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Miscellaneous
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This
section has listings for the following:
Airlines Cruise Ship Lines
Rail Lines
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Airlines
General
Notes
- Vegetarian
meals in Business Class are far better than the ones in
Coach.
- Most of
the larger airlines also offer fruit plates. If you are
doing several hops
on one airline and order vegetarian on all of
them, it is possible to get
the same meal several times in one day.
Air
India
- As in India, it is easy to get vegetarian food, but almost
impossible
to get vegan food. They normally carry extra vegetarian
food.
Air
UK
- Have vegan meals.
Air
Vanuatu
- Seemed puzzled by the vegetarian meal request.
ALM
(Dutch Antilles)
- Did well on the US-to-Netherland Antilles direction, but
lost the
meal on the Netherland-to-US leg.
American
Airlines
- Really good about vegetarian meals.
- Provide Vegan, Hindu Vegetarian,
& Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian meals.
- While the veg dinners were comparable in
quality to the non-veg, I
thought the breakfast was vastly superior: veg meal
was fresh
strawberries & pineapple, and a raisin bagel.
- I thought
that the vegetarian food tasted as good as airline food
gets. It was a tomato-veg.-raisin-rice
dish that was served with a
salad and some bread.
- Every veggie meal comes
with a packet of honey, and a cup of nuts
and raisins.
British
Airways
- Good. The code for vegan meals is VGML.
Canadian
-
Vegan meals are great and never the same. Ask for vegetarian meals
when booking
or 24 hours before departure.
Cayman
Air (Carribean)
- Generally such a short flight that they only serve a rum
punch. Good
rum punch.
Continental
(US)
- Continental airlines announced in the May 15, 1993 issue of
FoodService
Director that they have revamped their vegetarian menu.
They now offer herbal
tea and Edensoy beverages.
Breakfast trays include: cranberry and nut filled
tortillas, a
vegetarian sausage pattie, and a pear and peach compote; Kashi
(a
hot grain cereal), nuts and raisins, scalloped potatoes, and a
vegetarian
raisin muffin; a raisin and nut filled tortilla; or a
potato and scallion
filled tortilla with a southwestern sauce,
brown rice, and peanuts.
Lunches/dinners
include: a vegetarian meatless pattie (soy based)
with Oriental glaze soy
sauce and curried couscous medley; a
grilled vegetarian pattie with tofu-stuffed
shell, marinara sauce,
and Italian green-bean medley; a stuffed baked potato
shell with
chili nut filling, tofu stuffed shells and provencale sauce; or
a
stuffed green pepper with chili beans, nuts, and chili sauce.
- "The
vegetarian meal (I think it was vegan, except for the salad
dressing and margarine,
maybe..) was excellent. Just top notch. It
was a zippy vegetable dish, in
a nice sause, just a little spicy.
By far the best vegetarian meal I've ever
had on a plane, and I fly
quite a bit domestically in the cheap seats. Their
new meals are
quite good.
- A result of their old vegetarian menu:
"Vegan food is _wretched_. On most flights they serve just
unseasoned
cooked vegetables. They give you a miniscule pack of
ground pepper and a miniscule
pack of salt. They once served me a
half-raw potato."
Cyprus
Airways
- Repeat confirmation of vegetarian meal is essential. We forgot on
the way out and were offered a plate of raw vegetables, half a
cauliflower,
a whole carrot, etc. We got it right coming back and
the food was better than
the omnivores got. Main course appeared
vegan, plus yogurt, cheese and biscuits,
and fresh fruit - but they
only have handy the exact number of vegetarian
meals booked.
Delta
(US)
- Vegetarian food is vegan by default. If you want ovo or lacto, you
must specify it. The vegetarian food is consistently much better
(more varied/interesting/quantity)
than their regular offerings.
- Have stopped serving vegetarian meals (snacks?)
on their short
flights.
Finnair
-
Provides reasonable vegetarian meals these days. Vegan meals can be
requested
as "vegetarian food which does not include eggs or milk
products".
This will be noted as SPML instead of the lacto-ovo
VGML. They did very well
on my last few flights.
KLM
-
Good.
Lufthansa
-
Suprised me by preparing a better vegetarian meal than I had
anywhere in Germany
(of course in Germany I mostly ate Italian
food).
