Red Tiger Dumpling House - Stony Brook

It is not a real secret that usually any Asian cuisine is vegan or vegetarian. Most of their cuisines are mainly made from vegetables and wheat and cereals, every animal protein, let alone fish sauce. But when it comes to making a veganized specific recipe. They seem flat. When I went there, I was told by this app that I had to remind them that they should not put fish sauce in my food because they were sometimes forgotten for some other people's experiences. But when I tried her beef tips, it kind of tasted like it was overcooked. It wasn't juicy and it wasn't understated, but it was easy to chew for my mouth. I didn't want to take it home and I didn't want to spit it out, so I decided to eat it out of respect. But the more and more I tried their other vegan meat options, the more I just stopped going there for vegan options.

Cute little restaurant with in my opinion a rather large selection of vegan dishes. I am used to there being only one vegan-able option in this area, and this restaurant had like 7 or 8 vegan dishes! The food is good, we had the orange chicken and the spicy tendons (which are a bit spicy indeed), but if you don't like the taste of meat, don't eat it! You could sell this stuff as actual chicken and people would be none the wiser, that's how similar it is. We found it to be quite expensive, with tip its $70 for 2 people for 3 dumplings and 2 main courses. It's good, but not thát good. No rice included.

I ordered many vegan dishes. The place is small and basic (no table cloths etc. but cozy. Nice servers.

Only went once, so sometimes the first try is great and after that it’s goes all wrong. But the food was nice, there is a small vegan menu (very small). We ordered the pepper steak, it was good. The waiter did have to ask us if we wanted a particular sauce because the sauce was not vegan or vegetarian. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I think it was for extra spicy (not traditional fish sauce, but this sauce did have fish in it). So the waiter did get that this wasn’t vegan and was nice enough to let us know, so we were able to tell them to not add that fishy hot sauce thanks to his warning. We did have the veggie dumplings, the waitress did swear there was not any egg wash only veggies and no dairy. Usually it’s egg wash you have to worry about as per another Asian restaurant mentioned to me once. Although the dumplings were green and it had an ever so slightly sea taste, I believe it was seaweed in the dough, but I wasn’t sure to be honest. But the waiter seem to get we didn’t eat fish and such, he didn’t say this had fish sauce or anything. I tasted the filling alone and it did not taste like the sea. So I’m not sure, just FYI I am 95% sure dumplings are vegan, but not 100% sure. Oh and you do have to order rice or something, these dishes did not come with rice. But it was enough for 2 people to split, maybe three if everyone ordered their own bowl of rice, which is $1 each. I noticed on reviews elsewhere someone complained that they ordered something from the vegan menu and as the customer was picking up the order the staff had warned them that the vegan dish had bacon bits in it. They were confused as to why this dish was even on the vegan menu. So I’m not sure what that was about. But the reviewer didn’t mention which dish that was. I like the atmosphere actually, it seems authentic to me and colorful, but it was cold where we sat, and it’s cash for tips. So I give it 4 stars with vegan caution. It is small too.

The vegan chicken options taste just like real meat!