3/5 Mikey 2 years ago on Google • 301 reviews
There
are
apparently
days
when
some
who
follow
Buddhist
faith
restrict
to
vegetarian
meals.
And
lucky
for
our
guest,
Tinh
Tam
Trai
happened
to
be
a
vegetarian
restaurant
serving
Asian
noodle
soups
conveniently
located
right
by
Vaughan
Mills.
There's
not
many
such
places
around
which
probably
helps
to
explain
their
positive
reviews.
Best
way
I
can
characterize
this
place
is
QUIRKY!
Located
in
a
busy
plaza,
it's
hard
to
miss
their
bright
yellow
signage.
Upon
entering,
the
first
thing
that
I
noticed
was
the
decor,
or
the
surprising
lack
thereof...
still
the
place
was
quite
packed
at
lunchtime.
Staff
was
slow
to
offer
us
the
highchair
so
we
helped
ourselves
to
it.
Their
affordable
menu
included
a
variety
of
dishes
and
drinks
similar
to
other
Vietnamese
restaurants
but
with
a
vegetarian
twist.
The
house-special
Imitation
Duck
Egg
Noodle
Soup
was
topped
with
a
heaping
portion
of
soy-based
mock
meat
w/
mushroom
filling.
Smooth
herbal
taste
and
soft
egg
noodles.
Similarly
Imitation
Wonton
Egg
Noodle
Soup
hit
the
mark
except
the
gluten
fishcakes
&
side
of
fried
soy
wonton
balls
were
a
bit
much
to
finish.
Bun
Hue
Chay,
their
version
of
the
hot
&
spicy
Hue-style
noodle
soup,
was
well-seasoned
too.
We
also
tried
sticky
rice
filled
with
mung
beans
which
tasted
like
salty
mochi
balls.
Fine
for
vegetarian,
but
if
you're
a
carnivore,
it's
quite
a
glutton
for
punishment.
How
we
missed
savoury
meat
after
just
one
meal!
Back
to
the
quirkiness:
a
bit
strange
that
the
owner
initially
claimed
there
was
no
sticky
rice
on
the
menu
when
serving
our
noodles.
He
later
prepared
it
after
reviewing
our
order,
by
which
time
we
were
nearly
full.
More
weird
was
at
checkout
I
paid
with
a
$100
bill,
and
was
given
change
including
the
same
bill
which
I
informed
the
inattentive
cashier.
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