Nature Vegetarian approaches meat-free dining through the flavours of Malaysian, Chinese, Thai and Western cooking rather than a single narrow style. The High Street restaurant serves lunch and dinner, with pickup and delivery available alongside the dining room. Handmade ingredients and familiar Asian preparations help the menu appeal to committed vegetarians as well as diners interested in how tofu, mushrooms and soy can take on different textures.
The opening dishes show that variety immediately. Crisp wontons hold minced bean curd and vegetables, barbecue buns reinterpret char siew with plant-based filling, and curry puffs bring potato and spice inside flaky pastry. Golden tofu and soft steamed buns add contrasting textures, while tom yum, curry, wonton and tofu-seaweed soups provide sour, aromatic and delicate routes into the meal. Many of these choices are vegan.
Noodles and rice carry the Malaysian and Thai influences most clearly. Curry fried noodles and Thai-style mee hoon sit beside nori fried rice, while wonton noodles combine black-bean sauce, Asian greens and vegetarian char siew. Curry noodle soup fills its broth with vegetables and soy products, and nasi lemak uses coconut rice, vegetable curry, mushroom balls and papadum to build a complete plate without meat.
The special dishes treat plant proteins as ingredients with their own cooking possibilities. Mushrooms become rendang or a sweet-and-sour oyster-mushroom plate; soy fillets take lemon sauce; nuggets pick up black pepper; and bean-curd rolls can be cooked with asam, ginger, curry or black-bean gravy. Clay-pot tofu adds another warming format, while egg foo young and omelettes remain available for vegetarian diners who are not vegan.
Address: 519 High Street, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand
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Nature Vegetarian Menu
Entree
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Spring Rolls
Crispy rolls filled with delightful mixed vegetable. v
BBQ Bun
Deep fried flaky pastry filled with marinated char siew. v
Curry Puff
Deep fried flaky pastry filled with diced potatoes infused with curry. v
Wonton
Bite-size crispy wonton filled with minced bean curd and mixed vegetables. v
Chips
v
Nature Nuggets
Fried soy nuggets with special sauce for dipping. v
Golden Tofu
Bite-size fried tofu with special sauce for dipping. v
Steam Buns with Gravy
“Chinese Burger” – Soft white steamed buns with lettuce, carrot, purple cabbage, pickled mustard and mildly spiced gravy with soy patties. v
Steam Buns with Curry
Soft white steamed buns with mildly spiced curry. v
Soups
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Curry Soup
Malaysian style flavoured curry broth with assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Tom Yum Soup
Thai style flavoured sour and mild spicy broth with assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Clear refreshing broth with array of seasonal vegetables and soy product. v
Wonton Soup
Clear refreshing broth with delicately hand-made wonton and asian greens. v
Tofu and Seaweed Soup
Clear refreshing broth with silken tofu, seaweed and assorted vegetables. v
Stir Fried Noodles
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Fried noodle or meehoon
Stir-fried choice of yellow noodle or meehoon (thin rice noodle) infused with aromatic sauce, assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Curry Fried Noodles
Stir-fried yellow noodles with aromatic curry, assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Thai Style Fried Mee Hoon
Stir-fried meehoon (thin rice noodle) in Thai style flavoured sauce with assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Stir Fried Rice
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Fried Rice
Stir-fried rice with colourful assorted vegetable and soy product. v
Curry Fried Rice
Stir-fried rice in aromatic curry with assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Thai Style Fried Rice
Stir-fried fried rice in Thai flavors with assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Nori Fried Rice
Stir-fried rice infused with Chinese herbed fragrant spice with assorted vegetables and soy product. v
Meals Served with Rice
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Nasi Lemak (Curry Rice)
Fragrant coconut rice accompanied with deliciously cooked potatoes and shitake mushroom balls in aromatic curry gravy, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and papadum. v
Char Siew Rice
Infused yellow rice accompanied with deliciously braised Char Siew in sweet and savory sauce, carrot, broccoli and cauliflower. v
Mixed Vegetable Rice
Steamed rice accompanied with delightful array of seasonal vegetables and soy product in Malaysian style flavoured sauce. v
Sweet and Sour Chops
Steamed rice served with bite-size chopped soy product, vegetables and small cuts of pineapple in delicious sweet and sour sauce. v
Sweet and Sour Bean Curd
Steamed rice served with crispy bean curd, vegetables and small cuts of pineapple in delicious sweet and sour sauce. v
Roast Bean Curd
Infused yellow rice with lightly fried bean curd slices, carrot, broccoli and cauliflower. v
Beancurd Roll & Black Bean Sauce
Steamed rice with seasonal vegetables, soy product and lightly fried beancurd roll wrapped with seaweed in Malaysian style flavoured black bean sauce. v
Tofu Mixed
Steamed rice with seasonal vegetables, soy product and marinated silky bean curd in Malaysian style flavoured black bean sauce. v
Nature’s Special Chop and Rice or Chips
Special braised soy chops with seasonal vegetables and soy product in Malaysian style flavoured sauce and your choice of steamed rice or chips. v
Vegetarian Steak
Steamed rice with seasonal vegetables and soy product in Malaysian style flavoured sauce and special braised sauce poured over soy steaks. v
Smoke Fillet
Steamed rice with seasonal vegetables and soy product in Malaysian style flavoured sauce and deep fried crispy soy fillet with special sauce. v
Nature Tasty Tofu
Steamed rice with seasonal vegetables and soy product in Malaysian style flavoured sauce and deep fried crisp golden tofu with special sauce. v
Egg Foo Yoong
Steamed rice with stir-fried assorted vegetables blended with nutritious scrambled egg.
Omelettes
Vegetable Omelette
Tomato Omelette
Mushroom Omelette
Extras
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Steam Rice
v
Yellow Rice
v
Coconut Rice
v
Vegetables (add-on)
v
Soy products
v
Egg
Noodle Soups
v – indicates the dish is cooked without any dairy or egg products suitable for vegans.
Wonton Noodles Soups
Thin yellow noodles in clear refreshing broth served with delicately handmade wontons, asian vegetables and char siew. v
Wonton Noodles with Black Bean Sauce
Thin yellow noodles served with asian vegetables, char siew with black bean sauce and a small bowl of clear refreshing broth with delicately hand-made wontons. v
Curry Noodle or Meehoon Soup
Choice of yellow noodle or meehoon (thin rice noodle) immersed in Malaysian style curry broth, packed with assorted vegetable and soy products. v
Tom Yum Noodle or Meehoon Soup
Choice of yellow noodle or meehoon (thin rice noodle) immersed in Thai styled sour and mild spicy broth, packed with assorted vegetables and soy products. v
Bean curd & Mee Hoon Soup
Thin rice noodle in mildly flavoured broth with beancurd rolls, soy products, assorted vegetables, tofu and pickled mustard.
Clay pot Noodle
Crispy thin yellow noodle cooked with assorted vegetables and soy products, served in piping hot clay pot. v *Optional to add an egg for an extra tastier dish
Hot Plate Noodle
Yellow noodles cooked with special gravy, assorted vegetables and soy products served in a sizzling hot plate. v *Optional to add an egg for an extra tastier dish.
Hot / Cold Drinks
Jasmine Tea
Oo Long Tea
Chrysanthemum Tea
Lemon Honey (Hot or Cold)
Hot Chocolate
Malaysian Roasted Coffee (black)
(with or without sugar)
Malaysian White Coffee (with milk)
(with or without sugar)
Coke / Coke Zero / Sprite
Ginger Beer (Bundaberg)
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