OOOH while in the city today, I discovered Gopals vegetarian and vegan cuisine! Its a hare krishna restaurant but was sooo delicious. I had a kofta with two samosa-looking things, lots of spicy tomatoe sauce and a lemon & mint drink. $8 all together.I recommend it if your in the area (probs from a hard days shopping

) and want to go to a restaurant without the waiting-for-the-food-to-be-cooked bit, as its cafeteria style.
Its located on 139 Swanson st, a short walk from Flinders st station. You have to climb some stairs to get up there, but its worth it

The kitchen level was full of people and quite busy when i arrived, so i went up another flight of stairs and ate the yumness overlooking swanson st.
Also, if you show them your student card, you receive 10% off.
I figured that we should discuss more about the vegetarian/vegan culture of Melb. It IS, by the way, classified as the most veggie friendly city in Australia.