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We have just arrived from the restaurant, and I am sure we will not return.I went there with my husband, we are both vegetarians. I read the reviews on the restaurant from this site, and decided to give it a try. We are new in the city. Everythig was very spicy(hot) from the soup to the main course, without us asking for this. We had indian soup and the vegetables and tofu soup (both very hot). Then my husband had the chilli and burrito combo (it was already ordered, otherwise we would have stopped), we expected it to be spicy, but was quite over what we've expected. My main course was a quinoa burger with vegetables and salad. I found the salad was really good, it had a very suitable dressing,the vegetables were so and so, but the rest... hot spices tossed together with sweet ones and covered with a plain tomato sauce...The person serving was nice and helpfull, she actually reccomended me the combination I took as main course, and I'm sure she was well intended,but overall the experience was really dissapointing for us. When we left, my husband was already feeling quite sick, and now he is lying in bed with a "nice" indigestion. So you draw your own conclusions.

The first time I visited La Faim du Monde was shortly after it opened. I ordered a just OK Indian meal there and was so not impressed that I avoided the place...I mean ChuChai is next door and consistently good, so why bother? I re-visited Faim du Monde a couple of weeks ago and was once again disappointed. I ordered Buddha noodles and for a place that aims to be organic and eco or whatever, I was pretty put off by the insanely large portion. Actually, if the dish was any good maybe the wasted food on my plate would not have pissed me off so much since I would have eaten it. Way too much tempeh and tofu in the dish, not enough veggies or flavour. My bf had an African (?) dish over semolina which was equally bland. For what it is, too expensive and I felt gross afterward. Huge disappointment and I'll probably never go back there even though I have heard the burgers are good.