Happy Veggies

Wan Chai’s Happy Veggies serves up simple but well put together vegetarian fare in the manner of a local canteen. Popular dishes include the mapo tofu ($60) – stir-fried with peppers and mushrooms in a chilli sauce – and the assorted vegetable hotpot ($82) – braised rice vermicelli and mushrooms with spicy fermented bean paste. They are virtuous veggies: the business is a not-for-profit social enterprise, which actively recruits staff from the deaf community who are extremely helpful and friendly.