Vege Creek
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| Products 📟 | Vegetarian luwei |
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Vege Creek (Chinese: 蔬河) is a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant brand specializing in made-to-order plant-based noodle bowls and braised luwei dishes.[1] Founded in 2012 by Paul Hsu and his friend, the brand originated in Taipei's Yanji Street near Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and later expanded to multiple locations, including branches in shopping malls. As of the mid-2020s, Vege Creek operates approximately nine stores across Taiwan, including in Taipei and Taichung.[2] It is Taiwan's second largest vegan restaurant chain after Loving Hut.[3]
Vege Creek is known for a Taiwanese-style self-selection dining model (自助式) in which customers choose individual vegetables, mushrooms, tofu products, and noodles before the ingredients are cooked together in a shared broth. A distinctive feature of its stores is a "vegetable wall", where bundles of leafy greens—such as sweet potato leaves, bok choy, water spinach, and Chinese cabbage—are displayed vertically for customers to select. Other ingredients, including mushrooms, fermented tofu, rice cakes, konjac, pumpkin, and various plant-based balls, are pre-packaged and priced individually.[4]
The restaurant's broth is a light herbal base made with traditional Taiwanese herbal medicinal ingredients such as licorice root, angelica root, goji berries, red dates, and black dates, along with salt and pepper. According to staff descriptions reported in Taiwanese media, the broth is oil-free and does not use MSG. Ingredients are briefly cooked in the broth and served with noodles, then topped with additional broth, soy-based sauce, and dried seaweed. Customers may also customize flavors using a condiment station that typically includes sesame oil, soy sauce, chili, basil sauce, citrus sauce, miso sesame sauce, curry powder, and pepper.[5]
Vege Creek offers several types of egg- and dairy-free noodles, such as rice noodles, wheat noodles, ramen-style noodles, and mung bean noodles. Some locations provide set lunch options with fixed combinations of noodles, vegetables, and plant-based proteins, marketed as lower-calorie meals. Take-out service is available, and seating in many branches is limited, often consisting of a shared table.[6]
Vege Creek has been covered by English- and Mandarin-language media as an example of Taiwan's contemporary vegetarian dining scene, which blends traditional plant-based cooking influenced by Buddhist vegetarian cuisine with modern, customizable service formats.[7] Its customer base includes vegetarians, vegans, and flexitarians seeking lighter meals, reflecting broader trends in Taiwan toward health-conscious and plant-forward eating.[8]
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References
- ↑ 藍婷 (1 March 2019). "台北隱世美食推介！大安區Vege Creek蔬河 新鮮食材素食麵店". Cosmopolitan (magazine) (in 中文). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ Wycech, Olivia (September 14, 2013). "Restaurant review: Vege Creek 蔬河". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ Lor, Jenny Star (November 28, 2022). "The 4 Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurants in Taipei". greenqueen.com. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ 萍子 (2015-09-16). "一整面的蔬菜牆！咖啡廳風格的東區創意「素食滷味」". ETtoday (in 中文). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ 廖蔚尹 (2019-04-04). "青菜在這啦！時尚「菜」滷味". The Epoch Times (in 中文). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ 陳怡君 (2019-02-23). "台北‧VEGE CREEK 蔬河 多種新鮮蔬菜×極簡文青風". Liberty Times (in 中文). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ Chyan, Amy (August 31, 2016). "How a Taipei Restaurant Turned a Meat-Filled Street Snack Vegan". Vice (magazine). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ↑ 郭家崴 (2018-03-06). "新光三越站前店 健康主義「Vegecreek蔬河」滷味進駐". China Times (in 中文). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
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