The Blue Bird Vegetarian Cafe

I LOVE the Blue Bird vegetarian cafe! You may not know this but I am an incredibly fussy eater. I don't eat, beef, lamb, pork, seafood, roast vegetables, etc but I do eat fish and chicken. Therefore I love vegetarian food. I once went to a meat market a few months ago in Malaysia and I bawled my eyes out as this market had LIVE chicken, wrapped up in newspaper, tied by a string. They were sold like a bag of potatoes! :S

Anyway I first tried this restaurant with my sisters and then with Josh. It is so interesting! The cafe is painted in blue with blue furniture and oh don't let the name fool ya, it opens for dinner too. They have paintings of birds all over and they play some sort of odd relaxing music. All the waitresses dress up in saris and they have pictures of this man who is like their leader on the walls. So I believe that their food must originate from some sort of movement or religion. Anyway I am a catholic but I have nothing against other religions or beliefs so I was quite happy to oblige.

Their menu is really quite simple. Everything is obviously vegetarian and served in bowls. You choose 1 from around 6 different types of toppings and they serve it on 1 of 3 different types of base. For example they have a peanut sauce topping, a mexican topping, a creamy mushroom topping etc and you choose one to go on either a brown rice, kumara or mashed potato base. They also have three different sizes and it's very filling so I normally go for a small. My all time favourite is the mexican topping. They also serve it with vegetarian sour cream that tastes better than the real thing. And with every meal, they serve it with two slices of amazing bread. The last time I was there, Josh had the peanut sauce and we both really did not like it. It was way too peanuty. It's great for a few bites but definitely not for a whole meal. However I highly recommend the mexican.

I also took away a slice of vegetarian banana cake. Omg I honestly don't know how they do it but it tasted amazing. People have the idea that vegan food taste gross, just the word vegan is ugly but this cafe seriously proves that theory is wrong-o! I can never be sick of the place and I highly recommend you give it a go.






If you're into something unique and interesting, you must try it. I can't believe I never heard about it for the years I've been here. Do try it out!!!

My rating: 4/5 ( I did not give it 5/5 only because the peanut dressing wasn't very good however the rest was amazing!)

The Blue Bird Cafe address and Contact:

299 Dominion Road,
Mt Eden,
Auckland,
New Zealand.
(near Valley Road, opposite the ASB bank)

+64 (09) 623 4900

http://www.thebluebird.co.nz/