Reviews Sun Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant

The menu at Sun Bo Kong Vegetarian declares, " Eat Right. For the love of our animal friends and for our beautiful planet." Very nice! We arrived Sunday morning for the dim sum menu although they offer a full menu of vegetarian delights. We started with the familiar Deep Fried Taro Dumplings. This was crispy and hot on arrival and had a savoury filling of what I assume included mushrooms and bamboo shoots among other things. I always believe that when vegetarian restaurants offer some deep-fried dishes they will be able to reach my heart. The Pumpkin Congee was chock full of tasty Kombucha squash. Rich and comforting, this dish would not have profited from meat. Definitely at the creative end of the scale, was Mango Green Tea Mini Pancake. Halfway between rice roll and dessert, this pancake being almost tortilla-like while the filling was cold and sweet. Definitely, something we would order again and just a bit off the beaten path. Also in the rice roll area, were the Red Rice Rolls. other than the obvious (being red) this came close to the rice rolls we are used to. Again, they had a mixed filling but must have included some Chinese donut as they had some crunch. The Xia Long Baos were a bit of a miss as far as purists might be concerned. They were tasty and I would try them again but the soup had completely leaked out by the time they reached us. I think the problem might have been with the dough as they were quite sticky and were difficult to get off the paper in the steamer. Still, they were texturally and even in the thickness of the dough, decent enough. Just no soup! Another deep-fried dish was Deep-Fried Bean Curb Skin stuffed with Burdock. Served with vinegar on the side, these again fulfilled our fatty, crunchy cravings. Finally was another near-miss with Siu Mai. Listed on the menu as corn and oatmeal, for some reason, I was expecting a different texture but they were definitely of an oatmeal texture. Not bad just not something I would order again. All in all, it was nice to know that this Chinese custom is available for the vegetarian community. The back corridor has a few pictures of well-known vegetarians and their sentiments that should give us pause to reflect. The foodie community needs to come out more to promote this healthy, earth-friendly and humane style of eating. Meatless Monday just seems a little weak these days. I will be the first to admit that it is not easy but seems more and more the right choice to make.

O was in town so I suggested we check out a dim sum place that specializes in vegetarian food, Sun Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant. They’re sister restaurants to Po Kong (which is directly across the street from them). We dropped in on a Sunday afternoon (around 12:15pm) and it was busy. Luckily, we were able to get a table right away but if you’re a bigger group, make a reservation. The inside is typical Chinese fashion. Service is standard too.

We have come here for dim sum and dinner, with both meals being very yummy! All the dim sum staples were very good, service was excellent and the prices are fair. We would recommend and have returned!

DISCLAIMER: I grew up eating Chinese food and my mom's wonton soup, so Chinese food is comparatively mundane for me. If it's a delicious novelty for you, then you might want to rate this restaurant higher. NOTE: This is a vegetarian Chinese restaurant that uses meat substitutes. Part of my positive tilt on how I rate them is in the quality of the fakeness of the meat.

Sun Bo Kong is an award-winning vegetarian restaurant for Chinese cuisine. They are open 7 days a week from 11 am to 9 pm. Reservations are also available. I came here for lunch to try Chinese vegetarian food. A nice change to eating a meal without meat. Gluten Combination comes with a 4 flavours on a plate with different sauces. The gluten is spongey kinda like tofu. A good starter to the meal and easily can be shared.

Came here for a delicious meat free dim sum with my relatives. I was so impressed with the quality and taste of the ingredients and didn’t feel like not eating meat was an issue. Dim Sum here is like eating dim sum at a regular restaurant, most of the dishes mirror their meat counterparts.

I never knew vegetarian could be so good. It’s one of those places where you could eat forever, and not realize you’re stuffed until you get up to go. I had to hold myself back to make sure I fit in the bridesmaid’s dress the next day. Best Portuguese baked rice...

中式素食老店再現溫哥華
備註：收取茶資每位$1元，以傳統素食為主
 
位於加拿大西岸的溫哥華連續十多年都被評定為世界上最適合居住城市之一，既有天然優良的環境和氣候，也有健全的社會福利，其實它更是一個知名的素食者天堂。這裡供應素食的食肆除了西式外，中式越式也有不少，比較有名的中式素食餐廳包括有雅室友素食、菜根鄉素食、Lotus Seed Vegetarian、禪悅齋等等，但令我最懷念的仍是已結業的寶光素食：這家深受東西方人士喜愛的素食餐廳是由香港藝人周秀蘭所經營，在溫哥華素食圈可算是無人不曉。我雖然不是一位長期持素者，但也喜歡經常光顧素食餐廳，最近喜聞溫哥華的素食老字號「寶光素食」重開，當然要來捧場啦！

這家重開的「新寶光素食」於2016年4月啟業，所在位置正正對面就是一家多年前開業自稱所有班底均來自舊「寶光」的普光素食，是否閉門一家親還是恩怨情仇就有待日後發展了。新寶光除了港式風味的素食粥粉麵飯和小菜外，在午餐與下午茶時段也供應各式精致的傳統粵式素點心，強調全部現點現做。熱呼呼的小巧點心有齋腸粉、叉燒包、菠菜餃、蘿蔔糕、燒賣、蝦餃、水晶餃、千層糕、奶皇包等等，而我個人認為這裡的點心比粉麵小炒出色。這裡所有餐點都以傳統素食為主，沒有花巧的新派素食供應

芋絲糕 $3.95 ~ 芋絲炸得鬆脆又保持咬口，非常好味 (4/5分)

蘿蔔絲酥餅 $3.95 ~ 蘿蔔絲應該是煮腍後才包進去，所以沒有餡料吃起來有點像蘿蔔糕，而外層却是一觸即碎的酥皮，吃起來很有層次感 (4/5分)

蜂巢芋角 $3.45 ~ 餡料加入芹菜粒，外脆內爽 (3.5/5分)

黑椒磨菇素雞球 $7.50 ~素雞球好味又有口感，只是件數不多，大部份都是配菜 (3.5/5分)

有機糙米飯 $1.50

羅漢齋炒麵 $12.50 ~ 炒麵一般而且偏油，其中麵筋感覺不太新鮮 (2.5/5分)

碧綠素牛肉腸粉 $4.99 ~ 外觀和口感的像真程度足有九成，素肉裡混入馬碲粒增加口感，只嫌腸粉皮略黏 (4.5/5分)

Went to the New Po Kong for lunch with H and his folks. H’s parents are vegetarian, and they know all the good places. New Po Kong just opened, maybe 2 weeks ago, and they’ve already been here for dinner. (It's right across from the regular old Po Kong). We had a ton of dim sum dishes (no pictures because I thought it’d be too rude to keep pulling out a camera…), but couldn’t resist this (fake) shark fin dumpling.