Sydney Vege / Vegan Eats

Sydney doesn't(unfortunately) have a culture of strictly vege restaurants, however fortunately there are a lot of places with a reasonable selection of options on the menu - especially at Thai, Vietnamese or Indian restaurants.

In my opinion, the best suburbs are Newtown, Enmore and Erskineville. This is a cool area anyway, the student/alternative area with pubs, cafes, shops, markets sometimes etc. There are vegan restaurant here called Green Gourmet and Green Palace, both on King St (there is a vegan cupcake and ice cream shop next to Green Gourmet). There are also a million Thai places, the best being Suan I-San (King St). At least I think so! Doy Tao Thai, Thai Pothong, Thairiffic and Newtown Thai are also all good.

For cafes, nearly all will do soy milk. My faves, which also have vegan food, are Corelli's (King St), Martini (King St), Sofia's (Erskineville Rd) and Scrambled (Enmore Rd).

The best vege sushi is at Eat Me Sushi, on King St, opposite the Dendy Cinema.

A lot of pizza places in Newtown will do cheeseless if you ask, or gluten free bases if that's your thing.

There are also three nice and cheap African restaurants which are great. African Feeling Cafe (King St), African Express Eatery (Enmore Rd), Kathmandu (King St). All have delicious options.

Dolce & Gelato, on the corner of King & wilson St, has a whole freezer of dairy free gelatos. The chocolate sorbet is heaven. So's Lemon, Lime and Bitters. And fig. And Fatini, the manager is lovely.

For parties, Turkish Homewares on King St does big banquets in a private room at $30 a head. You can request no meat dishes and you get big plates laden with salad, bread, dips, gozleme and other goodies.

In the centre of town, near the cathedral, down some steps, all hidden in the park is the wonderful Bodhi Vegan Yum Cha. sit outside among the trees and enjoys the brilliance of never having the check if something on the cart is vege or not!

I recommend Glebe, also nearish to Newtown, where there are lovely markets on Saturday mornings/afternoons with stalls and music (and good food.)

There's a great cafe called Badde Manors, which is vegetarian on Glebe Point Rd which is the main street and if you walk the whole length (at least an hour) you eventually get to harbour and a nice big park. At the 'city' end, where it meets Parramatta Rd, there is Victoria Park, very pretty and with a swimming
pool in the centre.

On Sunday mornings there are markets on Addison Rd, Marrickville. I got a great vegan coconut and cherry muffin there yesterday... It's a lovely place!

If you are disgustingly rich, and want haute cuisine, Buon Ricordo in Paddington is an old Sydney Italian institution which does a full A4 page of vegetarian dishes, virtually unheard of at this end of the market!

Happy Eating Vegos!