Zen Zero Blue- Vegan Mofo Day 6

I went to Zen Zero Blue, weeks ago with a large group of people organised by Lidia and including Cindy who has already posted about it. They generally offer a vegetarian banquet but if you have a large group they can make it vegan.


We had garlicky olives with aniseed and possible other herbs:


Hummus and Moroccan lentil dip with roti. I really loved the roti because it was the first time that I have had it since I went gluten free. The hummus was great and had a lovely home made flavour which I was relieved about because I'm so over store bought hummus but I think the moroccan lentil dip was superior.
Then it was pumpkin soup, I enjoyed the saltiness of the stock.


Then it was time for crostini with caponata and salsa verde. This was basically just a fancy sounding bruschetta but quite delicious.
Time for porcini mushroom and pumpkin arancini with tomato sugo. The mushroom flavour was quite subtle and the texture was not there either so I quite enjoyed these.


I hate rosemary but loved these potatoes with fennel, garlic and rosemary, I just avoided the pieces of rosemary So crunchy and the fennel went surprisingly well with potatoes. I could have eaten a big bowl of them.

The pumpkin and sage risotto was next, this was good but nothing particularly special.



It seemed weird timing so late in the meal to have salad, it contained rocket, apple , warm dates and walnuts. I enjoyed the warm dates but found the rocket or arugula to be a little too bitter for my liking. I love saying the US name 'arugula', it sounds so fancy but it annoys Toby.

And finally dessert, I think sorbet is a bit of lazy cop-out for vegan dessert but I didn't mind this time because the coconut and kaffir leaf sorbet was a little more original, creamy and very tasty. A great way to end the meal.

Overall the banquet was good but not the most amazing meal ever, but for the $25 that it costs, it provided amazing value for money. I noticed that they can also go g/f dishes if requested. I would certainly go again.

Also check out the crazy art work:
You can also read about Melbourne Vegan's dining experience.

Zen Zero Blue
32 Best St (corner of St Georges Rd)
North Fitzroy
9481 3393

I went to Zen Zero Blue, weeks ago with a large group of people organised by Lidia and including Cindy who has already posted about it. They generally offer a vegetarian banquet but if you have a large group they can make it vegan.


We had garlicky olives with aniseed and possible other herbs:


Hummus and Moroccan lentil dip with roti. I really loved the roti because it was the first time that I have had it since I went gluten free. The hummus was great and had a lovely home made flavour which I was relieved about because I'm so over store bought hummus but I think the moroccan lentil dip was superior.
Then it was pumpkin soup, I enjoyed the saltiness of the stock.


Then it was time for crostini with caponata and salsa verde. This was basically just a fancy sounding bruschetta but quite delicious.
Time for porcini mushroom and pumpkin arancini with tomato sugo. The mushroom flavour was quite subtle and the texture was not there either so I quite enjoyed these.


I hate rosemary but loved these potatoes with fennel, garlic and rosemary, I just avoided the pieces of rosemary So crunchy and the fennel went surprisingly well with potatoes. I could have eaten a big bowl of them.

The pumpkin and sage risotto was next, this was good but nothing particularly special.



It seemed weird timing so late in the meal to have salad, it contained rocket, apple , warm dates and walnuts. I enjoyed the warm dates but found the rocket or arugula to be a little too bitter for my liking. I love saying the US name 'arugula', it sounds so fancy but it annoys Toby.

And finally dessert, I think sorbet is a bit of lazy cop-out for vegan dessert but I didn't mind this time because the coconut and kaffir leaf sorbet was a little more original, creamy and very tasty. A great way to end the meal.

Overall the banquet was good but not the most amazing meal ever, but for the $25 that it costs, it provided amazing value for money. I noticed that they can also go g/f dishes if requested. I would certainly go again.

Also check out the crazy art work:
You can also read about Melbourne Vegan's dining experience.

Zen Zero Blue
32 Best St (corner of St Georges Rd)
North Fitzroy
9481 3393

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Munster Haus- the new veg cafe on the block

We decided to check out the newest veg cafe to open in Melbourne- Munster Haus with Lisa, Cindy and Michael on Sat. I've been wanting to check it out since it opened a few weeks ago but haven't had a chance since it's only open at lunch time (mon-sat). It is worth noting that while it is all veg at the moment there is a sign stating that they may also introduce bonito and anchovies at some stage but will be a predominately veg cafe. It is buffet style kind of like the tofu shop which is not surprising since the chef used to be a tofu shop chef but it's cheaper. So you get rice and choose your own combination of dishes. There were 4 hot dishes and plenty of cold dishes. There wer only about 3-4 non-vegan dishes amongst about 11 and I got the impression that options change quite regularly.

I chose a small bowl, I forget how much it cost but despite it's deceiving size it filled me up.
There was only a few gluteny dishes: two tofu dishes and the cous cous salad. So I still managed to try quite a few options. I had the chickpea bake, cold tempeh and brococli dish, and indian style rice balls (with chickpea flour, yay), roasted potatoes, and cold pumpkin. I enjoyed it all, particularly the chickpea bake and the herb roasted potatoes. It felt like a good home cooked meal but with lots more options.

Toby chose a medium plate for $11:
Toby said his his favourite parts were the tofu in broth and the cold tempeh broccoli dish.

Toby had a soy latte and said that it was ok.

I love all the wooden furniture.

It was reasonably priced, delicious, not too far from home and healthy so we will definitely be back. The only downside was I didn't notice any vegan desserts.

Munster Haus
371 St Georges Rd
North Fitzroy

We decided to check out the newest veg cafe to open in Melbourne- Munster Haus with Lisa, Cindy and Michael on Sat. I've been wanting to check it out since it opened a few weeks ago but haven't had a chance since it's only open at lunch time (mon-sat). It is worth noting that while it is all veg at the moment there is a sign stating that they may also introduce bonito and anchovies at some stage but will be a predominately veg cafe. It is buffet style kind of like the tofu shop which is not surprising since the chef used to be a tofu shop chef but it's cheaper. So you get rice and choose your own combination of dishes. There were 4 hot dishes and plenty of cold dishes. There wer only about 3-4 non-vegan dishes amongst about 11 and I got the impression that options change quite regularly.

I chose a small bowl, I forget how much it cost but despite it's deceiving size it filled me up.
There was only a few gluteny dishes: two tofu dishes and the cous cous salad. So I still managed to try quite a few options. I had the chickpea bake, cold tempeh and brococli dish, and indian style rice balls (with chickpea flour, yay), roasted potatoes, and cold pumpkin. I enjoyed it all, particularly the chickpea bake and the herb roasted potatoes. It felt like a good home cooked meal but with lots more options.

Toby chose a medium plate for $11:
Toby said his his favourite parts were the tofu in broth and the cold tempeh broccoli dish.

Toby had a soy latte and said that it was ok.

I love all the wooden furniture.

It was reasonably priced, delicious, not too far from home and healthy so we will definitely be back. The only downside was I didn't notice any vegan desserts.

Munster Haus
371 St Georges Rd
North Fitzroy

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