Restaurant: Simon's Wok

Vegetarian restaurants scare me. It's the choice, you see. At a (quote/unquote) "normal" restaurant, I can pick the vegetarian option (or chose between a couple). At a place like Simon's Wok there are over a hundred different things I could eat. But the deer-in-a-headlight feeling is well worth the deliciousness. It's also worth the trek, it's located east of the DVP.



Despite the temptation of ordering randomly off the menu, we decided to pick using our human logic. Simon's Wok has lots of fake meat items, so we made sure to get some of those. We started with some mock duck appetizers, which are quite nice. Next up were the Szechuan Fake Shrimp (seen at bottom right on the picture below). I don't remember what shrimp taste like, but apperently they were a pretty good proxy. Whatever their flavour-replication accuracy was, they were delicious. We had got one of their specials before on a previous visit, so we ordered the broccoli and king mushroom again (also excellent). My parents enjoy eggplants (I don't) so we got an eggplant dish (I still enjoyed the peppers, mushrooms and tree fungus in it). We finished off with a fried noodle and veggie dish, which was quite nice.



Remember to bring cash, Simon's Wok doesn't take anything else.

Simon's Wok Vegetarian Kitchen
797 Gerrard St. East, Toronto