Watch our highlight video of SoCal VegFest 2015 in Costa Mesa, California. Interviews by HappyCow’s Ken Spector. Learn some tips from locals about Orange County’s favorite vegan restaurants. Watch our video highlights here: For more info see: http://www.socalvegfest.org…
Watch our highlight video of Toronto Veg Food Fest 2015 in Toronto, Canada, and learn some tips from locals about Toronto’s vegan hot spots! Interviews by HappyCow’s Ken Spector. For more info see: http://www.vegfoodfest.com…
World Vegan Day 2015 has come and gone. It was celebrated in Hong Kong with the Meat Free Hong Kong meetup group enjoying a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous hot pot meal at the city’s Pure Veggie House. HK has 7+ million people and 200+ all vegetarian restaurants. It’s thus maybe slightly surprising that so few of those vego restaurants purport to be 100% vegan. This is thus a quick run down…
While there are plenty of good restaurants to choose from in Zadar, Croatia, it is quite difficult to find vegan options, so HappyCow has been my savior! In particular, it helped us discover the Art of Raw. It was a little bit difficult to find the location, as the entrance that leads to the restaurant is small. So we asked for directions and were able to find it. Once we arrived,…
Hong Kong can be a real nightmare for veg*ans trying to eat in omnivorous eateries. For example Chinese omnivorous places often use chicken stock in food they bill as vegetarian. As per tons of other omnivorous places around the world (as mentioned before in this blog), many HK places to eat have no serious detailed understanding of vegetarian terms and concepts. This is regardless of the ethnicity of the cuisine…
I’ve always maintained that you could eat your way through Toronto without repeating a single meal. Do I still believe this to be true if you’re a vegan or vegetarian? I do! How about if you’re gluten-free or soy-free? You bet! Let me guess. You just googled “Vegan restaurants in Toronto” and found a fairly large list, but you’re thinking that my first statement is a bold exaggeration. Au contraire,…
Waiter – “Hello sir, how are you?” Customer – “Hello, I’m very well, thank you.” Waiter – “Are you ready to order sir?” Customer – “Yes please. What do you recommend that is vegan friendly?” Waiter – “How about chicken?” Customer (confused) – “Excuse me please??” Waiter – “How about chicken?” Customer (still confused) – “But I don’t eat meat??” Waiter – “Ah, you’re vegetarian as well.” Customer (even more confused)…
Do you love to discover new vegan dishes from countries around the world but don’t have the time or money to take a round-the-world trip? Or are you trying to decide where to go on your next vacation and looking for a bit of culinary inspiration? With a theme like “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, what better place to explore global food culture than Expo Milan 2015? With dishes…
Wednesday 26 August witnessed the 2015 Hong Kong Top 10 Vegan/Organic Restaurant Awards presented by Happycow.com. Part of Natural and Organic Products Asia 2015 at the cavernous Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre, the ceremony was also supported by Meat Free Hong Kong. All the winning restaurants obviously had in common being geared to the vegan/organic food market. Also as a minimum, all are 100% vegetarian. Within that criteria though…
Thanks to HappyCow, it is always easy to find the best places anywhere to have a veggie meal. And there are several really nice places in Madrid you should definitely check out. But, how often do you get nice options that are also part of the local cuisine? Let me explain how, in Spain, you can do what the Spaniards do (well, at least in Madrid – note it is…
Have you started planning your next vacation to Greece, only to discover that there are surprisingly few vegan or vegetarian restaurants in the country? Has your search on HappyCow left you discouraged, wondering if you’ll be subsisting on Greek salad (hold the feta cheese, please)? Fear not! While it’s true that veganism per se is not widely known or understood in Greece, the local cuisine is actually incredibly vegan friendly.…
Auc Lac is a legend amongst the vegan scene. The owner Mai Nguyen pioneered the concept in 1997 in Fountain Valley after getting news from her doctor that she had a life threatening brain tumor. She completely healed herself by switching to a raw vegan diet. In 2001, she met chef Ito. They shared a dream to serve and nourish people through a raw and cooked vegan diet. Together they…
Matthew Kenney has been a pioneer in raw plant-based cuisine for over a decade. Kenney’s newest creation, Plant Food + Wine, takes a leap into that of the cooked variety. The appointed Venice location brings the farm-to-table concept to life with a youthful energy that encapsulates Kenney’s warm, creative spirit. The 70-seat restaurant has a serene outdoor garden with fresh vegetables and herbs grown on site. The upper floor of…