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 …
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 …
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 have fallen in love with Siete foods and snacks (especially the queso potato chips!), and because Siete’s flavors are all so wonderful, we were excited to try these new puffs. Made of lentils, these are more like chips than puffs, and they are delicious. They have the great queso flavor of other Siete snacks, …
We were, as always, thrilled to visit Voodoo Doughnuts while in Eugene, Oregon. While Voodoo isn’t an all-vegan shop, the whole bottom shelf has its vegan goodies, and it’s an impressive (and delicious) selection. We chose four doughnuts (they offer a vegan dozen, but there were only two of us, so we exercised a bit …
Thanksgiving is, for us, one of the darker days of the year, as more than 100 million turkeys perish for a tradition that could just as easily be replaced with a fake-turkey tradition. So we imagined a country where the turkeys were in charge and it was the politicians in need of pardoning…