• Fusion Fare Restaurant

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  • White Veg-options
Vegan-friendly
Chinese
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Restaurant with a variety of clearly marked plant-based options like "Sichuan Numbing Noodles" (wheat noodles with green Sichuan peppercorn sauce), Asian pesto noodles," and "Tofu Roujiamo" (crispy pancake filled with tofu skin and cucumber). Open Mon 11:00am-2:30pm, 4:30pm-12:00am, Wed-Sun 11:00am-2:30pm, 4:30pm-12:00am. Closed Tues.


1 Review

First Review by andyjng

andyjng

Points +5980

Vegan
05 Jan 2026

Surprising Sichuan Hit!

Seems like a Sichuan spot has finally settled into this little corner of Downtown Santa Cruz after a few turnovers, and I am here for it. With Chinese music playing in the background to the inclusion of art and red elements, my mouth was ready for the fire.

You seat yourselves when not busy and order by scanning the QR code to pull up the menu (and pay in the end).

At least a third of the menu is marked vegan and gluten-free, which helps a lot to make the offerings more inclusive.

We ended up going for their Sichuan Numbing Noodles and the Stir-fried Lotus Root and Veggies. Everything is marked as being spicy but I'll be honest and say... it could've been spicier lol.

The numbing noodles had great flavor. I love drinking water afterwards and feeling like my tongue can taste the spice. Sub out for their wider noodles for extra taste, but the thinner rice noodles work just as well. If I were only getting the noodles, I would add tofu to give some protein. The lotus root dish itself was also great and would've really gone well with rice.

Glad to see this be a part of the downtown selection and hope they continue to do well.




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