- "with some airlines,
their vegetarian meal seems to be their regular
meal without the meat. But
at Lufthanso, our chefs put as much care
into our vegetarian offerings as
they do our regular menu. Which
means everything they use is of the highest
quality, and is fresh,
not frozen." Advertisement in May 17, 1993 issue
of Fortune
magazine.
- Attention: Lufthansa still believes (Summer 1994)
that vegetarian
includes fish. If you fly with them, you'll have to be very
specific
about your dietary requirements.
Midwest
Express (US)
- Has very good vegan meals, but they really flaunt their leather
seats.
Monarch Airlines
(UK)
- Vegetarian and vegan options available. Vegan is reasonable but dry.
They forget easily, so a reminder for each journey is prudent.
Northwest
Airlines (US)
- Vegan breakfasts: brown rice mix, fruit, buckwheat groats,
croissant(?) (I don't think that they know what vegan really means.)
Vegan
lunch: tossed salad, stuffed pepper, fruit.
Vegan dinner: tossed salad, millet
and vegetable dinner, fruit.
- "Very incompetent. After ordering a vegetarian
meal 2 weeks in
advance, and then confirming it 24 before the flight, you
are
still likely to get a carniverous meal. The flight attendants have
attitude problems too."
- "Vegetarian breakfast was a large plate
of fresh melon slices and
strawberries. Also from the a la carte regular breakfast
I had a
banana, blueberry muffin, orange juice, and a box of dry cereal.
Milk and yogurt were also available. It was all you can eat except
for the
melon plate which was veg special order. Snack later was
tempeh in a pita
(I think). Good food."
- "Bring your own food. They really don't
know what vegan means, dairy
and chicken seem to be vegan, and the stuff that
really is vegan is
absolutely flavorless."
- "They served me
an ovo-lacto meal instead of the vegan one I
requested. On the return flight
I got no veg meal at all, nor did
another vegetarian on the flight."
Qantas
(Australian)
- Great. Good service too.
SAS
(Scandinavian)
- They don't care. They have a policy of not providing vegetarian
meals on local (Scandinavian) and short (whatever that means, I
guess it means
European) flights. Elsewhere they offer in principle
4 possibilities - VLML,
VGML, AVML, RVML (lacto, lacto-ovo, Asian,
and raw).
Singapore
Airlines
- Provide Vegan, Vegetarian, Indian Vegetarian, Chinese Vegetarian,
Macrobiotic, and Low Fat Vegetarian meals. The food is excellent
and simple.
My best experience with airline food.
Solomon
Air
- Seemed puzzled by the vegetarian meal request.
Tan
Sahsa (Honduras)
- Didn't know what a veggie meal was (1991).
Turkish
Airlines
- The one report I got on Turkish Airlines indicates that if you order
a vegan meal in advance, you will get it.
TWA
-
Vegetarian meals include:
Breakfast: fresh fruit cup, brown rice with couscous,
bran muffin.
Lunch: vegetarian chili, vegetarian stuffed pepper, vegetable
millet
bake, vegetarian casserole, curried vegetables. Includes fresh fruit
cup.
U.S. Air
-
Only have one vegetarian option, but the diary is packaged
separately. Food
is edible, but not wonderful. Egg noodles sometimes
served. 'Not recommended.'
-
Vegetarian meals include:
Breakfast: pancakes (not necessarily vegan), peanuts,
3 slices of
oranges.
Lunch: salad with vegan dressing, fruit salad (watermelon,
honeydew,
pineapple), pasta with spinach, mushrooms, onions.
Snacks: peanuts,
vegan banana chips.
United
(US)
- Claims to have many vegetarian options. Offers at least lacto-ovo
and vegan meals. If you forget to order your vegetarian meal in
advance, you
may still be able to get a very nice fruit plate in
flight.
- "I fly
exclusively on United. What you do need to do is request a
'vgml' which is
a vegan meal. At least that is the best place to
start. Granted, your meal
will not always make it to the plane, even
though you book it at the time
you book the tickets, one week in
advance, a few days in advance, and 24 hours
in advance."
- "Does a good job with veggie meals. They serve curried
grain
patties, rice-stuffed peppers, etc. Be careful when ordering Hindu
meals, if you don't specify Hindu Vegetarian, you get chicken."
- "I
ordered Indian vegetarian meals on my United flights from Hong
Kong to the
US and back. Though when I ordered they said they
offered an Indian vegetarian
plate, when the food arrived it was
Western style, lacking in imagination
and completely without taste!
