Shakahari vegetarian restaurant
201-203 Faraday St Carlton Melbourne
+61 (3) 9347 3848
The name Shakahari, incidentally, is the Hindi word for "vegetarian". For more than forty years Shakahari has been one of this city's most innovative restaurants.
Eschewing compromise, Shakahari has maintained a firm commitment to the two fundamentals of its cuisine: It is completely vegetarian and it uses only fresh, natural ingredients. Menus are changed quarterly to take full advantage of seasonally available fruits and vegetables and there are no artificial ingredients or food colouring used.
The menu is exclusively vegetarian and designed to be balanced, nutritious as well as innovative. In keeping with its original Indian inspiration, the interior design of Shakahari's Carlton location uses basic village tones and simple furnishings.
What's on the menu at Shakahari vegetarian restaurant?
As starters, avocado wedges and red capsicums rolled in thin eggplant slices then "tempura fried" in a rice batter, served with a jade green sesame coriander puree - Mushroom hemp dumplings, shredded green papaya tossed with various raw vegetables, roasted cashews, organic tempeh (traditional soy product originating from Indonesia) and fresh herbs - Vegan, non-dairy, gluten-free, no onion or garlic salad called "Shakahari".As main courses, crunchy croquettes consisting of yam, black quinoa, buckwheat, macadamia nuts and diced vegetables - Deep-fried skewers of beancurd, Seitan (wheat gluten - derived from the protein portion of wheat), onion and capsicum dressed with a mildly spiced peanut sauce - Organic Japanese udon noodles, young spinach, mushrooms and bean sprouts - Baked lasagne of Italian vegan lasagne sheets layered with two mixtures... and so much more to discover!
Concerning ambience and staff:
It looks smaller from the outside but quite roomy inside with simple decor and pleasant, warm and homely ambience. Staff is great but not very reactive.Category: Vegetarian / Vegan / Organic / Bio
Price range: Au$13.50 ~ Au$22.50
- Monday: 12/3pm - 6/9.30pm
- Tuesday: 12/3pm - 6/9.30pm
- Wednesday: 12/3pm - 6/9.30pm
- Thursday: 12/3pm - 6/9.30pm
- Friday: 12/3pm - 6/9.30pm
- Saturday: 12/3pm - 6/10.30pm
- Sunday: 6pm / 9.30pm
We speak:
This page is available in English | Vietnamese
Visit at: http://www.shakahari.com.au/
Users opinions about
Ann Taylor
Melbourne,Good ambience, food is interesting some dishes very savoury, my best dish is probably the lasagne and the orange pudding. Prices are ok around $100 for 4.