The Wheel of Life Vegetarian Thai Cuisine - Irvine, CA

Delicious vegetarian cuisine. Yes please! Although it's mostly Thai style vegetarian dishes, there are some Chinese style dishes as well. There are a ton of dishes for vegetarians to try. This time we only tried the Fresh Spring Rolls, Yen Ta Four noodle soup, and Prik Khing.

The Wheel Fresh Spring Rolls

The Wheel Fresh Spring Rolls were delicious. I chose this one because it's not fried. The sauce went well with these spring rolls. Great for summer when you don't want something hot....or just great because they're not fried!

Yen Ta Four with noodles from Tom Yum noodle soup

Ok, I may have chosen wrong as it was a warmer day...and this soup just made me hot. I love noodle soups...but I guess just the Chinese style ones. This was ok...but the soup was too flavorful for me. Not flavorful as in salty, but whatever their secret spice mix is. I will try their Chinese style noodles next time if I'm hankering noodles.

Prik Khing

The Prik Khing was The Meat-eater's choice and he liked it. I thought it was SPICY! Since I don't like anything spicy, I stayed away...but I did have a bit and it was good until the spice kicked in. Whew...too much for me. =)

This is a good place for vegetarians to go as there is variety and their mock meats are flavored well in my opinion. Vegetarian yumminess!

The Wheel of Life Vegetarian Thai Cuisine
http://www.wheelofliferestaurant.com/
14370 Culver Drive, Suite 2G
Irvine, CA 92604
949-551-8222
Tues-Fri
11am-3pm, 4:30pm-9:00pm*
Saturday
11:30am-3:30pm, 4:30pm-9:00pm*
*Open till 9:30pm on Friday and Saturday
Closed Mondays

Thai Bamboo Bistro - Tustin, CA : Vegetable Pad Thai

There's this little Thai food place right next to JT Schmid's at The District that I've always wanted to try. It's got pretty nice decor and the place isn't huge at all. I'm kind of scared of hole in the wall places because it's either a hit or a complete miss. This place isn't a hole in the wall. It's at The District so its food probably caters to a wider audience. Lo and behold yes there were Asians and non-Asians alike in the restaurant. (Usually an indicator of how "Americanized" a place is is how many Asians vs. non-Asians are eating.)

Vegetable Pad Thai

There are some vegetarian options. Woo hoo! Usually I just get the Pad Thai noodles because it's not too greasy and it's kind of a signature dish, right? This dish was not too shabby. It's a little sour and sweet...maybe a tad more on the sour side. There's tofu, sprouts, broccoli, carrots, baby corn, snap peas, peanuts, and egg. They did ask if egg was okay, so maybe without the egg, it could be vegan? But I don't know if there's egg in the noodles. In any case...I liked my noodles. I wouldn't say they were the most AWESOME Pad Thai noodles I've ever had, but it wasn't bad. So I would say they're slightly above average in my opinion. But I'm no Pad Thai expert...it's just my opinion. ;-)

Thai Bamboo Bistro
http://www.thaibamboobistro.com/ (lots of links don't work, but you can see the menu)
The District at Tustin Legacy
2417 Park Ave
Tustin, CA 92782
(714) 259-0688