All dishes failed to satisfy. Do the chefs think
that vegetarians or
vegans are lacking in taste buds?! In many cases I was
simply given
steamed vegetable with no rice or noodles and no sauce, not even
soy
sauce or magarine to add some zest! I love fresh vegetables, but it
would be nice to have something more to go with it. A huge
disappointment!"
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Cruise
Ship Lines
Thanks
to the Vegetarian Resource Group for much of the following
information.
Carnival
-
Special dietary requests must be made at least two weeks prior to
departure.
Travelers are also advised to talk to their waiter about
special instructions
for preparing menu items. Lowfat menu items are
flagged on each menu. Two
vegetarian options are noted on their
dinner menus but not for breakfast or
lunch. The vegetarian dinner
menu includes pear nectar, cream of asparagus
soup, sliced cucumber
and Belgium endive in lemon dressing, vegetable brochette
on pilaf
rice, vegetable accompaniments, assorted cheese.
Celebrity/Fantasy
-
There is a vegetarian menu which changes daily. Sample entrees
include vegetable
strudel, vegetables tempura, vegetarian casserole
in puff pastry with cheese
sauce, and pasta with vegetables. For
further information call (800) 437-6111.
Cunard
-
No special menus are offered to vegetarians, but the cruise line
can accommodate
almost any special dietary request with at least
thirty days notice prior
to departure. For further information call
(800) 223-0764.
Princess
-
Princess now offers a vegetarian menu. Vegetarian options for lunch
include
spring vegetables vinaigrette, chilled zucchini bisque,
three bean salad,
noodles with tomato sauce and basil, banana bread.
Sample vegetarian items
available during dinner include broiled
grapefruit with rum and raisins, chilled
banana and papaya soup,
mushroom and barley soup, mixed green salad with dressing,
vegetable
pojarksy (breaded, mixed vegetable patty) with cheese sauce, spinach
flan with cream sauce, assorted vegetables. For further information
call (800)
527-6200.
Royal Caribbean
-
Vegetarian lunch and dinner menus are being introduced aboard their
nine-ship
fleet. The Monarch of the Seas has separate vegetarian
menus. Several items
are flagged as lowfat on each menu. Vegetarian
options are usually ovo-lacto,
but can be modified to be vegan.
Sample vegetarian items on their meatless
lunch menu include melon
cocktail, chilled strawberry bisque, fresh vegetables,
vegetable
soup, cauliflower garden salad, tropical fruit platter, sherbet,
tortellini calabrese, Hawaiian croissant sandwiches. Sample
vegetarian dishes
on their meatless dinner menus include spaghetti
Alfredo style with julienne
of fresh vegetables, grilled plum
tomatoes, steamed broccoli, chilled cantaloupe
soup, tempura fried
broccoli and eggplant garnished with snow peas, and Oriental
noodles
served with a sweet and sour sauce. For further information call
(800) 852-3268.
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Rail
Lines
Amtrak
(US)
- Amtrak always has Nile Spice vegetarian soup mixes (many are vegan),
carrot sticks, cheese pizza, and granola bars. On long distance
trips they
also offer dry cereal & bagels for breakfast; a fettucine
dish with tomato
and basil, light alfredo, or primavera sauce for
lunch; and a vegetarian (never
vegan) entree at dinner.
British
Rail
- Make sandwiches. Book seats far from the *very* smelly burgers in
the restaurant carriage.
This
section has listings for the following countries:
Bolivia India Mexico Singapore
Brazil Israel Nigeria South Africa
El Salvador
Japan Peru Taiwan
Guatemala Korea Phillippines Thailand
Hong Kong Caribbean
Islands
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Bolivia
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La
Paz
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Restaurant
Manjari, Calle Potosi 1315, esq. Colon
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
Santa
Cruz
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Snack
Govinda, Av., Argomosa (1` anillo), esq. Bolivar
- Hare Krishna vegetarian
restaurant.
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Brazil
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Belem
(in Para)
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Sri
Krsna Prasada, Av. Gentil Bittencourt, Passagem Mac Dowell, 96
(entre Dr.
Morais e Benjamin Constant), Tel. (091) 222-1886
- Hare Krishna vegetarian
restaurant.
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Caribbean
Islands
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See
also in Mexico: Cozumel.
