Vegan
Chinese

Hong Kong style vegan eatery located one min walk from Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station, exit E. Yat sum means "one forest." Offers pumpkin, chestnut and tofu with rice 南瓜栗子百頁豆腐飯, winter melon, veggie ham and soy strips with rice 冬瓜素火腿枝竹飯, shiitake mushrooms, black fungus and hairy gourds with rice 冬菇雲耳節瓜飯, taro, veggie fish slices and tofu puff in red fermented beancurd sauce with rice 南乳香芋素魚片豆卜飯. Reported open February 2024. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-10:00pm. Last order 9.30pm.


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42 Reviews

First Review by diana718

EileenMarutiak

Points +34

Vegan
17 Mar 2025

Good for cheap, quick food in a hurry

The staff are incredibly friendly and the menu is expansive. I highly recommend the truffle rice and the salt & pepper chicken. A good local experience in a very, very casual, no-frills setting. Bring your own napkins because they charge for packs of napkins. The portions are big, so if you come hungry you will leave full.

siscoombs

Points +1268

Vegan
23 Feb 2025

Ate here 3 times

We kept coming back here, lady who runs the restaurant is really friendly and the prices are reasonable for HK.
Some dishes are hit and miss, have included photos, highlights are the truffle fried rice and the beancurd.

hazeydaisy

Points +74

Vegan
16 Jan 2025

Great local place!

Like others, I had some trouble finding it. Nice and filling meal set of a main dish, rice, and soup for 61HKD. I got the tofu skin rolls with ginger sauce and loved it!

LéonieMengjuChang

Points +2047

Vegan
12 Jan 2025

Good location, quick service

Many choices. Enjoyed a quick meal.

Osmobot

Points +91

Vegan
06 Dec 2024

All vegan local HK style food

It took some time to find the location. It's a bit hidden, but it is no problem as food is delicious and reasonably priced.

Pros: All options are fully vegan, Local dishes, Affordable

Loupy

Points +271

Vegan
30 Nov 2024

Quick lunch

Stopped here for lunch, food was a bit bland for our taste. There are condiments on the corner table, I added spicy sauce.
Staff are lovely and friendly.
Maybe it is Buddhist (?), which may mean there's no garlic, onion etc.

Pros: Cheap and fast service , Friendly

simonerichter

Points +25

Vegetarian
25 Nov 2024

Hidden and cosy

I didn’t at first find it and thought it was closed but just walk in at the address and go up to the second floor then left, it’s a tiny hidden diner with a nice lady making sure you understand it’s self service :)
The food was really tasty, options included a set with a soup (beans and carrots). No frills, perfect for a quick meal.

thesunrisedreamers

Points +2125

Vegan
03 Nov 2024

Affordable in HK!

A no frills Cantonese/Chinese restaurant in HK with lotsss of options😄make sure to look at the chefs recommendation menu as you can see vegan char Sui! A must try in HK!
The $33 meal set is a lunch price and it's about $60 for a dinner meal (different options though)
We ordered ginger bean curd and brocoli enoki mushroom dish! Pretty good although I added lots of chili sauce for extra flavour!

Pros: all vegan

Hatt96

Points +39

Vegetarian
21 Oct 2024

Friendly

My first stop in HK as it is very close to my hotel. Warm friendly staff and great home style cooking

Pros: Friendly, Comforting

KarenSuksabai

Points +4595

Vegan
18 Oct 2024

Good prices, large portions

It took us a moment to find the place but we were happy we did. There is an English menu and an additional menu of specials. You can order just by the dish or as a set with rice and soup. We definitely recommend the salt and pepper chicken side dish. The stuffed eggplant, veggies & tofu puffs were delicious. The chef's special radish and tofu skin stew was umami and comforting. We also ordered a side dish of mixed veggies in XO sauce that was a little spicy. The staff were delightful and we enjoyed our meal immensely.

Steveagain

Points +156

Vegan
24 Sep 2024

Odd building however it's not unsettling.

Some of the pictures are offsetting. Still don't fret. Food is good with decent variety of choices. Staff was charming.

Pros: Charming staff, Variety of choices , Relaxed environment (byob if necessary)

Cons: Building is off-putting , Pay before felt wrong at a certain percent , Didn't want to leave until prompted

gracewainwright

Points +215

Vegan
31 Aug 2024

Flavourful and tasty

Very cheap for Hong Kong.
Very friendly staff so kind.
A little bit tricky to find building 65-69 go to the 2nd floor then turn left.

