663749 Sat Oct 31 13:39:40 -0700 2009 10 22 Quebec (including Montreal) 0 5145463 Can anyone suggest a good Chinese restaurant in the downtown area...or West island, where we could find a decent selection of vegetarian options? i.e. looking for more than just veggie chow mein and Buddah's delight... Sat Oct 31 13:39:40 -0700 2009 189569 cyberveg 1 5145587 VIllage de Szechuan on Decarie in NDG does anything on their menu in vegetarian options if you ask. Pretty delish! Sat Oct 31 14:43:58 -0700 2009 5145463 1120697 Bexmtl 1 5145938 Yuan, on the corner of Sherbrooke and St Denis, is what I think of when I think of vegetarian Chinese. They serve a wide range of tea also. http://www.yuanvegetarian.com/index2.html Sat Oct 31 18:32:46 -0700 2009 5145463 269045 dmarg 2 5146071 Unfortunately, the last time I went to Yuan, I had a very lackluster experience. Personally, I would not recommend it. Long story short, I found the food not fresh, presentation severely lacking, and in the end, ladling mountains of sauce on 'mock meat' simply does not cut it for me. The last good veg Chinese meal I had was at Kam Fung, where thankfully my father was present to order off the non-English menu (my Cantonese stinks). There is a set vegetarian menu for four that came to about $40 that was really quite delicious. Deep fried tofu, mountains of bok choy with oyster mushrooms. Yes, please. Sat Oct 31 20:31:54 -0700 2009 5145938 1112925 blehfu 1 5149624 Mon Nan in Chinatown, but make sure it's the upstairs one. Steamed veg dumplings to die for. Mon Nov 02 12:02:35 -0800 2009 5145463 1111880 lovescone 2 5150745 For Cantonese style--Beijing in Chinatown has an excellent selection of veggie choices, and the food is great! Try the szechuan style eggplant and the mushroom with "japanese style tofu" dishes...and their veggie chowmein, is the best. Don't go for the general tao tofu, though--not pretty. For something a little more intense, but also great--try Cuisine Szechuan on Guy, just south of Sherbrooke--they have 2 fabuous eggplant dishes, the most incredible spicy green beans (be sure to specify no porc, though) and something akin to general tao but far superior, called hot spicy tofu with peanuts. The latter is also on their lunch specials menu--a really good deal for midday. Also try their fiery hot pot--tofu flower and mixed veggies floating in the pepperiest bath of deliousness . Also in the concordia getto--on St. Mathew, above St. Catherine--Restaurant du Bonheur--the former "Manchuria" is very good. They also make an fabulous garlicky eggplant dish--served whole steamed with fresh black bean sauce, and their general tao tofu is actually good. They also make a veggie dumpling which sometimes has eggs and zucchini--pretty tasty. I hope you like eggplant, as I just realized that I went a little heavy on the eggplant dish recommendations, but even if you don't these joints have true veggie variety. Mon Nov 02 17:50:21 -0800 2009 5149624 269364 chililala 3 5150797 Those green beans at cusine szechuan are good because of the pork but.....They had a really good dish when I was there a few times ago but I dont remember the name. It was basically hard tofu and celeri. I was reluctant when a friend ordered it but it was really good, so much so when he ordered it the waitress promised it would be very tasty. Perfect with rice. Mon Nov 02 18:14:52 -0800 2009 5150745 281065 humbert 4 5150853 Can't say I've tasted the porc version, but really truly, it is good without. Like the best I've ever had, like green-beans-as-crack-good. Mon Nov 02 18:33:00 -0800 2009 5150797 269364 chililala 3 5150870 Couple more veggie recs at Cuisine Schechuan: Dan Dan noodles (spicy broth with noodles and peanuts), bok choy and mushroom combo plate, and if you eat fish the twice-cooked fish is spectacular. At Beijing I had a tofu dish that was quite good but I can't remember what it was called. Deep fried with a sauce on the side. Mon Nov 02 18:44:15 -0800 2009 5150745 66614 kpzoo 3 5151568 When you order these dishes do you specify that you want them vegetarian i.e. made with vegetable stock and using no animal based condiments? Tue Nov 03 06:31:25 -0800 2009 5150745 18488 SnackHappy 3 5151621 Sounds delicious...and yes, any and all eggplant recs are most welcome :) Thanks everyone for the great suggestions. Tue Nov 03 06:53:35 -0800 2009 5150745 189569 cyberveg