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• Great value for 100% vegan buffet

I had never heard of this place and stumbled on it... wow! I am so glad I did! I agree with the other poster about the buffet, you can't beat the price for a vegan buffet in this city, especially when it has variety that includes Southern Chinese/Hong Kong/Taiwanese xiaochi, a chef cooking up other things (like zhua bing, the stringy bread that's very thin and yummy!), and 100% vegan desserts -- red bean pancakes, mini cakes, etc. They also have mini hotpots (with all the stuff you'd want to put in it) and a variety of drinks, including hot soy milk, a variety of teas, an orange drink (not fizzy or overly sweet thankfully!), and a red bean drink (not too keen on that, too thick for my tastes). If you want sugar or salt or anything you will need to ask for it (or pick it up off a table), but they'll let you stay there forever and eat or sit around and try all the drinks like I did. Also, I have to say, one of the things that most impressed me was the focus on organic fruits and veggies, and the fact that many dishes focused on veggies as the key ingredient: this is not solely a mock meat feast like so many other places. Alcohol is the only thing you would need to pay for, but they do have it. (Beer is about 12 kuai there for a liter, I think - the people next to me bought some to go with the massive amounts of food they were consuming.) [As for finding the place, just in case you can't find it right away: I entered near the Costa coffee on the ground level of Solana mall. If you don't know: Solana mall is located at Chaoyang park's Northwest corner, but can be accessed from Liangmaqiao subway (line 10) Southeast subway exit (near the Youyi shopping center and Kempinski hotel). Once out of the subway exit turn left (pass the trattoria restaurant corner) and follow the canal, crossing over the bridge bridge, continuing left, then right and sort of walking behind the Liangma restaurant. You'll then go straight and follow the canal a bit more to the park/mall area. If you decide to take the subway, however, I recommend bringing a map and just trying to get to the west or Northwest of Chaoyang park from Liangmaqiao. Once there, it's hard to miss. ]