Indian, Vegetarian restaurants in Asia
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Little India Restaurant
The oldest Indian in town - that's the restaurant, not the owner - the food here is consistently good, with its fair share of vegetarian options and some delicious curries. It's good value for money too.
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Komala Vilas
This McDonald’s of Indian fare serves decent, cheap vegetarian meals all day long. Try some spicy samosas (stuffed pastries), or order the thali. Its outlet at 82 Serangoon Rd sells sugary Indian sweets.
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Chandan Restaurant
At Hotel Nahar, Chandan serves up delicious veg dishes in elegant surroundings. Thalis are served at lunchtime or choose from a range of biryanis and Chinese dishes.
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Agashiye
This is Ahmedabad’s best dining experience. On the rooftop of one of the city’s finest mansions, the lovely tiled terrace is an oasis of calm and space, candle-lit at night and a world away from the congested streets. The all-veg menu, which changes daily, begins with a rose-and-lemon-flavoured welcoming drink and is a cultural journey around the traditional thali – a multitude of ravishingly tasty vegetable dishes – and finishes with hand-churned ice cream.
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Ananda Bhavan
Fill yourself up here with outstanding idli (steamed rice cakes with chutney) and masala thosai (savoury pancake filled with curried vegetables) or the enormous ‘mini’ set meal, all washed down with sublime ginger tea. There are also takeaway snacks and a tempting range of Indian sweets.
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Shankara Vegis Restaurant
Another Taj Ganj old-timer, this rooftop vegetarian restaurant does a shockingly good thali (Rs90) and comes with a laid-back atmosphere, a view of the Taj (just about) and games like chess and carrom (a table-top game in which fingers are used to flick playing pieces across a powered board and into corner pockets).
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Woodlands
In its latest location above a department store, good old Woodlands continues to offer excellent-value Indian vegetarian food to compatriots and the odd local. Dithering gluttons should order the thali meals ($70 to $75), which arrive on a round metal plate with 10 tiny dishes, a dessert and bread.
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Joney’s Place
Open at the crack of dawn, this pocket-sized, brightly painted, travellers’ institution whipped up its first creamy lassi in 1978 and continues to serve visitors veg snacks, pancakes, toasted sandwiches and the like.
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Jaipur Inn
This guesthouse has a rooftop restaurant with stupendous views over Jaipur. The scrumptious Indian veg buffet dinner is sociable and superb (nonguests book in advance).
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Mid Town
Mid Town is fine dining with a choice of seating, live folk music and great veg food. It serves Rajasthani specialities, including some particular to Jodhpur, such as chakki-ka-sagh (wheat dumpling cooked in rich gravy) and kabuli (vegetables with rice, milk, bread and fruit). The Rajasthani thali costs Rs100.
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Kailash Parbat
Nothing fancy, but a Mumbai legend nonetheless thanks to its inexpensive Sindhi-influenced vegetarian snacks, mouth-watering sweets and extra-spicy masala chai. Kailash Parbat Hindu Hotel across the street is its also good, more playful, cousin.
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Maxim’s Cafe
Maxim’s has a small, two-tiered roof-top terrace overlooking the Jagdish Temple. The fresh, pure-vegetarian food includes Indian staples plus Chinese, continental and pizza.
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Bombay Woodlands Restaurant
Tucked away below street level in the Tanglin Shopping Centre, Bombay Woodlands is the sort of place you’d pass by without a glance. Don’t. The food is magnificent and cheap; go for the lunchtime buffet, or go à la carte and order the idli with terrific mint chutney, excellent dosai (try the Mysore Masala) or bhindi (okra), washed down with lassi (yoghurt-based drink). With its attentive white-shirted waiters, it has a charm not easily found in the Orchard Rd vicinity.
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Komala’s
Welcome to the McDonald’s of Indian food – in atmosphere, at least. If you can forgive the form-fitting plastic furniture and reckless use of teal, this Singaporean chain puts out some wonderful south Indian vegetarian staples. Go with the crispy pancake-like dosai, or impress your date and order the beach ball–sized bhattura, a deep-fried bread that unceremoniously deflates when pierced.
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Veg Baba
This spanking new place down a side street off 18th June Rd dishes up delicious Indian vegetarian delights of all descriptions, and is friendly, cheerful and efficient. A self-declared ‘meat-free zone’, it’s clean, cool and blessed with a good line in proverbs: ‘An elephant is 50 times stronger,’ it reminds us sagely, ‘It is vegetarian.’
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Persian Palate
A popular franchise dishing up generous helpings of reasonably authentic Indian and Middle Eastern food, Persian Palate advertises spicy meals, but even the 'hot' curries are quite mild. Its menu includes a rarity in Cebu City - a large vegetarian selection. There are branches at Mango Plaza and on Gen Maxilom Ave.
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Dosa King
You don't have to get all 'dhal-ed' up to dine on tasty vegetarian Indian food. (Although a spiffy look would put you in league with the sari-wrapped mothers and clubbing teenagers.) Divine renditions of the Punjabi speciality, dosa (a thin, stuffed crepe), adorn the tables like ancient parchment scrolls.
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Madras New Woodlands
This enduring vegetarian family favourite is nothing flash to look at, but sometimes you need a break from all that Bolly schmaltz. The banana-leaf thalis (veggie curries, dhal and condiment) are more than generous; the service is gracious, unintrusive and helpful to confused foreigners.
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Pilgrims Feed ‘N Read
Keep walking past the self-help section of Pilgrims Book House and you’ll end up in this quiet and classy cafe, with indoor and garden seating. The focus is on herbal teas (Rs 60 per pot) and vegetarian Indian food (including dosa s) and there’s no shortage of reading material.
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Symphony
This long-time favourite for Male’ residents, located off Majeedee Magu, has an exceptionally dark interior, chilly air-con and a smart look. The menu is comprehensive and the Indian cuisine is especially good. This has one of the best vegetarian selections in town.
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Prem Pavitra Bhojnalaya
Alwar’s best restaurant is in the heart of the old town, and has been serving up inexpensive, fresh, tasty pure-veg food since 1957. You have to pay Rs10 per person to eat in the air-con section – but it is worth it. Try the special kheer (creamy rice pudding).
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Inderlok Restaurant
This main road restaurant has lots of palatable veg and unusual paneer choices. There's a typically hushed and gloomy ambience in the air-con room, which is plain and functional. It's popular with for business-lunch deals and with courting couples.
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Vihar Restaurant
A vast menu of ‘pure veg’ food, great big thalis and a plethora of fresh juices make this clean, simple canteen a popular place for locals and visitors alike. Sip a hot chai, invent your own juice combination, and dig into an ice cream for afters.
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Suprabhatham
This cosy little veggie place dishes up excellent, dirt-cheap and truly authentic Keralan cooking in a rustic setting. Out in the palm groves, it’s secluded and intimate, with an option to dine under the stars to a nightly orchestra of crickets.
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Teej
Superbly painted with Mughal-style murals the wonderfully atmospheric interior feels like a Rajasthani haveli (traditional, often ornately decorated, residences). The excellent, 100% vegetarian food is predominantly Rajasthani, too.
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