Nature Vegetarian - Sandakan

Bit difficult to find as the address takes you down one road wrong but the place is the next parallel road along. Its a lunchtime buffet spot but the food was excellent and very cheap. Not open for dinner This was the only full vegetarian restaurant we found in the heart of Sandakan.

Nature Vegetarian is your basic Chinese ovo-vegetarian joint serving economy rice dishes from morning till 1pm. On our visit, there were about 12 dishes on offer, 10 of which were vegan. We sampled seven of them, of which all were tasty, six were warm, and none were spicy. Some were a bit oily, but not too bad. Total 11 Ringgit for two plates with soup. The building is about two blocks from the waterfront (depending on what you count as a block). The restaurant is on the first floor (or second floor if you speak American), so look for the rather grim stairwells near both ends of the block. You can see the sign above the restaurant from the street, but only if you aren't right under it.

Nature's vegetarian might be a bit difficult to find, it is very centraly located, and just 2 minutes walk from the new marked hall. In fact it's the only vegetarian reataurant lokated in the compact city centre of Sandakan. It is located on the first floor. The stairs in this old block look a bit shabby and dirty', but don't let this put you off. The food in this typical Malyasian simple restaurant is good and very cheap. RM 4 or 5 wich is around 1 Euro for a plate full of rice and a choise of 3 vegetable/tofu or mock meat dishes. A bowl of simple soup and free tea is included. Only open at lunch time. Turn over is good, a lot of custumors. So though it may look not so clean, especially for westerners, food is fresh. Have eaten here many times.

Natural vegetarian is their basic Chinese ovo-vegetarian joint served economic rice dishes from morning to 1 o'clock. At our visit there were about 12 dishes, including 10 vegans. we have tried seven of them, all of which were tasty, six were warm, and none was sharp. some were somewhat oily, but not too bad. a total of 11 ringgit for two teller with suppe. the building is located about two blocks from the promenade (depending on what they count as a block). the restaurant is located in the first floor (or in the second floor, when they speak Americans), so they are looking for the rather grim steps near the two ends of the block. they can see the sign above the restaurant from the street, but only if they are not under it.

Good and delicious vegetarian buffet with vegan options. They even had mice meat based on tofu, soy and mushrooms.