Doko Demo V sunlit plant-based restaurant

Doko Demo V sunlit plant-based restaurant

It had been some years since I’d seen Chef Jared Peck, the Versace-trained chef and restaurateur. I certainly wasn’t expecting him to pop up in a vegetarian restaurant in Burleigh, but there you go!

He’s not the first acclaimed chef to make the change to vegetarianism (now vegan) but, influenced by his Taiwanese partner Chiyun Wu, the couple opened their first vegetarian café and bar. Now, the cafe is entirely vegan, producing some of the best and healthiest plant-based dishes on the Gold Coast

Doko Demo V (meaning ‘anywhere’ in Japanese, the V standing for ‘vegetarian’) recently moved from its location on the ground floor of the Burleigh Motel, to a new site in Sunlight Drive. The theme of casual dining amongst natural bamboo is complementary to the plant-based style of dining, the new location more spacious and light-filled, as befits its location.

The all-day breakfast menu features many favourites: Smashed Avo with feta, Pittaya bowls lined with fresh fruit and French toast with berries among the many menu items on offer.

It’s on the lunch and dinner menu that we see the emergence of global flavours in dishes such as the American cheeseburger, Footlong Hotdog with sauerkraut, No Beef Lasagne, Balinese curry, Korean chicken salad and colourful poke bowls stacked with vegetables and rice, all meat-free.

With the menu divided into Snacks, Salads, Oriental, Burgers and Wraps, Mains, Pizza and Pasta at which Jared excels, the sections echoing the influences of the couple’s own background and allowing their culinary skills to shine.

From the dishes we tasted, this is a ‘wholefood’ restaurant. Yes, it’s vegan, with a wide variety of vegan and gluten-free dishes available, but primarily it’s flavoursome, well-presented plant-based cuisine.

COur bao are filled with luscious plant-based meat substitute and veg, calamari is made of konjac, the ‘BBQ pork’ in the poke bowl particularly tasty and interesting to mainstream diners.

With a full bar menu or beer, wine and cocktails, local organic coffee and all meals well-priced, Doko Demo V has lots to offer diners happy to dine a little lighter outside the square.

2 Sunlight Drive, Burleigh Heads Ph: 0444 502 406

Open: Tues -Sun 7.30am – 3pm; 5pm – 9pm

http://www.dokodemo.com.au/
Open: Tues -Sun 7.30am – 3pm; 5pm – 9pm
      
2/2 Sunlight Dr, Burleigh Waters QLD 4220, Australia