Now, I know I tend to get a little over-excited when it comes to food. There is nothing I enjoy more than a lovely dinner with lovely friends. So it was a cold and rainy Friday night that brought the gang and I to Yulli's Restaurant, Surry Hills for the gorgeous Vee Vee's birthday dinner.
Now I have to be straight up with you, when I heard it was a "Vegetarian" Restaurant I wasn't overly thrilled. However, upon strong recommendation from Simon, we all ordered the banquet menu. Here I was thinking "great I can't wait to feast upon a meal of rabbit food" but oh no dear readers, I am not joking when I state that this dinner was quite possibly the best meal of my life!!
Seriously, Yulli's should be awarded a medal for making healthy, meat free food taste so delish!! I may have over indulged and eaten everything that was placed in front of me. To the point where I thought they were actually going to have to roll me out of the Restaurant, but it was that good.
There was Edamame and Coconut money bags served with a pineapple sweet chilli sauce, falafel balls served on betel leaves with a spicy tomato chutney, Salt and Pepper tofu, steamed leak and ginger dumplings, Porcini mushroom and haloumi Pizza, and for dessert there was a platter of chocolate brownies and caramel cheesecake. Yes that's right, I had died and gone to Vegetarian heaven.
Amongst my dining companions that night was a country boy who was brought up on sturdy roast dinners, some divine English friends from the land of the sunday fry up, and the bestie and I who thrive on a carnivorous diet. So to see everyone embracing the concept and actually enjoying it was a treat!
If you feel like trying something different I highly suggest you check out Yulli's. You won't be disappointed!
http://yullis.com.au/
i've been to yulli's once and really liked it. hope to return again one day. the banquet menu sounds like the go to get to try a few things.
ReplyDeleteI went to Yulli's on Friday night and found your blog post whilst googling a possible recipe for the Edamame and Coconut Money Bags. Aren't they just divine?!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to go back. I'm vegan, but reading this makes me more than confident my carnivorous friends will enjoy it! :)