Sweet and sour mushrooms + tofu casserole at Formosa in Ashburton
Veg dumplings sizzling hot at Formosa in Ashburton
Corn fritters, very nice at Formosa in Ashburton

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Pan-Asian cuisine where most of the vegetarian dishes can be made vegan upon request (if not already), such as dumplings and fried rice. Open Mon-Thu 11:30am-2:00pm, 4:30pm-8:30pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-8:30pm. Closed Sun.

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3 Reviews

First Review by sophv

Avatar MarieNguyenBenford

MarieNguyenBenford

Points +723

Vegan
17 Dec 2025

Several veg options in a scarce veg landscape

Traveling between Christchurch and Dunedin, there seem to be very few vegan options. We stopped here for a lack of other options and were reasonably satisfied. Many dishes have a vegetarian or vegetarian option label such as basil stir fry tofu (which my husband really enjoyed, though I found it it a bit too sweet) and the vegetable stir fry (a bit oily). Other options include sweet and sour tofu and honey braised tofu. We followed a previous reviewer's advice who wrote that the vegetarian dishes were vegan unless otherwise listed, so we didn't ask too many questions.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-17

Pros: Several veg options, Nice restaurant, Generous portions

Cons: Pricey, Overly sweet and oily

at Formosa in Ashburton

Basil tofu stir fry at Formosa in Ashburton

Avatar MarliesMulders

MarliesMulders

Points +266

Vegan
14 Nov 2025

Good option in vegan dessert

Good Asian food with enough vegan options. They understand vegan and offer different varieties of tofu to replace their meat and fish.

Menu shows “vegetarian option” which is also vegan, unless stated differently.

We had two stir fried tofu dishes. One braised tofu sweet and sour and puffed tofu sheets with a more tangy sauce. Tastes were very well balanced, high quality preparation.

For starters we had en corn fritter with seeweed, which serves as a very taste snack. And veg dumplings, pan fried.

Staff very friendly and accomodating. Would definitely recommended

Puffed tofu sheets, delicious! at Formosa in Ashburton

Corn fritters, very nice at Formosa in Ashburton

Veg dumplings sizzling hot at Formosa in Ashburton

Avatar sophv

sophv

Points +103

Vegan
16 Jun 2018

Vegan options in Ashburton woohoo!

There are not many vegan options in this town so 4 stars for having veg food and knowing what vegan means. Most of the vegetarian options were already vegan, others could be made vegan. We had fried riced, dumplings, edamame and sweet & sour cauliflower. The sweet & sour cauliflower was expensive but amazingggg. Nice atmosphere and probably the best place in town

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