Style:
Small independently
owned noodle bar (Chinese/Asian fusion in style) tucked inbetween the shops of
Exeter’s main thoroughfare – quite easy to miss if you don’t know it!
Service:
Always
polite, friendly and efficient – a young service team & the owner on duty
keeping an eye on things.
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| Clean simple seating inside. |
Food choices:
So easy for
Vegans as all Vegan options are labeled V+ (vegetarian are V). Chose from starters,
filling noodle soups, strifries with rice and stirfries with noodles. They are
also happy to accommodate preferences if you need to change a dish slightly.
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| Crispy vegetable tempura with sweet chilli dipping sauce. |
Nom factor:
I love this
style of food and I’ve yet to have a dish here that wasn’t good. They don’t use
MSG, everything is cooked fresh to order and it arrives steaming to the table in
the order it’s cooked. The tempura are crisp, the Hungry monk (garlic/black
bean sauce) is very tasty, I love the Yasai Yakisoba noodles and the Sweet and
sour is a sticky sweet indulgence. Rice and noodle dishes alike are always perfect
and the veg crisp and fresh. I even like their soups which are far better and
contain far more ingredients than those served at Wagamamas (for example). [ nb
the soups are a very healthy filling option if you’re watching kcals – or want
to have tempura as well;) ]
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| Delicious veg noodle tofu soup. |
How much:
The lunchtime
special is fabulous value at just £6 for a very filling main stirfry dish and a
drink (I always have sparkling water).
Miso soup
£1.70
Tempura £4.10
Edamame
(soya) beans £4.20
Main dishes and
large noodle soups approx £7
Other stuff:
The tiny kitchen
is open so you can see in – which is always reassuring. They are open to
creating dishes to your specific requirements and have a great understanding of
Veganism. Seating is bench style and some small tables for 2 in the window.
They will always endeavour to seat you away from other people unless they are
very busy, which is lovely. It’s clean, tables always cleared and wiped down
quickly and there is one toilet which is clean and spacious.
Other comments:
This is fast
becoming my favourite pitstop in Exeter because it’s such good value and
consistently good. It can get extremely busy 12-2, but lunch goes on til 3
which is great and the turnover of people having a quick working lunch means
that you never need to wait long for a table. You can reserve a table if you
need to and people often do. Many Chinese people eat there which is always a
good sign in my opinion.
Handy if you’re
going to a matinee at the Vue Cinema nearby – for a meal before or a bite to
eat after.
Tyepyedong
means ‘a place to eat without the fuss’ – and that’s exactly what this fabulous
little place offers Vegans!
If you visit Tyepyedong - please let me know what you think!
Much love
Chantal xx 