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De Oude Plek, Rotterdam

4 Posted on 03 / 17 / 2013

I've been here a few times, and every time it's been a lovely experience. On the 3rd Saturday of the month, they have an all-you-can-eat buffet (reservations required), which is ideal if you want to sample different dishes. I've been here with several omni family members and they were all pleasantly surprised. Though it's outside the city centre, it can be easily reached by public transport. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

Note: you can buy some of the ingredients they use frozen to use at home. I bought a package of the faux chicken pieces they use and noticed that, while lactose free, they do contain milk protein and are therefore not vegan.

Pros: extensive menu, good value, friendly staff
Cons: location, some vegan dishes may not be truly vegan

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Delicious!

5 Posted on 09 / 13 / 2012

This restaurant was lovely. The place was clean, the service was friendly and the food was delicious! We had the veggie satays and the pineapple chicken which were very tasty. I would return to this place any time. :)

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Legendary!!

5 Posted on 11 / 24 / 2009

"De Oude Plek" is truly a legedary place in Dutch vegan terms! I've heard about it for years and it sounded like a myth; a vegetarian Chinese restaurant outside of the city-centre of Rotterdam with tons of vegan options.

I wanted to go there for ages but I never had the time... untill last weekend! And everything they said about this restaurant is true, even better!

It's a small Chinese restaurant like any other Chinese restaurant. The staff friendly welcomes you, brings you to your seat and give you the menu. You open the menu and than it hits you in the face: all these options... where to start? What to choose? Vegan chicken, babi-pangang and squid?!? Holy molar...

It took me 20 minutes to decide what I wanted and I really enjoyed my meal. Nasi with sateh and fried vegetables with chicken, squid and sausages. I wasn't a big fan of the squid (it was okay but kinda spungy...) but that's the only tiny con about the meal.
And I guess you can pick whatever from the menu, it all seemed really good.
The staff is really friendly, they're doing this with passion.

Funny (or akward...) to mention: it's next to a helal-butcher with gigantic letters: VLEES EN KIP (meat and chicken).

Pros: all the options!, great staff, not too pricy
Cons: quite far from the centre

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Babi Pangang - yippee :)

5 Posted on 08 / 13 / 2009

My husband loves babi pangang and this was the one meal he would miss as he went vegetarian... until now... we found this resaurant and loved it... we've even been back a few times with family and they can't believe it's vegetarian - they are totally fooled by the texture of the meat substitute and my family said convincinly - "maybe we COULD GO vegetarian, too!" We even get take-out the same night we go b/c it's that good we have to have more the next day. It's a drive for us to go there as we live in Eindhoven... but it's well worth it :)

Pros: yummy food, good prices, yummy food

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Oh yummy - i'm in heaven :)

5 Posted on 04 / 15 / 2009

I wanted something special for my one year anniversary of going vegetarian - it also happened to coincide with our wedding anniversary - we chose this restaurant and we were not disappointed at all... we were only disappointed that we didn't order any take-out to take home and enjoy it again. It was so delicious! My husband ordered his favorite thing he always gets or use to get at chinese/indonesian restaurants and that is Babi pangang - and that is what he ordered here and it was exceptionally good - and so we don't have to worry about that - we also plan to go again to take our omnivore family - so we can try and switch them over to our side :) They also had a choice of vegan desserts - i had regular ice cream that night - but next time i'll try and go vegan

Pros: excellent food, location, healthy cuisine

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De Oude Plek, Rotterdam

5 Posted on 05 / 28 / 2007

This place is a good spot. It's outside the city centre but easy enough to reach with a 10 min train journey from Centraal or Blaak. Plenty to choose from and an English speaking waitress who was more than happy to explain to me what I could have as a vegan veggie. Very tasty food. Recommended. A shame it's not open for lunch.

Pros: Vegan veggie friendly, Tasty food, Helpful staff
Cons: Not the most central, Closed lunch times

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Very nice!

5 Posted on 05 / 03 / 2007

Vegetarian Chinese food. Tasty, staff is very friendly. It is indeed out of the city centre, about a ten minutes walk from train station 'Lombardijen'. Its worth it!

Pros: Excellent food, Nice staff, A lot of dishes
Cons: That there isn't, a place like this, in my town