There are more and more restaurants that are adapting their menus to delight vegan and vegetarian customers. At Zabb Thai Cuisine in Newport Beach, we are adopting the best Thai food to meet these new dietary trends. We offer the best vegan & vegetarian Thai Food menus to please our clients in Orange County. The vegan & vegetarian Thai cuisines we offer are not only suitable for vegetarians and vegans, but it also good for health-conscious people and ethical individuals who would like to enjoy a meal in our restaurant.
Zabb Thai Cuisine has continued to grow because of our dedicated service and by offering the best Thai food in all of Orange County. So if you are vegan, vegetarian or just looking for a healthy meal then you cant go wrong by dining with us.
Som Tam (Spicy Green Thai Papaya Salad)
This is a popular Thai vegetarian dish you can try in Thailand and in Orange County. It is mouth-watering sweet, spicy, salty, sour, and savory Thai food prepared by using fresh shredded green (unripe) papaya, lime, galangal, juicy tomatoes, carrots, tamarind juice, long beans, palm sugar, and peanuts.
Stir-Fried Pumpkin (Pad Phuk Tong)
You’re probably accustomed to seeing pumpkins being carved during Halloween. We use pumpkins to create some delicious Thai cuisine called Pad Phuk tong. We mix spring onions, coriander leaves, sugar, garlic, water, white pepper, celery, and soy sauce to bring some twist to pumpkin which is a unique taste. It is one of the best vegetarian dishes, and you should try it with Thai fragrant rice.
Pak Boong (Morning Glory)
It is one of the healthiest Thai foods you can try while you’re on vacation in Orange County. It is salty, crunchy, spicy, and sour has soy sauce, chilies, soybean paste, and garlic. Oyster sauce is often added when preparing morning glory. However, the chef does not include the sauce to keep it vegetarian.
Fried Vegetables (Pad Pak)
As the name suggests this is an all-vegetable Thai food you can try in our restaurant in Orange County. Some of the vegetables used to make it are mushrooms, cauliflower, and broccoli. When you come to our restaurant you will find different vegetables used to prepare it. You can choose what you wish to add to your Pad Pak.
Vegetable Noodle Soup with Lemongrass
Thai noodle soup is what you should have to keep you warm on a chilly day. It is well recognized to be an effective treatment for the flu or a cold and is also thought to improve mood. Coconut milk, lemongrass, several veggies, thin rice noodles, or noodles are the main ingredient in preparing such soup. You can try it as a meal at any time of the day.
Pad Phak (Stir-Fried Vegetables)
It is another vegetarian Thai dish that will help you stay on track irrespective of your diet! You will feel satisfied and & want some more to try. Vegetable oil, coarsely sliced garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, shallots, carrots, bell pepper, snow peas, mushrooms, soy sauce, spinach leaves, Thai pepper powder, and lime juice are needed to make this dish. These are all combined to give your dishes a variety of flavors. With this dish, you can serve Thai jasmine rice.
Mixed Tofu (Tao Hoo Song Kreung)
You must be familiar with tofu. It is a curd form of soya milk. It is a great source of calcium, iron, and protein for vegans and vegetarians. Mixed tofu is prepared by stirring-frying various kinds of tofu with basil. We also serve mixed tofu with steamed rice, just like the majority of the other recipes we have discussed.
Laab Jay (Vegan Laab)
In Thailand, most Laab salads have chicken, beef, or pork but you can have a vegetarian version. Simply substitute tofu for the meat and you’ll have a delicious meal. The tofu is mixed with lime juice, Thai roasted chili paste, green onions, coriander leaves, roast rice powder, lemongrass, etc. If you don’t enjoy spicy cuisine, ask for it to be prepared moderately or mildly because the spices used to make this meal make it extremely hot and spicy.
There are so many more vegetarian Thai foods that you can try while in Orange County. We’ll just list other options you can taste without going into details about them.
- Heavenly pineapple fried rice. It consists of fried rice with cashews, peas, curry sauce, and pineapple chunks.
- Thai Vegetable Spring Rolls. These make for a good snack as you travel around Thailand sightseeing. Stuffed with vegetables try them with sweet and sour or hot sauce.
- Thai Mushroom Fried Rice
- Khao Niew Ma Muang (mango sticky rice)
- Thai Peanut Noodles
- Chao Kuai. This Thai treat is made from dried Chinese mesona plant stems and leaves that have been boiled to create jelly.