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 […]
LifeAlive: Urban Oasis and Organic Cafe in Lowell, MA, USA
Life Alive is simply an excellent organic cafe. I was really pleased to find this place in Lowell (MA, USA), and made it my mission to try as much of the menu as I could whilst here. After 2 days I’m on 5 out of 15 smoothies, and 5 main dishes, I still have a day or […]
Fried Thai Insects: One of those times I was really glad I was a vegetarian!
I’m sure there are some entomophagists – look it up 😉 – out there that will tell me that fried insects are a delicious, low-calorie, nutritious alternative to other more ‘normal’ snacks … yeah right! That might be true but I don’t eat fried food, especially if it has a face, compound eyes, or a back-end that looks like its front-end. Still each […]
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 […]
Von Krahli Aed (Von Krahl`s Garden) café-restaurant excellent vegan and vegetarian food in Tallinn
A Lucky Veggie Find Although not exclusively vegetarian, or vegan, the Von Krahli Aed has many hidden treasures in its menu to gladden the heart of any ‘plant eater’. And most secret of all is a ‘real’ Estonian vegan chef, which, considering I was told there is no word for ‘vegan’ in Estonian, is a very […]
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: 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 […]
Back to 발우공양 Balwoo Gongyang Kong Temple Food
Those of you who have read earlier posts in this blog will not be surprised that I returned to the Balwoo Gongyang Kong Temple Food restaurant. This time I went for ‘noodles’ rather rice.
발우공양 Balwoo Gongyang Kong Temple Food
At last I’ve found a vegetarian restaurant in Seoul! Balwoo Gongyang Kong Temple Food (발우공양) opposite the Jogyesa Korean Buddhist temple. A wonderful meal, very well priced at only 6,000 Korean won (approximately 6 USD). See before and after pics below! Oh and here are the 4 bowls from the logo
Troika Russian Restaurant in Seoul
Although I enjoyed the company of good friends this story didn’t start well as it was situated in Itaewon; Seoul’s ex-pat area. I admit I’m a cultural snob – when I come to Seoul I want to see Korea. Arriving at the Troika Russian restaurant, Russian text book in my rucksack, I completely confused the […]