We ignored Melbourne Cup day last Tuesday by adventuring down to Fremantle to visit the Juicy Beetroot for lunch. Happy Cow tells me that Juicy Beetroot is ‘vegetarian-friendly, not 100% vegetarian’ but I’ve never seen anything available there that isn’t vegetarian. They do gluten-free cakes and allegedly vegan cakes, though I’ve never seen any of the latter.
D and I shared a tofu burger and a large bowl of mixed curries. The large really is very large, and the burger was massive. I enjoyed both the beetroot-ness of the burger and the fact that it was a giant chunk of tofu, something of which I am not usually a big fan. The curries included an aloo muttar-y thing, a dahl and some mixed veggies. They were very tasty curries. We also had a couple of mixed juices, I had an orange and ginger, as I often do, and D had the house juice without the celery, which was pretty tasty. All up it cost us about $30ish dollars, which was cool for a big, tasty, vegan meal.
The Juicy Beetroot
Tum Tum Tree Lane
132 High Street
Fremantle
12 comments:
That could be the chunkiest tofu burger I've ever seen! What was the flavour of it like?
I likewise try to avoid Melbourne Cup day - in past years I've worked from home, and this time I had a short holiday a long way from the races.
I will admit to a very large amount of difficulty involved in biting in to the burger, there was lots of mess everywhere and down my arm.
The flavour was good! I personally tend to find huge chunks of tofu a bit off-putting, with a funny sort of smoky taste, but this one I found sort of fresh and light and squishy but in a good way. I realise none of that is a flavour, sorry.
Oh oh!! I went to Juicy Beetroot twice this year :D I always get the salad combo when I'm there ... I LOVE the broccoli salad, brown rice, tofu & seaweed (?) salad ... Ah, I must try the dahl curry when I head there next time :) thanks for the review!
Perhaps update Happy Cow if they are now totally vegetarian? I recall them having some fish dish on the menu years ago which might be the reason why it's listed as such.
Burger looks very yummy!
Good For you - my husband and I are vegetarian and find it so hard to go out in Perth, I am going to try this place!
Cecilia, I have yet to try the salads (I have a dislike of many salad dressings) but I admit they did look very tasty!
Moonbug, I don't know, the idea of updating Happy Cow is a bit intimidating. What if I'm wrong?! But I've not seen fish on their menu at all this year.
Anon, give it a go! There are a couple of really great places to get awesome vego food in Perth, I swear. :o)
This place NEEDS to be open better hours. I love their tofu burger. Their food just always makes me feel good, healthy, and full!
Juicy Beetroot definitely needs better hours. I often go years between visits just because they're not open on weekends. I understand why they're open funny those hours, but it's so frustrating for those of us who work full time!
That tofu burger looks AMAZING.
Lisa, I am not usually a big chunk of tofu fan but it was amazing, slightly marinated and really nicely cooked. I loved it!
i had possibly the greatest slice of my life at JB about a month ago. i can still taste it. oh my god. so i can confirm they have vegan cake!
it was a granola and date slice, and i could taste cardamom- had an indian/middle eastern kind of flavour. amazing. the filling was so soft, and there were chopped nuts all through it.
and it was HUGE.
Oh Eloise, now I really want to go to Juicy Beetroot as soon as possible! I don't have time to go there!
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