FOR THE LOVE OF THE FOOD : Dharma Kitchen

Vegan in Penang

Self-service Selection

Being a sympathizer of vegetarian, I started to try various vegetarian foods. When my parents and I were in Penang, Malaysia, we went to a self-service Chinese vegetarian restaurant Luk Yea Yan. They had plenty of stir-fried vegetables and “meat” for the selection and we paid first before eating. The taste was not bad and this had triggered us to find another vegetarian restaurant in the homeland.

Food Court Sency

Having searched the internet, we found a vegetarian restaurant, namely Dharma Kitchen. At first, Mbak Eka (a truly vegan) and I decided to try their outlet in Senayan City Mall Food Court. Just like other food stalls, they offer packages of rice with 2 vegetable and 1 “meat” or 2 vegetable and 2 “meat”. The price of each package was around IDR 30-40 K, including drinks. Each of us ordered different things and for the “meat”, we tried ayam kremes (“fried chicken”), daging cabai hijau (green pepper beef) and additional satay. We were so impressed to discover that the taste was near faultless. The “meat” was made either from mushrooms or soy pulp with enticing spices and you wouldn’t think that they were not real meat. We were too full to try when figuring out that they also had a la carte for Western and Asian menu.

Lunch Package

This exciting vegetarian cuisine led us to another vegetarian dining experience and now we would like to try their restaurant in Grand Indonesia Shopping Mall, which is located on the fifth floor Sky Bridge. Winta, Mbak Eka and myself were starving at that time so we ordered so many dishes, these were what I could remember: mango salad, dim-sum, tom yam soup, asparagus soup, green pepper chicken, black pepper steak and cap cay. The mango salad, dim-sum, green pepper chicken and black pepper steak were excellent and very delicious, the others were ordinary. Since the restaurant had a grand opening very recently, we got a free dessert of es campur. Overall, we were satisfied and would like to return to try other dishes in the menu. Healthy food for body and mind :)