Buddha Bowl Cafe

Shop 1/52-60 Enmore Rd, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
4.74 (40)
$$
Very friendly
Café, Vegan, Brunch
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Recent Reviews

Madeleine
Madeleine837 reviews

$7.70 Here they use the super-expensive ceremonial-grade matcha powder to make their lattes, whisking it the proper way in the special bowl and all before adding a bit of sugar and frothed milk. I swapped out the sugar for maple syrup, but doing that incurred an extra $0.70. It came promptly with beautiful latte art and beetroot powder dust, though the foam itself was not particularly thick nor velvety. Still, it was perfectly sweetened and blended well with no powdery sludge at the bottom. Delicious and warming.

Ceremonial-grade Matcha Latte W/ Bonsoy
Madeleine
Madeleine837 reviews

When I last came here I ordered their Bedouin Bowl for $25 and perused the Build-a-Bowl menu while I waited. Something seemed off with the pricing, as it seemed I could just build the Bedouin Bowl myself with the exact same ingredients for just $18.50. I came back today to put that to the test, and I was right! 😁 I re-created their Bedouin Bowl exactly with Falafel waffles in herbed tahini sauce, brown-black rice, kale, lentil salad, carrot hummus and beetroot hummus for just $18.50 instead of $25! Compared to the Bedouin Bowl, the Build-a-Bowl has a bit more kale and rice, but a little less herbed tahini sauce in a separate ramekin, so it’s a bigger, cheaper, less wet bowl overall with all the same ingredients and flavours. To my fellow thrifty, povo peeps, you’re welcome 👍

Build-a-Bowl
Madeleine
Madeleine837 reviews

$25 ‘Warm falafel waffles, beetroot & carrot hummus, kale, lentil salad, brown-black rice & creamy herbed tahini dressing’ I can see why this is the top-rated crowd favourite, as this was both creative and delicious! I loved how they played on the visual concept of waffles and ice cream with the falafels shaped and cooked in a waffle iron and the ‘ice cream’ being scoops of carrot and beetroot hummus. The kale hiding underneath was minimal (thank goodness) and the herbed tahini sauce was copious enough that there was absolutely no chance of any of the rice and lentils being dry here. Because the falafels were pressed in a waffle iron instead of fried in a whole lot of oil, they were delightfully light, non-greasy, and structurally strong enough to pick up and bite into (after slathering on the hummus of course). The beetroot hummus was your average beetroot hummus, but the carrot hummus was a first for me, and it was creamy, dreamy, and slightly sweet. Everything was perfect except for the price (expensive but that’s not it): there seems to be something funny going on with the price calculation for this compared to the ‘build a bowl’ option. You can build your own Buddha bowl selecting the exact same ingredients for this dish to totally recreate it for a total of $18.50! If you select Falafel Waffle (2pcs) with Tahini dressing ($5.5) + brown/black rice ($2) + kale ($2) + lentil salad ($3) + carrot hummus ($3) + beetroot hummus ($3), that ends up being quite a bit cheaper than ordering it straight from the menu… 🧐

Bedouin Bowl

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