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The Origin Tales, Brunswick East

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on May 12, 2019May 12, 2019

Knowing my love of mock meat, both Thirsty Vegan and Sand Pirate Penguin had told me about new vegan place Origin Tales in Brunswick East. I tried it twice and wasn’t disappointed.

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Green Man’s Arms, Carlton

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on February 3, 2019February 7, 2019

The dedicated omnivore that I am, I had been eyeing Green Man’s Arms – a newish Israeli-influenced vegetarian pub in Carlton – with interest over the past year.

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Vegie Mum, Fitzroy

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on October 14, 2018October 14, 2018

Long-time readers of Whatever Floats Your Bloat will know about my predilection for mock meat.

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Gong De Lin, Melbourne

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on May 7, 2017May 7, 2017

It’s no secret that I prefer fake meat to real meat, which is how I found myself at Gong De Lin mid-last week.

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Fina’s 2, Fitzroy

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on April 30, 2017April 30, 2017

When you can’t eat onion, garlic and wheat and you’re going out with a vegetarian who doesn’t like cheese (unless it’s on a pizza), an assortment of vegetables (including but not limited to: mushrooms, asparagus and beetroot) and any variation of soup, eating out is an ordeal.

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Vegie Hut, Box Hill

  • by Sonia Nair
  • Posted on September 11, 2016September 25, 2016

Most people find the idea of fake (or mock) meat unfathomable or reprehensible or both, which is why I was slightly hesitant to tell people that I was celebrating my birthday by going to Vegie Hut, a vegetarian restaurant in Box Hill famous for its fake meat.

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When you’re FODMAP and lactose-intolerant as well as lacking a somewhat vital organ such as a gallbladder, everything floats your bloat – tomatoes, eggplant, mature cheeses (so most good cheeses), wine, spinach, almond milk, every form of preserved meat (yes, that includes bacon), that little bit of ghee your mum slips into her dahl to make it taste all the better.

Bloat Scores

0 Living the dream

1 Had to loosen my belt a notch

2 The belt had to be completely removed

3 I could have balanced a glass of wine on my bloated stomach

4 If I were lying prostrate on my tummy, it would have looked as though I was levitating

5 So full of gas I floated home like a hot air balloon

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