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Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Café, Wellington, New Zealand

April 23, 2010
by Wendy
restaurant, vegetarian, vegetarian food, vegetarian restaurant
2 Comments

Inside the family-friendly Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand
Inside the family-friendly Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand
Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand, is a family-run vary casual vegetarian restaurant.  The decor is simple to non-existent, but the atmosphere is still warm and welcoming.  The whole family seems to be involved and while we were eating they were busy preparing pot stickers on the back table. 

We started the meal with some deep fried prawns, $6NZD.  They’re not really prawns, of course, but do look like them.  They were very tasty and we enjoyed watching them be cooked in front of us!

Mock "Deep Fried Prawns" at Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand.  There were more, but they disappeared pretty quickly!
Mock "Deep Fried Prawns" at Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand. There were more, but they disappeared pretty quickly!
Wendy had the Buddha’s Delight which was deep fried, breaded mock duck served on a bed of lettuce.  It wasn’t really what she was expecting and wasn’t very good, either.  It was mostly lettuce and quite heavy.

Mock Lamb Curry at Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand
Mock Lamb Curry at Aunty Mena’s Vegetarian Cafe, in Wellington, New Zealand
Ian had the lamb curry, which was made with mock lamb, of course.  It was mildly spicy and the “lamb” was good but the vegetables were overcooked.

Overall, we were disappointed.  We’ve had this kind of mock meat before and it’s been truly excellent.  This really missed the mark, which was too bad because this type of hole-in-the-wall restaurant is usually our favorite kind of place to eat!

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  1. j October 6, 2011 at 12:03 am

    hey you might’ve been on the wrong day, usually its a very good place to eat!

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    Wendy replied on October 6th, 2011 9:41 am:

    That could well be! Unfortunately we can only speak from our experience there, but we appreciate you sharing yours. If we ever find ourselves back in Wellington, we’d be happy to give it another try!

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