Vegan
Thai
Buffet

Point and choose from the food spread in front of you. A menu is also available 11:00am-7:00pm. Also take away. Grab a free map at the bus station, the restaurant is labeled as pure vegetarian food. Buffet ends when the food runs out, but then it's possible to order from the menu. Previously operated as J-In Pai Restaurant on Th Raddamrang. Secondary number: +66-80-8604178 Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-7:00pm.


Venue map for Chew Xin Jai
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165 Reviews

First Review by kool_kitchen

vegantommasina

Points +33

Vegan
05 Feb 2012

Try the mushrooms! great buffet also.

We have eaten at Char Xin Jai several times and have been impressed every time.

The first time I had the squash with mushrooms and Thai basil. It was perfectly savory, sweet, and saucy. My partner had the pad thai, it was sweet and savory with lots of faux meats intermixed, but the noodles were the thin glass kind, not the flat fettucini style.

The second time we had buffet plates, three items with brown rice for 35B. Everything was well-spiced, more so than the food the last time. We also tried these deep fried balls on a stick which are mock meats of the meat balls sold in streets. They were uninteresting and plastic-y tasting.

The third time I had a bowl of the noodle soup and it was phenomenally delicious. Wow. I think I could eat it every day. They quick steamed glass noodles, and greens, added crunchy bits, cillantro and spring onions, fried tofu, a sauce, and several other fake meats, then added soup broth. It was so tasty, filling and only 30B. My partner had the buffet selection of the day. He had a potato dish, noodle dish, and a sautéed morning glory with rice. He enjoyed it.

But really the claim to fame of this place are the fried mushrooms. they taste just like a meat, or so my partner tells me, I've never tasted meat before.

They have large yellow signs reading "vegetarian" on the corner of every street around it pointing the direction of the restaurant. The wait staff is very friendly and helpful as well. We were being tormented by mosquitoes and they immediately came over and lit mosquito coils and placed them near our feet. The mosquitoes immediately left. Nice.

Pros: cheap, tasty, MUSHROOMS!

Cons: mosquitoes at night

msvegan

Points +377

Vegan
23 Mar 2011

Only pure vegan place in town.

They have good noodle soup daily for 25baht. Also, often have Khao Soi. Overall, I would say most of their dishes are Chinese in style/flavoring/preparation. Daily at lunch they put out 6 veg. dishes for lunch. 2 veg. dishes on red rice is 3o baht. Menu items are 40-60 baht. Basic good food.

Pros: pure vegan, good food/value, no msg

Cons: rustic seating

kool_kitchen

Points +875

Vegetarian
10 Feb 2010

Good food very cheap with Mock meats

At the moment of this review this is the only pure veggie place in town and it is entirely vegan.

The owner is Taiwanese and the cooking is very much mock meat Chinese cuisine.

It's very tasty and cheap. I recommend the fake meat options, nice veg tempura, a lovely tofu and seaweed soup and one of the best thing I had was a dish just marked stir fried vegetables.

The place is not great on atmosphere or nice seating but the cuisine is very tasty and as the only pure veg place in town it does the trick. it's very cheap to.

Buffet option of 3 dishes for 30 baht or an ala carte menu where most dishes are about 60 baht.

Pros: cheap, tasty, fake meat stuff!

Cons: sterile atmosphere, bad seating/uncomfortable, lack of availabilty of dishes




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