Xiang Ji Shi Jie - Harbin

We were looking for this restaurant in Dong Da Zhi Street 5, but could not find any restaurant in number 5 (or in other parts of the street either). When we asked people at the entrance of Kek Lok Si Temple they guided us to the second floor of white two-storied building just beside the Kek lok si Temple. This building is Dong Da Zhi Street 11. And it is as close to the temple as possible. We did not see any name of the vegetarian restaurant outside of the building, but inside in 1st floor they were selling some vegetarian food items (noodles, fake meat products) and in 2nd floor there was a vegetarian restaurant. We ate very tasty vegetarian meal there: spicy eggplant, tofu in red sauce and broccoli with Chinese mushrooms. Everything was really tasty. They do not have English language menu or pictures in the menu, just names of the dishes in Chinese characters, but the service was friendly and you can trust that everything is vegetarian as it is a Buddhist restaurant. They have also fake-meat dishes. On the walls of the restaurant they have nice Buddhist themed images that show kindness towards animals.

We were a little chic to look for this place, as the reviews on happy cow said, the address was debatable. we gave our taxi driver the name of the tempel and the nr. 5 address and he was sure there was no way we could eat there, but he turned out to be wrong, to his own surprise! the restaurant is back (or side?) it was dark) of the tempel, in the first floor. there was a waiter who spoke a little bit English, and we speak a few mandarin so that it worked well. the waiter also had some notations with English mandarin translation (not the whole menu, only some ingredients and dishes): very contemplative. we ordered the sweet and sour pork and as we like spicy, the waiter recommended a dish with sausage and benprout. we have also ordered a few dumplings. the black was really delicious, crispy on the outside and with a beautiful sauce. the Bohnsprout court was also nice: we loved the seasoned! the dumplings were okay. some simple rice and 2 alcoholic free beers made a great dinner. I would recommend you try this place!

As a student who studied in china in the country, I was looking for health-conscious restaurants and a friend brought me here. it was so delicious that I had to come back. the atmosphere is spacious and quiet, and they play soothing music while they eat. 5/5 is the food very fillable. two people can share a course and be well maintained.

We came to the restaurant around 19:20 clock, the first floor was completely dark. to the happiness someone has dreamed and told us that the restaurant was up and was still open. we went up to find only one table. the waiting staff informed us that they closed at 20 o'clock. the waitress who took our order was really nice. we were hungry so we sat down and ordered a few dishes. because the foods in this part china are rather fat and salty, we asked for light salt and light oil. eating came quickly. we have dumplings, a tofu dish, stir fried mixed vegetables and the spicy aubergine. the sweet dishes were really fat (especially the aubergines.) the soße for the tofu was really salty. I could only eat the upper part that is not thriveed in sauce. the dumplings were good. Taste was decent. but it was too salty and oily for my taste.

We were looking for this restaurant in dong da zhi street 5, but could not find any restaurant in number 5 (or in other street parts). when we asked the people at the entrance of the kek lok si tempel, they led us into the second stage of the white two-storey building right next to the kek lok si tempel. this building is dong da zhi street 11. and it is as close to the tempel as possible. we did not see a name of the vegetarian restaurant outside the building, but inside the 1st floor they sold some vegetarian food (noodles, fake meat products) and in the 2nd floor there was a vegetarian restaurant. we ate very delicious vegetarian meal there: spicy aubergines, tofu in red sauce and brokkoli with Chinese mushrooms. everything was really delicious. they have no English language menu or pictures in the menu, only names of dishes in Chinese characters, but the service was friendly and they can trust that everything is vegetarian as it is a Buddhist restaurant. they also have fake meat dishes. on the walls of the restaurant they have beautiful Buddhist themed pictures that show ease to animals.