Café, has matured from a maladroit eatery into a restaurant adept at serving modern interpretations of Chinese dishes. To maintain the spirit of dining together, here is a list of restaurants that offer a more robust menu of vegetarian dim sum items, and are led by chefs with sufficient imagination and skill to recreate non-vegetarian dishes into original vegetarian alternatives.īy serving up palatable vegetarian dishes, these places prove that meatless doesn’t mean tasteless!Ĭhopsuey Café, the Asian spinoff of PS. Even for popular Chinese restaurant chains, their vegetarian dim sum selection tends to be uninspired, and is sparse at best. Unfortunately, this activity becomes less accessible when accommodating for vegetarian family members and friends. Whether you are dining with family or friends, sharing steaming baskets of bite-sized goodies is a fantastic way to encourage bonding. All of our vegetarian dishes are vegan, except the crispy wonton as it has eggs.Let’s yum cha! Dim sum has traditionally been a popular choice for communal meals in Singapore. ‘We’ve always had a good selection of vegan options on our menu as Chinese don’t tend to cook with dairy. It started probably around six months ago.
Ning Ma says: ‘We have had a higher demand for vegan dishes recently. They’ve upped their offerings to include a tofu and mushroom noodle soup, spicy ribbon tofu ban mein noodle salad, fried vegetable balls, seaweed salad, smacked cucumber and glass noodle salad. The vegetarian dumpling dish is vegan, as well as plenty more on the menu. Mama Lansįind Mama Lans branches in Brixton, Dalston, Clapham and beyond.
Head to Holloway or Edgware in London, or pop in to their international branches – there are more than 100. This all-vegan restaurant offers infinite options and stuffs its buns and dumplings with BBQ soya meat and soya beef, as well as an array of veg. Or if you’re feeling more indulgent they do a fried spinach and mushroom dumpling for £3.65 with spicy mango sauce. Try the steamed spicy veg dumpling with mixed vegetables, chilli and garlic and translucent pastry, £3.45, or three mushroom and herbs dumpling in carrot pastry, £3.75. Ping Pong has nine locations in London (plus loads in the US) and offers tons of vegan dim sum, as well as other dishes. Lots of people don’t eat pork or shellfish, and we don’t do a beef option.’
They were filling and flavoursome, two things that can be an issue with dim sum especially if you’re ordering a single veggie dish.Ī spokesperson says: ‘The veggie dim sum is definitely getting more popular. The monks veg were stuffed with Chinese cabbage, carrot, preserved vegetables and water chestnut and the mushroom and truffle were filled with beech and enoki mushrooms, black truffle and potato starch. There were three green (spinach) and six white (mushroom and truffle and monks veg) with a coating made from rice flour and water. I ordered the £15 green platter and shortly the waiter brought over a basket of nine humongous steaming dim sum. It comes in at £13 and is made from tequila, cactus, pimiento, ginger and oolong tea, and it is served wreathed in plumes of dry ice. Try the Opium 6 cocktail served in an ‘Opium cup’. Situated bang in the middle of Chinatown, Opium cocktail and dim sum parlour is an escape from the madness.Įntry is through a blue door that leads up three stories, and each level has its own unique charm.Ī dim sum parlour with a twist, Opium serves up various Eastern-inspired cocktails perfect for photos.
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