Midge Raymond
Vegan Temple Bar is a sweet little restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, and it was busy even early on a Monday evening — once we sampled the food, it was clear why. In addition to wine and beer, we had vegan chicken Alfredo and the BBQ chicken burger with fries and mayo on the …
Amsterdam has several amazing places for snacks, pastries, and soft serve in the city center, including Margo’s, Saint-Jean, and Green Farmer’s. We visited all three. We began with Margo’s, where we got a pistachio brioche, which was buttery, flaky, and filled with pistachio cream. It was mostly sweet, a little salty, and absolutely amazing. We …
Fabel Friet serves Dutch fries (“not French fries or Flemish fries, its website makes clear) — these fries are made from “top-quality Agria potatoes grown on Dutch soil, specially developed for frying.” We totally respect that. And while this is not a vegan joint, the fries themselves are naturally vegan and well worth it, and …
We were thrilled to find the vegan cafe Origin in the middle of the gorgeous village of Strasbourg, which has several other vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants — but we were in the mood for pastries and sweets, and this all-vegan patisserie did not disappoint. Origin does have yummy-looking veggie sandwiches, as well as a lovely …
While spending a couple of whirlwind days in Luzern, we found a delicious vegan sandwich shop on the lower level of the train station in the center of the city. (The train station, by the way, is the cleanest and loveliest we’ve ever seen, with a giant grocery store and myriad shops from chocolatiers to …
We were thrilled to find a vegan Camembert-style cheese in our local supermarket, from the Canadian-based company UMYUM. As the website describes, this cheese has a “bloomy rind; earthy, sweet tones; and a creamy finish.” It is slightly tangy but not overly strong … it’s subtle but quite delicious. The rind is lovely, and the …
I have not yet seen Abe’s products locally, but I’m now going to start prowling all the grocery stores because now that I’ve had this amazing coffee cake, I’m a bit addicted. While the word “vegan” doesn’t come up often on the Abe’s website, which promotes its products as allergy friendly, it looks as though …
While there are currently no all-vegan restaurants in the town of Nasca, Peru (there used to be one that apparently closed during the pandemic), it was easy enough to find vegan options at the local restaurants we visited — and one in particular impressed us with its sizeable vegetarian/vegan menu. Mamashana was also the only …
Our vegan dining tour of Lima continued in the Barranco neighborhood, which is a beautiful walk along the coast from Miraflores. Here we visited Florencia Vegan Kitchen, a lovely little spot in Barranco. Again, it was a challenge to decide what to order on the extensive menu. We began with an empanada, which was gigantic, …
We were delighted to find so many all-vegan restaurants and cafes in Lima; we didn’t have nearly enough time to try them all. But the ones we did visit were exceptionally good. The first restaurant we visited was Seitan Urban Bistro on the Miraflores neighborhood of Lima (no website, but you can find them on …
I was first drawn to the lovely packaging of these Green Girl Bakeshop icebox sandwiches … and then I saw they were vegan and had to try them. These goodies (Green Girl offers not only icebox sandwiches but pints of gelato) are made for not only vegans but those with food allergies: all are dairy …
Years ago, a friend mentioned a vegan travel company where everything is vegan. (Most of the tours are cruises — via river boats and small-ship sailboats, with fewer than 200 passengers — though next year Vegan Travel will offer its first railway trips.) And while we checked in with the VT website whenever we thought …
Though we love Violife Parmesan as well as Follow Your Heart, we decided to try this vegan parmesan from Trader Joe’s. We were delighted to find that it’s excellent! It has all of the rich creaminess of Violife, but it also comes in little shreds with all of the salty flavor of Follow Your Heart. …
While on a fabulous Caribbean voyage with Vegan Travel, we discovered this amazing little all-vegan gem: ALOR Vegan Cafe (thanks to our new friends who explored St. Lucia with us and found this lovely place via Happy Cow). There were so many options, too many to choose from — and we did have lunch waiting …
We recently had an eight-hour layover in Seattle, and were so delighted to find Floret, a little vegetarian restaurant brought to SeaTac by the owner of the wonderful Cafe Flora in Seattle. Floret has both a bar and a dining area, and because it wasn’t too busy we were able to eat, enjoy, and hang …