Quote: (08-09-2018 09:33 AM)Hazaer Wrote:
Hey all, so you intend to travel europe for a while, mainly second tier cities. But you are vegetarian and are from the anglosphere. Which countries would have the best options
in terms of their cuisine for those practicing vegetarianism or veganism? Also, in terms of purchase from the supermarkets, which country would be the most convenient to shop in?
To start off, in Western Europe, the UK seems to be the best to be a vegetarian from what I am hearing. Ethnic Chinese and Indian stores and restaurants everywhere, italian restaurants with more than one vegetarian/vegan option most times. Supermarkets well stocked with rice, vegetables, nuts, ready to eat meals like vegetarian lasagne, salads, sandwiches with no meat, veg/gluten free pasta.
Norway and Finland seem to be good too with lots of restaurants catering to vegans and vegetarians. But not sure about products from the store.
France seems to be the worst unfortunately, with fish not being considered as meat sometimes and ham found even in vegetables. Restaurant dishes are not usually altered to fit dietary needs etc.
Do you guys have any ideas about this situation Central Europe, places like Poland, Czech, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia and others further east? I am aware their cuisines are more heavily meat based but which would be the better option and have better awareness for people with such dietary needs or preferences?
Thank you for sharing your experiences and opinions in the poll.
Just go to Happycow.net. You can look up any city in the world and it lists healthy restaurants and grocery stores on a map (it shows the places that have just some or exclusively vegan/vegetarian options). Poland is decent and Croatia is a lot more limited.
Even in Paris you can find stuff if you go to specialty stores and research the right cafes and restaurants. Obviously going to some random traditional French restaurant is going to be a shot in the dark but even some of those have an option or two these days.