I’ve done a lot of stupid things over the years.

A lot of them are because I’m an idiot (that’s undeniable, I was on record as saying that I didn’t think the movie Avatar would do well. Oops).

However, a large portion of those things are due to women. Note: I’m not shedding responsibility, I always had free will to do whatever I liked. It’s just that I often opted for the dumbest option available to me. I was trying to rank the top five dumbest decisions last night (that post will never ever see the light of day) and stopped because there were way too many to choose from.

You know what wasn’t a dumb decision?

Going to Mother Chu’s for a spot of vegetarian food.

Mother Chu’s Vegetarian Kitchen reminds me of a place the guys from Two Brother’s Eating would go to. It’s a little hole in the wall with a very cosy atmosphere. Then again, I have it on good authority that they consider ‘vegetarian’ an offensive term but still.

Yes, Mother Chu’s is a vegetarian restaurant but this is not the first place I’ve gone to that doesn’t appeal to carnivores so my body was ready.

I started off with what I feel is one of the most underrated drinks of all time: Appletiser:

Do the people really want to hear what I think about sparkling apple juice?

Really? You do? That’s sweet.

Just like Appletiser minus the fizz.

Anywho, let’s get to the meat of this blog.

Oh wait…

I’m going to talk about the taste of this dish eventually but I’ve got to start with how it smelt.

The smell that was wafting from this dish was a familiar one that didn’t hit me straight away. Then it hit me.

It smelt EXACTLY like KFC.

Yes, this vegetarian dish featuring eggplant, basil and ‘nuggets’ smelt just like the Colonel.

Though the smell was deceptive, there was no denying how delicious it was. The eggplant was steamed to perfection and extremely tender. The syrupy nature of the sauce made it great to splash over some rice.

I have no idea what the nuggets contained but they were pretty delicious. This just adds weight to the theory that deep frying anything automatically enhances its overall quality. I wonder if I would be more appealing to women if I was deep fried.

I know what you’re thinking, it’s impossible for me to get even more appealing considering how everyone knows bloggers get all the ladies.

Heh.

I don’t talk enough about how much I love noodles. Noodles know about my passion about them but it’s nice to put it out there just so she’s reassured about my commitment to her strands of goodness.

Sorry, weird tangent.

Flat rice noodles rate really high on my noodles tier list (yeah, that exists) so I had lofty expectations for Mother Chu’s take on it. She passed with flying colours and this is without meat. The ‘wok hei’ was present throughout which is a key trait of all stir fry noodle dishes. I also enjoyed the crisp nature of all the vegetables and the bean sprouts were a great addition.

Note: These fingers were not featured in the third Austin Powers movie.

I actually handpicked (heh) this dish myself from the menu due to me loving all three of the main ingredients involved. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that these went incredibly well with the rice noodles we had ordered earlier.

Everything at Mother Chu’s just meshed so well and the harmony was worthy of Whitney Houston in her prime (Ariana Grande for all my high school readers).

Here’s the TL;DR for everyone thinking about their own past failures in life & love

– I think of dinosaurs every time I use the words carnivore and herbivore.

– Tofu is awesome. I have no shame in saying that.

– In saying that, if Mother Chu was my mother I’d weigh as much as Cher’s pinkie finger.

 

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Mother Chu’s Vegetarian Kitchen, CBD

367 Pitt Street

Open Monday to Saturday

Lunch:12 pm – 3 pm

Dinner: 5 pm – 10 pm

 

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