Location: 2399 Cawthra Road, Mississauga
Website: https://daibichay.com/
I’ll admit that I was a bit skeptical of Dai Bi Chai going in. An entirely vegetarian Vietnamese place? With a bunch of mock meats on the menu? How good could that be?
Quite good, as it turns out.
I tried the bun bo hue chay, a zingy, spicy bowl of noodle soup that comes with an assortment of mock meats. The soup itself was quite tasty, with a zippy flavour (that’s nicely amped up by the smoky chili oil on the table) and a decent amount of depth that keeps things interesting.
As for the mock meats, I’m pretty sure they’re all tofu-based (they all have the taste and texture of very firm tofu); I don’t think anyone’s going to be fooled, but they’re tasty for what they are.
Michael Eats 