Veggie Villa.

Oh the excitement I felt when I saw a new vego place opening in Flemington right near my work! Veggie Villa is now open and has a fabulous menu. We have been twice within a couple of days, once for dessert and once for lunch. The meals are very affordable and dabble in Asian, Indian, burgers and also a big raw section. It was great and I'll be there often.

Here's the raw chocolate shake - $7 for a large and with banana, agave, vanilla beans, raw cacao powder and your choice of milk. It was YUM.

Raw chocolate cheesecake - $7. Very yum and surprisingly light.

Raw blueberry cheesecake - $7. BEST.

Mango tropical juice made on coconut water and fresh mango - $6 for large. This was as delicious as it sounds. Could have done with some ice though!

We got the corn chips with salsa and cashew cheese from the 'Small plate' menu - $5. A generous serve of tasty corn chips with tasty dips, maybe not quite enough of them but tasty none the less.

Tempeh wrap with spinach, tomato coleslaw, satay sauce and chilli sauce in pita bread - $7. This was tasty and filling. I am not a huge tempeh fan and will try the tofu version next trip but the satay sauce made all things good.

Okay here is the winner - wheat chicken veggie burger with green salad, cucumber, tomato, satay sauce and creamy coleslaw on a delicious focaccia, $7. This was stupid tasty and also $7, yes I will be eating a lot of these and easing the work day pain.

Veggie Villa has no online presence but can be found at 331 Racecourse Road, Flemington 3031 VIC. Their number is 03 9376 7140. Thank you for bringing vego food to my side of the tracks VV :)

Chef Lagenda.

Chef Lagenda has been my go to for Malaysian since I moved to Melbourne. These three dishes are all simple in nature but seriously packed with flavour.

Fried crispy lime tofu with sweet chilli sauce - $6.50. I think the coriander really makes this dish. The shredded lettuce and carrot come in handy for mopping up the tasty sauce.

Chinese broccoli with garlic sauce - $13.80. I feel this is steep for greens but damn that garlic sauce is crack. I will continue to nom it forever.

Vegetarian fried rice (minus the egg) - $8.20. This is delicious and confusingly cheap - yay!

Pho House.

Oh hai Pho House! You are my new favourite. Wonderful $10 Vietnamese meals and a two minute drive from my work? I love you. I go here a lot and I am always left satisfied (due to the amazing food and lovely staff!)

Yes, I did go in for this dish five times in the last two weeks. Grilled tofu skewers - $10. Vermicelli noodles, shredded lettuce, bean shoots, carrot, cucumber and peanuts with four skewers of deep-fried tofu and Vietnamese dressing - YES PLEASE. This comes with a bowl and you generally get two bowlfuls from a serve. Delicious bargain and my ideal lunch meal.

One of the two bowls it makes up, topped with chilli sauce.

Fried beancurd with vegetables on rice - $10. This is yum and if the above meal did not exist, I may have ordered it more than once but that will never happen because the above meal exists.

Veggie spring rolls - $5 and comes with fresh mint, lettuce leaves and Vietnamese dipping sauce. Rolls are quite mushroomy which was a nice change from cabbageville like most places.

Laksa King.

I love working near Laksa King. $9.80 for a huge, fresh, satisfying bowl of soup, noodles and veggies. Never misses a beat. It's rare that I can finish a bowl which is awesome as then it becomes two meals. This visit I got the laksa (have tried the other vego dishes but nothing compares) and Kathleen got the vego gado gado - $8.50 lunch special. My laksa was perfection but the gado gado was apparently a bit too sweet, with pineapple and tomato everywhere. The sauce was quite sweet too, not that rich peanut flavour that she was searching for.

This just cements the fact that Laksa King is for laksa. Delicious, cheap and all satisfying laksa.