Pros: Good choice , Tasty food , Very cheap

Cons: Hard to find , Restaurant is small

Leo27

Points +1354

Vegan
02 Aug 2024

Authentic chinese eatery

I almost missed the entrance and then thought I'm wrong but it is very- let's say- hided and small, second floor on the left. The food I had was good and it's so cheap (cash only or octopus card), a nice lady served me and I might return someday. Free tea and water provided. No desserts or sweet stuff unfortunately.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-02

RenêLibone

Points +15

Vegetarian
02 Aug 2024

Nice place

As several places in HK, you need to go upstairs until the second floor inside a building.
Good food and good price.
The place is simple but totally worth it.

福蔡澜

Points +70

Vegetarian
23 Jul 2024

Very good service

The menu has 2 sides, one side there is a list of vegitables, if u order set meal, it is served with rice and soup. For 61$ this was a good meal, nice hot soup is served first, then the meal....
Hostess can speak good English. Place is modest, seems like a family run business......

Thanks

Pros: Set meal, Fixed menu, Location

Cons: More SPICY options, Set meal can have rice/noodles option, No dumpling/momo

kellysun

Points +131

Vegan
13 Jul 2024

Delicious local food

Fast and tasty
Also very cheap
Love their soup

Pros: Fast , Nice location

Rakadactyl

Points +126

Vegan
02 Jul 2024

Great mock seafood

Really enjoyed the seafood fried rice and the salt & pepper chicken. Very affordable. Basic, no frills setting.

TomChaytor

Points +134

Vegan
27 Jun 2024

All vegan but not much flavour

It’s great that everything there is vegan, however all the food I had was bland and lacking flavour. It was reasonably priced for HK which was a bonus.

Pros: Price, Friendly service

Cons: Bland taste

ovh

Points +1429

Vegan
13 Jun 2024

Lovely place

Its a nice place with very kind staff, the food is good, but I would like for it to have a bit more taste! The soup however was fantastic, especially the one with coconut in it! One of the best soups I have ever eaten in my life. Also good prices for in Hong Kong

Pros: Best soup ever, Kind staff, Good prices

Cons: Kind of bland food

MatildaN

Points +567

Vegan
02 Jun 2024

Kind of tasteless

The staff were friendly but unfortunately we were not impressed by the food. The fried salt and pepper “chicken” was good, but the rest of the food lacked flavor.

Polytrauma

Points +408

Vegetarian
29 May 2024

so good I nearly cried

If you are craving a roasted duck from your local chinese restaurant, this is your place to be.
Food was so good! Self service for water.

hthang

Points +19

Mostly Veg
28 May 2024

Simple Vegetarian Dinner

Affordable, Clean, and friendly place. A little difficult to find the place due to my GPS.

Pros: Their set meals offering that comes with a soup.

SharonR

Points +3018

Vegan
28 May 2024

Drunk Sharon approved

Perfect food after a night of drinking (and probably even without the booze). Huge portions for really cheap. Pretty nondescript place on the second floor of a white building.

lisamariaschreiber

Points +3837

Vegan
04 May 2024

Great food for the value

The food was extremely cheap and good for the price but not amazing.

Pros: Cheap

KadiHarmon

Points +9034

Vegan
23 Apr 2024

Simple and delicious

Very happy with my meal here, though it might not look like much.. I got the set w the taro in it. Soup was delicious, and the taro was cooked perfectly. Great meal.

anothersun

Points +2292

Vegan
07 Apr 2024

Very tasty & quite affordable

Most of the stuff I had was very tasty. The sweet & sour dish was too sweet for me, but that was somehow on me. I came in the evening when they didn'f have a lot of meal deals left, so I had limited options to choose from and took what was there.

The vegan chicken was incredible in taste and consistency. Dunno how they make it, but you HAVE to try it!

I also got sesame soup as a free dessert which was surprisingly nice.

Yanick

Points +56

Vegan
05 Apr 2024

Simple but tasty food

It's simple but still tasty and for the menu you only pay 69HKD, which is approx. 8EUR/CHF/GBP. You will get a bean soup, bowl of rice and a main of your choice. For that price you can't complain 😉

Updated from previous review on 2024-04-05




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