Many
thanks to Chuck Narad for providing the information on the
Caribbean Islands.
Most
of the islands (St. Lucia, Bonaire, Roatan, St. Kitts, Saba) do
not have any
obvious vegetarian places, but you can find cooperative
chefs everywhere.
If
you know of any other vegetarian resources in the Caribbean,
_PLEASE_ let us
know.
Bonaire
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The main grocery store in Kralendjik carries tofu!
Grand
Cayman
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There
is a vegetarian grocery/deli/cafe/bakery just north of the
Georgetown harbor.
Nothing fancy but nice to have around.
Providenciales
(a.k.a. Provo, part of Turks and Caicos Islands)
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Be
prepared to overdose on pasta, since that is the primary vegetarian
option
on the island.
Tiki
Hut, Turtle Cove
- Has Gardenburgers (lacto-vegetarian)! Also has a mix-and-match
menu
of pastas and sauces, served with a salad and fresh bread.
Breakfasts
include pancakes with fresh mango, and waffles topped
with a tropical fruit
salad. Great bar. "Say hi to Keno, Betelgeuse,
and Rose for me."
Banana
Boat, Turtle Cove
- Only vegetarian option is Rasta Pasta, linguini with herbs.
They
make an evil green drink that has 'everything but the kitchen sink'.
Caicos
Cafe, near the Turquoise Inn (former Ramada)
- On request will make a veggie
version of their pasta of the day.
Top
of the Hill Deli, uphill from Turtle Cove
- Bagels, egg salad, vegetable sandwich.
Mediteraneo,
Downtown
- Full Italian menu, lots of pasta options.
???
(Turkish restaurant), near the Turquoise Inn
- Has a platter with hummous,
tabouli, falafel, pita.
House
of Pasta, downtown
- The name says it all.
Alfred's,
Turtle Cove, on the hill near Erebus
- Forget the food, but they have great
live music on Saturday night,
and make the best Caicos Coffee on the island
(contains rum, kaluha,
rum, tia maria, rum, coffee, rum, and something else.
Maybe it was
rum).
Hong
Kong House, downtown
- Can make vegetarian dishes on request.
Jimmy's,
Turtle Cove
- Lists an occassional veg. lasagne.
Hey
Jose's, near Turquoise
- Mexican. Looks like there were some vegetarian options
here.
Club Med Turquoise
-
Didn't go there, but I talked with some folks on the plane home.
Standard
Club Med fare, french cooking heavy on the fats, enough
options to keep you
well fed, if you're a club Med kind of person,
of course :-)
St.
Maarten (Dutch side)
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There
are several Indian restaurants on the side alleys off of the
tourist strip.
Also, the Chinese restaurant at the south end of the
strip had an extensive
list of veggie options.
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El
Salvador
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San
Salvador
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El
Tao, 2 locations:
19 Calle Poniente
Centro de Gobierno
- Vegetarian.
Good overall food. Although they are ovo-lacto, you can
always find some food
that does not have eggs or milk products. Open
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
Kalpataru,
100 mts. north of redondel Masferrer, Colonia Escalon
- Lacto-vegetarian. Salvadoran
and Indian style dishes.
Vegan-friendly. The food is very good, a little more
expensive than
El Tao. Try the local dish "Pupusas", they make them
with different
mixture of vegetables, plus the traditional cheese pupusa.
"I think
that it's open Mon-Sat noon-10pm."
Hare
Krishna Temple, Colonia Miralvalle
- Traditional Hare Krishna center. Devotional
on Sundays with
vegetarian dinner afterwards.
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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Govinda's(?),
Callejor Santandes a una cuadra abajo de Guatel,
Panajachel Solola
- Hare
Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
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Hong
Kong
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Supposedly
there are over 100 Chinese vegetarian restaurants in
Hong Kong. If you know
of any, please send me a listing.
Most
Chinese and Thai restaurants can make dishes meatless if you ask
them (Cantonese
for vegetarian is Sihk Chai). Make sure you tell them
you don't eat seafood
(or eggs).
The easiest
way to spot vegetarian places in HK (they rarely have
English signs), is to
look for Buddhist symbols.
Vegetarian
Restaurants:
Healthy
Mess, 51 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, 2527-3918
- Chinese vegetarian. Vegan-friendly.
It is clean and inexpensive, and
their food is very fresh. It is well known
amoung Westerners in HK
(veggie and non-veggie alike) and the staff are friendly
and some
can speak English as well! Recommended.
