Vegan
Chinese
Buffet
Take-out
Rockville vegan restaurant serving Chinese food. Offering dishes using tofu and seitan as meat-substitutes. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-9:00pm.
114 Reviews
First Review by kimmie2072
travler2
Points +34
Best Vegan Chinese Restaurant in the area - Edit
This has got to be the only and the best purely vegan chinese restaurant in the entire DC Metropolitan area. cannot compare Vegetable Garden to Yuan Fu because Vegetable Garden is not 100% Vegan. My faves are the Hot and Sour Soup and the Crispy Orange Beef.
Read morePros: great service, excellent prices, nice portions
Cons: need more locations
Guest
DC Vegan
Points +345
Another Lovely Option for Vegans in the DC area - Edit
Yuan Fu is just a few miles north of the Vegetable Garden and is also a delightful (if smaller) restaurant. It's also about six blocks from the Rockville Metro station, while Veg Garden is right across the street from the White Flint Metro. But both places are good.
Read moreOne thing you must get at Yuan Fu (unless it's 90 degrees out) is the Sizzling Rice Soup. Crispy rice cakes are placed in a bowl, and the server pours a hot broth over them, stirs it up, and dishes it to eveyrone at the table. It's a somewhat viscous broth with vegetables and you have to be careful when eating it so as not to burn your mouth. It's also quite filling and addictive! The first time I had it, I dreamed about it for days afterward.
Their "beef" and "pork" are made of seitan, but when I tried it yesterday, the beef dish we got was kind of mushy; maybe it's that way in the dish. The "chicken" is made with soy protein and also varies from dish to dish. I'm a fan of the Chicken Snow Peas dish. The "duck" is made of layers of pressed tofu skin and is delicious. Both the duck appetizer and the duck hot pot were utterly delicious and is equally good as leftovers the next day.
If you become a regular, Mary, the owner will recognize you and be especially friendly. It pays to dine with regulars when you go there.
The only thing that truly bothers me is that there are no refills on iced tea. I can understand not refilling beverages served from a can, which is how they serve their sodas, but I like a lot of iced tea when I'm eating, and that doesn't come from a can, so it should be easily refilled.
I still will try to eat there every few months--as I live in the District and don't own a car, it's not always easy to get up there. But it is worth the trip.
Pros: Good food, Mostly friendly service
Cons: Far from a Metro, No refills on iced tea, Rather small space
pyatrus
FYI:
Read moreYuan Fu is a half-mile south of the Rockville Metro Station. According to Google Maps, an 11-min. walk. There are two bus routes, buses run every 8 min. for a 7-min. bus ride. :-)
And you can stop by and pay homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald (i.e., his grave) along the way at St. Mary's. :-)
Rockville Pike is a busy, noisy street to walk along, I agree.
Guest
khb
Points +141
Every bit as good as the Vegetable Garden - Edit
It's easy to tell that this place doesn't do as much business as the Vegetable Garden. It's smaller, has many fewer tables (VG's are sometimes packed annoyingly close together), and the decor is worn and faded. What gives? Is it just that VG is right by a Metro station, and Yuan Fu isn't?
Read morePros: vegan chinese food, watermelon juice, reasonable prices
Cons: a bit far from metro
Guest
condekedar
Points +9962
Nice joint - Edit
Yuan Fu is a nice little place with extensive vegan dishes and options. Their service is super-friendly and their food is tasty, light and healthy. I found their orange beef to be a tad dry, but their chicken with mixed vegetables was robust and diverse in its flavors. Their prices are good and portion sizes are large. I'd say Yuan Fu and its down-the-road competitor, The Vegetable Garden, are on equal footing.
Read morePros: Taste, Price
Guest
ladie99
Points +34
Mock Meat Rocks! - Edit
This place has a large selection to choose from. The mock meat is flavorful, the staff can be rushed but thats usually beacue theres a full house. The price is reasonable.
Read morePros: extensive menu, nice portions, reasonable price
Guest
kimmie2072
Points +39
Wonderful food! - Edit
I have eaten at this place every time I have visited my family in md. The food is very good and inexpensive. The people who work there are friendly and willing to explain anything to you. Like I said, when my family and I visit that area, that is the place we love to eat.
Read morePros: nice staff, clean, good food
Guest
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