Vej Naturals
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Vej Naturals
264 Washington St.
Malden, MA 02148
781-388-0990
www.vejnaturals.com
Hours
Tuesday and Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Sunday brunch: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
At Vej Naturals, you can take your taste buds around the world without ever leaving the table! Started by husband-and-wife co-owners Robert and Lisa Bouley with the mission of "providing wholesome, delicious, organic, vegan food at reasonable prices," this humble little café offers an impressive array of dishes from many culinary traditions—including Italian, Mexican, Asian, and American.
Customer favorites include the comfort-food classic Barbecue Platter—which includes maple barbecue seitan strips, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, and braised greens—and the adventurous Moqueca, a traditional Brazilian dish made with tofu, greens, rice, and sweet potatoes or plantains.
Other must-try items on Vej Naturals' ever-changing menu include Momos (a Nepalese dumpling filled with five-spice tofu, cilantro, chilies, and spice served with tomato achar), the Tempeh Reuben sandwich (maple-cured tempeh, sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, and roasted tomatoes on hearty rye bread), and African Groundnut Stew (sweet potatoes, black-eyed peas, tomatoes, eggplant, chilies, peanut butter, ginger, and coriander served over brown rice and greens).
Hungry for more dining adventures? The restaurant offers a different internationally themed dinner every other Sunday evening, giving customers an opportunity to sample appetizers, soups, entrées, and desserts—from cuisines ranging from Caribbean to Moroccan—at an affordable price.
If Sunday brunch beckons, Vej Naturals serves up scrumptious tofu scrambles, breakfast burritos, French toast, multigrain pancakes, bagels and "cream cheese," and more all morning long.
With such diverse and creative offerings, it's easy to see why Vej Naturals' nonvegan customers are pleasantly surprised. In fact, when Vej Naturals served up their Barbecue Seitan at a local barbecue, it was "heartily enjoyed by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike!" And what do Vej Naturals' customers have to say? "The presentation is immaculate, and the food itself superb," "This restaurant is my favorite vegan restaurant; the food is delicious and healthy," and "The food here is probably the best vegan food in Boston," for starters. But don't take their word for it—next time you're in the neighborhood, stop in to Vej Naturals to take your taste buds on a trip they won't soon forget.
