Zhu focuses on delivering big flavors minus the animal products. Plates globetrot across Asia, from vegan takes on favorite Chinese/Chinese-American comfort food appetizers (take the soy fingers served with sweet cilantro sauce), to spicy pad Thai, and slow-cooked Malaysian curry stew. Pick up a Thai iced coffee for a sipable dessert on the go, too.

Taco Party, which began as a food truck, is located in Somerville’s Ball Square. The vegan restaurant specializes in tacos, as the name suggests, like chorizo seitan and lentils al pastor, and rounds things out with a few sides including nachos, bean dip, and tortas.

Vegan Egyptian restaurant Koshari Mama is a graduate of Somerville’s Bow Market, now open in its own space just a little bit outside of Union Square. The restaurant features its namesake dish, koshari, which layers rice, lentils, pasta, and chickpeas with deep-fried onions and a variety of sauces, like the spicy tomato and garlic sauce shatta. You’ll also find treats like mushroom shawarma, a spinach and split pea stew, and moussaka, plus beer and wine.

A classic diner sans meat, Veggie Galaxy has a full breakfast menu with the likes of pancakes slathered in caramelized banana butter, plus soups and salads, veggie burgers, and assorted entrees, including a variety of hearty sandwiches like a BLT with tempeh bacon. But save room for pies, frappes, cheesecake, and other all-vegan desserts.

Sure, this former food truck and now permanent spot by Boston’s Colin Daly serves killer hummus. Savor it solo with a side of hot sauce and topped with tahini and Turkish olive oil, or as the base of a bowl. But the real star of the menu might be the sabich bowl, which adds hard-boiled egg to the combo of hummus, tahini and fried eggplant. A vegan version subs in two perfect falafel balls for egg. Check out the fava bean-based “chicken” schnitzel sandwich, too.

Tucked into a second floor space in Chinatown, My Thai Vegan Cafe serves up an extensive menu of vegan-friendly Thai favorites. Enjoy pad Thai, fried rice, and savory curries with your choice of veggie shrimp, chicken, and beef alternatives, plus tofu. Many dishes are camera-ready, like the “Bird’s Nest,” a nest woven with fried taro root and overflowing with colorful veggies and vegan proteins in a spicy green curry sauce.

Gigantic dosas are the move at this casual, counter-service spot in the Seaport and Harvard Square. There’s a wide variety of veggie options — spicy potatoes, green chiles, and Lays potato chips, to name a few — and each dosa comes custom-stuffed with however many fillings you want.

Vegan Japanese restaurant Red White features several styles of ramen, such as the Yuzu Sesame with vegan meat and tofu, corn, onion, and arugula. Aside from ramen, you’ll find a rice bowl with black rice and avocado and a few sides, including spicy mac and beets.

Along with a terrific selection of bread, this restaurant and juice bar in South Boston whips up vegan meals that are much more than simple salads. For brunch, a special treat is the vegan prosciutto scramble, with seitan prosciutto and plant-based eggs. Wash it down with the signature mint cold brew iced latte. For lunch and dinner, global flavors reign, from the bowl with shawarma-spiced seitan, to the tacos with pastor seitan and grilled pineapple.

Blue Nile, a handsome Ethiopian restaurant in JP, offers plenty of vegetarian and vegan options, many of which you can sample all at once via a combo plate, which includes split yellow peas and plenty of tangy injera bread. Also worth a visit: Blue Nile’s sibling, Ethiopian Cafe, just a few doors down at 377 Centre Street.