• Banpin 반핀

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Asian
Taiwanese
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Taiwanese restaurant with vegan choices. Menu includes fried aubergines with sweet chili sauce, vegan mapo tofu with rice, fried rice and more. Specify no egg or fish/oyster sauce when ordering. Parking located next to Seoul Kkakdugi store. NOTE: Reported October 2024 to have limited vegan options – please send updates to HappyCow. Open Mon 9:00am-9:00pm, Wed-Sun 11:30am-9:00pm. Closed Tue.


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11 Reviews

First Review by Sas_Hstamm

josh_ok111

Points +229

Vegan
08 Jul 2024

Mapo tofu ONLY is vegan

The mapo tofu was absolutely delicious and clearly labelled as vegan, however the eggplant is NOT VEGAN. The waiter confirmed it has oyster sauce in it!

Pros: Delicious mapo tofu

Cons: Only mapo tofu is vegan

LisaHen

Points +15

Vegetarian
02 Jul 2024

Amazing Mapo tofu

While there are only two vegan/vegetarian options, I came here twice during my stay in Busan because the Mapo tofu was simply amazing!

During my second visit, they even gave me a platter of fried eggplant on the house, which I thought was really sweet! While I am not a big fan of eggplants in general, I did try one and thought it was pretty good even considering my dislike of eggplants. Would definitely recommend this place!

Melbourne.Vegan

Points +113

Vegan
29 May 2024

Perfection

If you like mapo tofu and eggplant then you cannot go wrong here. While there are just two vegan options, they are absolutely perfect and it’s definitely one of the best meals I’ve had. The atmosphere was lively and nice.

Pros: Incredible food, Friendly staff, Great atmosphere

Cons: Only two vegan options (but they’re incredible)

chandeni

Points +41

Vegetarian
26 May 2024

Vegan mapo tofu

Super friendly staff. One of the waiters came to me, to dubble check if i'm vegan. I accidently order, a pork dish, assuming that it was plant based/mock meat.

The vegan mapo tofu, was spot on! I even tried to get the recipe, which was top secret;)

Aware that there are just, two vegan dishes; the fried eggplant and the VEGAN mapu tofu.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-26

Yoyo95123

Points +44

Mostly Veg
24 May 2024

Tres bon petit restaurant

Les deux options vegan sont excellentes. Le cury au tofu est incroyable, les aubergines tres bonnes. Personnel gentil. Attention : n accepte pas le paiement en cash, uniquemenr Carte de credit (et toute ne fonctionne pas).

BrittainMcCall

Points +368

Vegetarian
03 May 2024

Authentic Taiwan taste!

I recently took a vacation to Taiwan and feel in love with their kaleidoscope of exciting flavors and vegetarian options. I had the mapo tofu and fried eggplant. It brought me back to Taiwan. I loved the spices and textures they skillfully prepared. I wish they had more options but I’m happy to eat this again. Super friendly service and lively atmosphere. Love this place. Mango beer is great too!

Pros: Taste is authentic and younger tingling, Fun atmosphere, English menu

Cons: Wish there were more choices

McMallory

Points +2272

Vegan
15 Apr 2024

Pretty good!

The spicy eggplant dish was pretty good. It’s listed as a side but the portion is big enough to have it as your main (like I did) or to share it and the tofu as two mains among two people. If you order it to go they will package the sauce separately for you so it doesn’t get soggy. The sauce has a little heat but is also a little sweet. Overall this is a nice little place and the staff is kind and accommodating. I would recommend it for sure. I wish they had more than two vegan options but I was happy with what I was able to eat here (especially since I’m just traveling here and don’t live here).

Updated from previous review on 2024-04-15

stevierj

Points +49

Vegetarian
08 Mar 2024

Two veg options

Tofu was so good! Eggplant was good too, but if you don’t like seafood, you won’t like this dish. The eggplant was fried and cooked with sweet and spicy sauce

SavannahPetrone

Points +94

Vegan
09 Feb 2024

Two vegan options

They have vegan Mapo Tofu and Fried Eggplant! Both are great! Sometimes there is a line and wait to get in. Usually super busy.

TatianaKwamsu

Points +1429

Vegan
11 Oct 2023

Nice vegan options

Cute place and very nice staff. I had the fried eggplant and rice it was very good. They are open again.

Sas_Hstamm

Points +292

Vegetarian
03 Jun 2023

Delicious

We got to this place on recommendation of a vegan couple we met earlier that day and we found a very nice place serving great food. The vegan choices are limited but nevertheless so tasty, really loved the tofu as well as the fried eggplant. Something different than we tried before!

Pros: Helpful staff, Not to pricy , Delicious




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