Shoppers of the Parkway
670 Highway 7 East, Unit 8
Richmond Hill, Ontario
905-886-8816Market Village Shopping Center
7131 Kennedy Road, Unit 8
Markham, Ontario
905-479-8381
www.gveg.caVeg Friendly: ***** (out of five)
Food: *** (out of five)
Atmosphere: **** (out of five)This Chinese vegetarian restaurant has a very extensive menu. Order a simple dish of vegetables, or be adventurous (or, depending how you look at it, stay on a familiar turf) and order many of the dishes you’ve seen at a regular Chinese restaurants, only that here they make them with vegetarian meat. The veggie meat are mostly made of soy protein, TVP or wheat gluten. Some excellently resembles the original in look and texture. So you have Sweet & Sour Pork, Eel in BBQ Sauce, Chicken & Black Bean in Hot Pot.They also serve vegetarian dim sums during lunch hours.
Note: These mock meats are not invented by monks missing their favorite dishes. In a monastry, dishes are usually prepared simply with vegetables. As some Chinese have a culture of eating no meat on certain holidays and special ocassions, these mock meats are developed so they do not feel deprived. Honestly, these monk meats are artificial. Creativity certainly is abound for making soy, wheat gluten and konjaku into something that looks like shrimp, salmon or beef, but a dash of coloring and seasoning certainly helps a lot. It’s useful to convert any dish into vegetarian in a snap, but do enjoy the sweet bounty of the Earth as they are grown!
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