AI Spot Summary
This vegetarian buffet offers a variety of dishes, with no meat but a rich selection of vegetables, eggs, and legumes. With diverse cooking methods, the vegetarian meals are both healthy and delicious.
The environment is clean, bright, and comfortable, but there are not many seats, making it suitable for takeout rather than dining in.
The staff greet customers but not frequently, and there is a lack of clear signage inside the store, which may leave first-time visitors feeling overwhelmed.
Reviews
📍Location: Taichung, Xitun
This self-service vegetarian buffet only offers vegetarian food 🌱. The variety of choices is abundant, and the environment is clean, tidy, and bright. I've already marked it as a place I can visit often in the future!
I used to be afraid of weighing self-service buffets because I generally don’t have a good sense of weight, and it’s easy to overindulge and exceed my budget 😅.
However, ever since I learned how to estimate weights at the market and had an experience at a vegetarian weighing buffet in Pingtung, I’ve really come to appreciate vegetarian buffets and their charm 😍.
There are many types of vegetarian food (such as completely vegan, no five pungent vegetables, lacto-ovo vegetarian, etc.), and the variety in preparation is vast, allowing for options for all kinds of vegetarians. Therefore, the selection of dishes is basically meat-free, but the range of vegetables, eggs, and beans usually exceeds that of a typical buffet!
Some restaurants emphasize healthy eating through vegetarian options, using less oil and preserving the deliciousness of the ingredients. The environment isn't usually greasy, especially with some of the newer vegetarian restaurants, which have been revamped to look brighter and cleaner!
With more varieties, it naturally feels fresher. Compared to a typical buffet where various vegetables are just stir-fried, I prefer vegetarian buffets that get creative with the dishes. The weighing system is even better; I can try a little of many different kinds!
I've been searching for other places that offer delicious weighing vegetarian buffets, and today I found one 🥹 that’s not only tasty but also gets a big thumbs up.
Few people ask about prices, but since this restaurant doesn’t publicly display prices, I went ahead and asked.
The price for weighing food is $30/100g, and rice is charged separately.
This time, I selected a total of 7 kinds (just a little bit of each) along with a small bowl of rice, totaling $96.
$30*2.876=$86.28
The small bowl of rice is about $10, which I think is reasonable.
If dining in, there's free self-serve soup, including herbal jelly and hot soup.
I was a bit surprised to find sweet soup available 😳.
Many buffets provide cold drinks instead of sweet soup or offer a choice of hot or cold soup, or charge extra for sweet soup.
But this place not only has sweet soup; there are also two types of hot soup, which surprised me given the small size of the restaurant.
Regarding the environment: clean, bright, and comfortable.
However, it’s clearly not a suitable place for dining in.
There are very few seats, and bar stools are used, accommodating about 10 people in total.
Indeed, during my entire dining time, I rarely saw customers dining in; most were for takeout or delivery orders, grabbing their food and leaving.
I also saw quite a few Uber orders, with staff taking orders and quickly serving food so the delivery personnel could grab it and go right away.
I deduct a little for the staff; while they greet customers, it's not very frequent, and the signage in the restaurant isn’t clear enough.
Therefore, when I first entered, I was confused about the flow—whether to find a seat first or choose food?
But overall, I think everything else is great, and I’m very satisfied with the rich variety of dishes! 👍
