Philosophical Vegan Forum

So I'm moving to Melbourne on Friday for University & I'm super excited for food, amongst other things. There is a Hare Kṛṣṇa really close to me & all their food is Vegan, non-GMO, fair trade & organic. You want to know the best part? all you can eat for $5.50. Coming from a small rural town, I've never even seen a restaurant like this, I'm so bloody excited. So does anyone have any experiences at this place (obviously Aussie only or if you're not do have any experiences at places like this?).

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Krishna food is usually based on potatoes, rice, and chickpeas in curries. No garlic or Onion for (misguided) religious reasons. Not usually many vegetables (which are expensive).

$5.50 AUD isn't a very good deal, since they don't use anything expensive in their foods. I'm not sure where the money is going. Based on the food I've eaten at Krishna kitchens before, if I tried really hard I might be able to eat $2 worth (given the cost of materials and basic food prep). Since a margin of 50% is pretty standard in the restaurant business, it seems pretty typical for any restaurant.

In North America, the Hare Krishna usually offer free food as outreach (often near universities), so it's a little surprising they're charging so much (clearly running a normal for-profit business there), but it may be different down under (I don't know much Australian law; they may be hard put upon there by taxes they're exempt from in the states).

I like the Hare Krishna; they're a bit weird and the not eating garlic or Onion thing is unhealthy (given they're the most powerful anti-cancer vegetables there are), but usually pretty nice, and while they do proselytize, they're not very pushy about it.

Keep in mind that incense causes cancer, though. If they're burning a lot of it inside, I'd stay away.