VegeTable

The meal was really over priced and small servings and the service was just okay. We ordered two mains and one soup cost $1111 twd. The food was really nothing special, not worth what you are paying and don't get you full. We ending up went to vegecreek afterwards for more food..

Taste of soil soup and Risotto were excellent. Great place.

This restaurant is connected with Tosca, one of my favourite mid-range vegan restaurants in Kyoto, which is probably the vegan capital of Asia. I was very excited to hear that the lifelong vegan owner was opening a restaurant in Taipei, and excited to hear that a new Japanese restaurant was opening, but didn't realise that VegeTable was either of these when I went there.

But I must admit I was disappointed. VegeTable has a nice interior, and the food was good - not outstanding, but certainly a nice dining experience, quality-wise. But it was just too expensive for what it was: I ordered two dishes, which came to NT560, and left hungry enough that had I had the time I would have gone to the nearby Veggie Creek Dunnan store for 'dinner' afterwards (I didn't have time, so dinner was convenience store food). I think a filling meal would cost around NT1000 per person, with drinks extra, and I don't think the food is worth that.
I think it's more expensive than Tosca, and this is Taipei, not Kyoto.

Also, the (non-vegan) owner didn't know anything about whether or not his wine was vegan, or even that wines usually aren't vegan. This is a bad sign for a vegan restaurant, as it calls into doubt how careful he is with the food.

It's early days, and there's certainly a niche market for vegan Japanese food in Taipei, and Tosca is brilliant, so I hope things will improve. But this was my first experience at VegeTable, and I'm in no hurry to return.