Context Country: Bulgaria. Language(s): Bulgarian (български). Length of stay(s): 3 visits of approximately 12 days in total, including Sofia, Vidin, Koshava, and Plovdiv. Main issues Understanding of concept: Younger people generally understand what a vegetarian is. Availability: Very good. Choice of menu: Similar to a Mediterranean diet. Excellent for lacto-ovo vegetarian, eggs and cheese readily available. Quality: Very good Value for money: Excellent at time of writing […]
Doug’s Country Vegetarian Score Card for: Estonia
Context Country: Estonia Language(s): Estonian and, in Tallinn, a lot of Russian Length of stay(s): 4 days July 2011 Main issues Understanding of concept: Not good, and I was told there is no Estonian word for ‘vegan’ Availability: In Tallinn good, to very good. I think because of the combination of Nordic influences, tourist business and Russian influenced […]
Doug’s Country Vegetarian Score Card for: The United States
Context Country: The United States. A particularly large country a great deal of which is south of Canada Language(s): English (US) and Spanish Length of stay(s): many over a 20 year period, mainly to California Main issues Understanding of concept: Quite good (in cities especially). The “Vegetarianism in America” study (in April 2008 I think), published by […]
Doug’s Country Vegetarian Score Card for: Israel
Context Country: Israel Language(s): Hebrew, English, Russian and many others Length of stay(s): 1 week February 2011 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Main issues Understanding of concept: Good – perhaps even ‘very good’ Availability: Extremely good Choice of menu: Good Quality: Very good (fruit and veg are excellent) Value for money: Very good Traditional vegetarian […]
Doug’s Country Vegetarian Score Card for: Korea (the Republic of)
Context Country: Republic of Korea (often known as South Korea) Language(s): Korean and some English Length of stay(s): 12 days June 2011 Main issues Understanding of concept: Poor – may have been that the term ‘vegetarian’ was understood as ‘vegetable’, as one YouTuber (expatkerri) recommends just ask them to take the meat out (oh and […]