Make friends with more than salad with vibrant vegan vibes at Paradise Centre!
Those embracing a plant-based diet are in for a pleasant surprise when visiting Surfers Paradise as retailers across the popular beachside suburb continue to diversify and grow their vegan varieties.
For your plant-based pleasure, we’ve compiled a list of must-try vegan dishes that are sure to surprise and delight from morning to night.
Breakfast
Beverages at Boost Juice - If you like to start your day with sweetness and colour, then you will be spoilt for choice with a range of smoothies and juices containing the freshest fruits, veggies and boosters with a range of vegan milk varieties.
Chick’n Waffle at Lord of the Fries – If you are looking for something a little more substantial, you can’t go past this creative concoction of Chick’n, Fakin’ Bacon, maple syrup and butter sandwiched between crispy waffles.
For a beautifully presented and colourful take on a vegan breakfast, you can't go past chimichurri cauliflower steaks or an acai bowl from Nahm Talay Thai.
If you're after a more traditional style vegan breakfast offering, La Playa offers a Mediterranean style menu with options including Baltic avo smash with Persian feta, wild mushrooms served with beetroot hummus or potato rosti with house baked beans and roast tomatoes.
Lunch
Tijuana Hot Dog at Lord of the Fries - Skip the siesta for this Mexican favourite inspired by the colourful city of Tijuana. Veg sausage with jalapenos, cheese, onion, spicy tomato sauce and a generous dollop of sour cream. Ariba ariba!
Vegie burrito bowl at Guzman Y Gomez – Get a hearty plant-based fix with a Mexican spin containing all your fave fillings, without the tortilla. Vegies, guacamole, beans, house-made corn chips and Pico de Gallo atop your choice of brown or white rice.
Made fresh each day, Hero Sushi has all your favourite sushi in vegan-friendly versions ready to go for those in a rush. Whether it's tempura vegetable, sweet potato or avocado rolls you're chasing, or a seaweed or tofu poke salad you're craving, their range of vegan options are not only tasty but loaded with health benefits too!
TGI Fridays have just introduced a range of plant based options. Southwest loaded potato twisters, sizzling fajita tower, quesadillas and their Love BUDS Cheeseburger are now all available in plant-based versions.
Now you can have your (Wahl)burger and eat it too! Still containing Paul's signature Wahl sauce, the portobello mushroom veggie burger, with marinated roasted mushrooms and caramelised onion, is sure to to have your tastebuds tingling all the way to the beach.
Dinner
Cipolla pizza at Love Italy – This restaurant was founded on the philosophy of fresh and fast food and even the carnivorous among us will be more than satisfied with this offering containing olive oil, caramelised onion and rocket. Simplicity at its finest!
El Camino Cantina can modify most menu items to suit your dietary needs. Their Cauli Cartel tacos can be served on corn tortillas along with their mushroom fajita. Now you'll never have an excuse to miss $2 taco Tuesday or half price fajita Thursday again.
There's nothing quite like sharing an authentic bowl of pasta or a straight-from-the-oven-hot pizza with your family or loved ones. Now that Enzo's Cucina has vegan cheese options, grab the gnocchi gorgonzola and eat your heart out.
Dessert
Garden Bellini Cocktail at Surfers Paradise Beer Garden – Finish your evening on a sweet note of the liquid variety with this Surfers Paradise institution offering including peach and prosecco fizz, amid an extensive range of colourful cocktails.
If you still have room left for dessert, why not grab a Gelato Messina? Try their most popular sorbet, the salted coconut and mango salsa, or cleanse your palate with classic lemon. With a huge sumptuous sorbet offering, including decadent vegan chocolate, you're sure to find a sweet favourite.
Enjoy!
