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Vegetarian Lunch @ the Loving Hut 

We are not vegan. We are not even vegetarian. But this place makes us believe we could be. 

The entire menu is vegan and everything I’ve had is also delicious. With all the food options in Hanoi, it can still be difficult for strict veggies to find reliable places to go out. Everything ends up with some kind of fish sauce in it. Loving Hut is devoted to being a fully vegan restaurant, and there are several locations around Hanoi. The best value is the “office rice”. You get rice surrounded by a variety of vegetable and faux meat samplings, two soups, and a fresh spring roll for around 50,000 VND. 

Another interesting thing to try is their buffet lunch. They offer a 100,000 VND all-you-can-eat buffet lunch only on the 1st and 15th days of the Lunar Calendar (This is different than the Gregorian or Western calendar. Check your interwebs.) 

For non-vegan, non-veggie people: Be not afraid. This food is delicious. The menu is laden with faux-meat products, even faux-meat versions of typical Vietnamese dishes: Bun Cha, Bun Thit Nuong, Banh Xeo. And faux-meat is magical. Again, be not afraid. You’d never know it wasn't meat. If that sounds scary, just choose from the multitude of vegetable dishes. 

Loving Hut [Gioi Chay in Vietnamese] 4/192 Quan Thanh, Ba Dinh 3/10 Ngo, 121 Chua Lang, Dong Da