Together with vegetarians overcome the challenge called ‘traveling abroad’

As you know, the world cuisine is up to 70% meat dishes. If you are a vegan or only have a vegetarian habit on special occasions, the following information will also help you to easily explore the world.

Which country should vegetarians travel to?

There are countless vegan-friendly destinations in the world. Especially in big cities in America, India or Bhutan; When coming here, visitors can choose a normal or vegetarian diet.

In Southeast Asia, this is a bit more difficult, because many places have the habit of using ingredients of animal origin such as chicken broth, bone broth, fish sauce, Sambal sauce with shrimp paste… when preparing food. 

According to travel experiences for vegetarians , some of the best places for vegetarian cuisine  you should refer to:

Taipei (Taiwan)

No.1 paradise for vegetarians in Asia. Because you would not imagine that in Taiwan, up to 13% of the population is vegetarian. The thing to do for visitors is to find shops with lotus or Buddha symbols. The famous vegetarian restaurant is Ooh Cha Cha with famous vegetarian noodles, banana cake, mocha fudge. Visiting the night market is also a good suggestion for rotten tofu dishes, fried shallot cakes, grilled mushrooms or radish cakes… Also don’t forget to pocket some common phrases “Wǒ chīsù, compensate chī hūn” (我吃素，不吃葷), which means “I am a vegetarian, I do not eat meat” or “Zhè xo kěyǐ zuò sù de ma?” (這道可以做素的嗎?) means “Can this dish be cooked vegetarian?”, while pointing at the menu.

Berlin (Germany)

Renowned as the “vegan master of the world”, Berlin has a decent number of vegetarian restaurants. At any time when traveling to Germany, you can also join a vegetarian food tour with a variety of dumplings, cakes, and vegetarian beer. The vegetarian street you should visit is Lucky Leek; Famous vegetarian restaurant/bar Donuts Brammibal and Chaostheorie. In addition, Berlin’s Veganes Soomerfest is Europe’s largest vegan festival, where you can sample all kinds of delicious vegetarian dishes.

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)

Travel experience for vegetarians suggests you should go to Philadelphia, USA. It is home to many famous vegetarian chefs such as James Beard, Rich Landau, Kate Jacoby and Vedge. Charlie Was a Sinner restaurant is a space suitable for vegetarians with delicious vegetarian food and drinks.

Bangkok (Thailand)

Although it is a place for pork lovers, the common ground in Asia is that Bangkok is a vegetarian-friendly city. That is shown by the fact that they will comply with your request if you absolutely do not want meat or fish in your food. Notable vegetarian dishes in Thailand include Pad Gra Pao Het Jay – sauteed mushrooms with chili peppers and basil or green papaya salad Som Tam, but you must have a request not to use dried shrimp and jam nuowcsa for the dish. this. In addition, you can consider the time to visit Bangkok in October – when performing the vegetarian festival Tesagan Gin Jay. At this time in China Town Bangkok, meat is removed from the menus of restaurants and replaced by vegetarian dumplings, noodles and spring rolls.

Toronto (Canada)

If you are a vegetarian, you should “wrap a loofah” and go to Toronto right away. The number of eateries, restaurants and cafes serving vegetarian food here is increasing; typically Vegetarian Haven, Annapurna, Kupfert & Kim restaurants… Many vegetarian culinary events also take place in this largest city in Canada, including Veggielicious kaf the largest vegetarian festival in North America.

Travel experience for vegetarians

Get familiar with the local language

In each country, the word “vegetarian” means that there are many layers of meaning, like in Thailand vegetarian food is only fish, only when using the word “yaika” do they serve plant foods, even without using food. Use onions and garlic. In Japan too, using Japanese to describe vegetarian food must be very precise, say “yasai” to receive a portion of food containing only vegetables. It’s the secret of survival in non-English speaking countries, learning a few local words for vegetarian food is essential. 

If possible, ask the waiter or chef for the ingredients of the dish to avoid broth ingredients from animal bones, milk, eggs…

Learn about vegetarian food at your destination

Before the trip, do not forget to search for information about typical dishes in the place you are going. Do they have any vegetarian specialties there? Like in Japan there are tofu and tsukemono (mini-vegetables); Korea has bibimbap, Puerto Rico has fried banana amarillos, Spain has gazpacho… So don’t be afraid not to enjoy local specialties. 

Look up local vegetarian restaurants

Some websites like happycow.net , app Foursquare or Tripadvisor are very convenient for vegetarians. They provide a list of vegetarian restaurants around the world. Just integrating the GPS navigation feature is not difficult if you want to overcome the vegetarian barrier when traveling. 

A small tip is that you should still choose a restaurant where they can communicate in English so that you can ask more carefully about the ingredients and make a separate request for the meal. When going abroad, the vegetarian chain Quiznos or Subway on the street is the address to stop by.

Note when booking hotel

A special thing when choosing a place to stay is that many hotel brands serve vegan food such as Six Senses, Como Hotels or resorts. In addition, Crystal Cruise, Regent Seven Seas, Uniworld river cruise, Viking river cruise also provide this service. You just need to inform them in advance of the vegetarian diet during the trip. 

Bring spare food

A travel experience for vegetarians cannot be more suitable than bringing your own food for your trip. A little cereal, dried fruit, dried food, canned vegetarian food, bread… can be carried with you or at convenience stores everywhere. You can consider bringing a mini air conditioner to preserve food, it will be much easier to store more necessary items.

 

Preparing food to take away is essential. Photo: pinterest

Join a vegetarian tour

The current form of vegetarian tour is not too new and is very popular with vegetarians. Participating in this tour, vegetarians meet each other, according to the arrangement of tour companies and guides to have delicious vegetarian meals during their trip. The meals are committed to being delicious, to the taste of visitors and serving at the request of a large group is also more convenient than just your personal request.

Above is a very useful travel experience for vegetarians . If you are a follower of vegan cuisine, want to have a fun and fulfilling trip abroad but still have delicious meals, don’t ignore the tips in the article, friends!

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