well. 

Did I mention the cheap dishes?

Pho my God!

Finally...a Vietnamese place that makes a vegetarian pho. And look how delicious it looks!!  And look how BIG is it!! Josh and I shared...I still couldn't finish it. Kudos Pho 8 in the Valley.

Vegerama!

It doesn't matter what angle you take it from, curries never really photograph as well as they taste. They kinda always end up looking a bit smushy, like this one.  But I guarantee you it was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!! It was 3 curries and rice from Vegerama in the Myer Centre.

Was pretty chuffed to find this place again. Graham and I used to go at Post Office Square when it first opened a few years ago, but they closed when the food court was renovated, and I didn't realise it has moved here until we came across it looking for somewhere for dinner on Friday night.

So, here we have a split pea curry, a potato curry and a spinach paneer with brown rice. It's hard to see the cool plates, but they're made from eco friendly bamboo. (The plastic forks and spoons though, strangely, were not.) The plate was huge and you can see they served up a decent helping. And...$9. Bargain. G and I shared and still didn't finish it. I would have loved to have had a dosa as well cause they are awesome, but we were just too full.

But, we did have a samosa with tamarind sauce and a rice ball. Soooo yummy.  Love this place. Check it out. Food court atmosphere, not so fab, but you can always get take away and go and sit in the Botanic Gardens.