The Kind Bowl is pleased to announce the launch of a future new menu that includes vegan dishes made with newly-introduced vegan-friendly ingredients. Ranked 6th in the “Top 50 Restaurants in the World 2023”, The Kind Bowl is Singapore’s pioneering vegan Vietnamese restaurant and remains a symbol of purpose, resilience, and heartfelt connection.
Its signature dish, The Kind Pho, was named among ‘Singapore’s Top 50 Vegan Dishes 2021’ and ‘Singapore’s Best 50 Vegan Dishes 2022’. The restaurant itself was voted sixth place in the ‘Top 50 Restaurants in the World 2023’ [1] on abillion, a global platform for a community of plant-based and sustainable living advocates, aiming to help 1 billion people to eat healthier and more sustainably. With 18 million consumers and 1.3 million restaurants worldwide, awards are given based on community reviews. The Kind Bowl is one of three Singapore restaurants to be featured in the top 50 in 2023.
Founded in 2019 by Hannah Nguyen, a passionate Vietnamese vegan, and Joey Chen, an Indonesian, the pair met in Hannah’s vegan restaurant in Norway. They saw a lack of vegan cuisines in cosmopolitan Singapore. They thought they might be able to fill this gap with a vegan Vietnamese restaurant based on Hannah’s vegan Vietnamese upbringing and the dishes she enjoyed while growing up. The Kind Bowl began with a simple dream to share the warmth of Vietnamese flavours through compassionate, plant-based dishes.
Despite opening just before the pandemic, it quickly became a local favourite among both vegans and non-vegans, loved for its sincerity and heart. “It’s been five years of learning, growing, and finding new ways to share kindness,” says Joey Chen, Co-founder and Owner of The Kind Bowl. “Our community has been with us through every chapter. Each bowl we serve is our way of saying thank you for believing in our mission, and for keeping this journey alive.”
Joey and Hannah continue to collaborate closely, refining The Kind Bowl’s culinary philosophy and co-developing new menu inspirations that stay true to the restaurant’s roots while embracing innovation. As food technology develops, new vegan alternatives are launched annually. Over the next 12 months, the team at The Kind Bowl will be introducing new vegan dishes that will incorporate these new ingredients and hopefully create yet another tasty, award-winning dish. Using minced meat by Meat Zero[2], Thailand’s entrant into the plant-based alternative meat space launched in 2021, and Plant Egg [3]from Taiwan, The Kind Bowl has created Sun Rice – a peppery lightweight main course of fluffy white rice topped with minced meat stir-fried with basil and fiery chillies, a touch of optional onion and garlic and crowned with a golden plant egg. The Kind Bowl also uses OmniMeat[4] in its creations.
Amid shifting times and challenges across the dining industry, The Kind Bowl remains steadfast in its mission to make the world a kinder place, one meal at a time. The team hopes to inspire diners to see that every plant-based choice can make a positive difference for people, animals, and the planet.
The Kind Bowl is open daily at its flagship Killiney outlet from 11.30am to 10pm, Monday to Thursday with a break from 3pm to 5.30pm (except on Public Holidays), and from 11am to 9.30pm daily at the Northpoint outlet. Reservations may be made for Killiney at www.quandoo.sg/place/the-kind-bowl-killiney-97883/menu; Northpoint is walk-in only.
For more information on The Kind Bowl, visit www.thekindbowl.com.