If it's winter, Hare Krishna in Northbridge and Annalakshmi would have had the best 'warming' foods. Hungry Jack's would have been a great default option.
For actual details (like Hare Krishna serving on metal trays etc.) feel free to hmu, I don't know how much detail you need.
I also want to add that outside of tofu dishes, many South East Asian places got kind of mad if you asked for substitutions outside of the tofu options already on the menu. I would say tofu substitutions in general was a very '.....we don't do that sorry.' Or you'd just get the Look.
But yeah I ate WELL among my vegetarian friends in Perth at the time (to the point that it has influenced the way I cook ever since, I still make dhal, I still make carrot and ginger soup, I still get veggie whoppers, I still get tofu pad thai (and mapo tofu which my veggie friends weren't having, I'm a tofu convert lmao), I still make vegetarian pasta, etc., it was just that what we ate well was almost always junk food, or Indian or South East Asian or Italian food, lol. I will add that you really couldn't expect to be catered for in 'white places' (many cafes or restaurants), or there would be like... sometimes one sad token meal. Or alternatively, we would just all have chips with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce and iced coffees which frankly are still some of my happiest memories. That happened at Moon Cafe, also in Northbridge (and still there!) Back in the day it played a lot of goth-industrial music, and also dance music, it was open late so it was a great place to crash in a booth and just chat with friends. Also pretty queer, though not to the point that people weren't just using it for cheap feeds.
Happy to answer more until you get someone more specifically suited to answering your questions! Back in the day, we were in a poor immigrant area and so most of my friends were POC and specifically Asian of some kind, and vegetarianism was actually pretty common. Shout out to the 1990s John Forrest crew, lol.
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For actual details (like Hare Krishna serving on metal trays etc.) feel free to hmu, I don't know how much detail you need.
I also want to add that outside of tofu dishes, many South East Asian places got kind of mad if you asked for substitutions outside of the tofu options already on the menu. I would say tofu substitutions in general was a very '.....we don't do that sorry.' Or you'd just get the Look.
But yeah I ate WELL among my vegetarian friends in Perth at the time (to the point that it has influenced the way I cook ever since, I still make dhal, I still make carrot and ginger soup, I still get veggie whoppers, I still get tofu pad thai (and mapo tofu which my veggie friends weren't having, I'm a tofu convert lmao), I still make vegetarian pasta, etc., it was just that what we ate well was almost always junk food, or Indian or South East Asian or Italian food, lol. I will add that you really couldn't expect to be catered for in 'white places' (many cafes or restaurants), or there would be like... sometimes one sad token meal. Or alternatively, we would just all have chips with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce and iced coffees which frankly are still some of my happiest memories. That happened at Moon Cafe, also in Northbridge (and still there!) Back in the day it played a lot of goth-industrial music, and also dance music, it was open late so it was a great place to crash in a booth and just chat with friends. Also pretty queer, though not to the point that people weren't just using it for cheap feeds.
Happy to answer more until you get someone more specifically suited to answering your questions! Back in the day, we were in a poor immigrant area and so most of my friends were POC and specifically Asian of some kind, and vegetarianism was actually pretty common. Shout out to the 1990s John Forrest crew, lol.