Fantasy
Vegetarian Restaurant, 66 Electric Road, Tin Hau, 2807-0569
- Chinese vegetarian.
Vegan-friendly. This restaurant is off the
beaten path, but a good choice
for authentic vegetarian Chinese
food. Many of the staff do not speak English,
but they do have an
English menu and the staff are very willing to assist
inspite of the
language barrier! Food is very fresh and extremely inexpensive
by HK
standards. Near the Tin Hau MTR. Recommended.
Bodhi
Vegetarian Cuisine, 9 locations:
Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2739-2222
Lock Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2366-8283
Wan Chai, 2573-2155
Mong Kok, 2394-6223
Yaumatei, 2735-4686
Tsuen Wan, 2415-0113
Leighton Road, 2890-5565
Tai Koo Shing, 2568-7231
Grand Tower, 2395-0416
Lotus Garden, Causeway Bay, Kung Tak Lam at Tsim Sha Tsui
Yuen-Yuen
Institute, in Tsuen Wan
- A tri-faith temple with a vegetarian restaurant on
the upper level.
Lo
Bok Vegetarian Kitchen(sp?), in Tsuen Wan, on west side of Cheung
On Street
near Castle Peak Road (Ching Shan Do), opposite HK Bank
There
is also a vegetarian cafe near the Lo Bok Vegetarian Kitchen
(sp?) around the
corner. It sells not only meals but stuff like
textured protein.
Woodlands,
on Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
- South Indian vegetarian restaurant.
Sandalwood,
on Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
- South Indian vegetarian restaurant.
International
Vegetarian House, Ground Floor, Kui Shing Building,
296 Sai Yeung Choi Street
North, Mong Kok, Kowloon, 2397-8208 &
2309-7306
- Lacto-vegetarian.
Vegan-friendly. International food, including
Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Italian,
French, etc. Tofu specialties.
Run by a religious organization. Also known
as The International
Supreme Master Ching Hai Meditation Associations Vegetarian
House.
Public Vegetarian
House, Ground Floor, 703 Nathan Road, Mongkok,
2394-8614
- Lacto-vegetarian.
Vegan-friendly. Run by a religious organization,
The International Supreme
Master Ching Hai Meditation Association.
The
Higher Taste Vegetarian Dining Club, 27 Chatam Road South,
6/F, Kowloon, 2739-6818
-
Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
There
are two vegetarian kiosks that serve mostly snacks in the Nan
Fung Centre in
Tsuen Wan (opposite the MTR station).
There
is a fantastic juice bar just around the corner from the Park
Lane Hotel. They
do all sorts of tropical fruits whizzed up into a
smoothie in front of your
eyes. So many fruits! It really was
amazing.
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India
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"India
was the hardest place to remain a vegan. True, vegetarianism is
common, but
veganism is not. I found myself repeating time after time
"we don't eat
cheese, yogurt, milk, or ghee (clarified butter)," but
the yogurt and
cheese just kept on coming. They explained, "but it's
only in the sauce."
Living in such a poor nation, most Indian
restauranteurs usually just take
the meal back to the kitchen, remove
the chunks of cheese, stir the yogurt
into the sauce, and return the
same dish. As they can't afford to take a loss
on the meal, they felt
like they did the best they could."
- Vegan
world traveller Jed Civic in an article in the Sept/Oct 1993
Vegetarian Journal.
"South
Indian vegetarian food is prdominantly vegan as long as you
stay away from
the yogurt in some soups and salads, and the desserts."
You can find idlis
(steamed rice and mung bean cakes) at any
restaurant which is marked Udipi.
Also availble at Udipi restaurants
are wadas (fried mung bean patties) and
dosas, which make a satisfying
meal along with the sambar (spicy lentil and
vegetable soup). Udipi
restaurants are located all over India now. They are
not upsacle but
have a reputation for being very clean and low cost.
While
travelling in South India, a good place for vegans to eat would
be at restaurants
which serve meals and are marked as cooked by
Brahmins. These are also very
cost effective restaurants. The meals
are served in a large plate which has
rice and all of the dishes in
small bowls on the side. Ghee is usually served
by a waiter
separately. Occasionally, there may be a soup or salad which is
made
with yogurt, and yogurt will be served separately, but the selection
is
much wider than that available in North Indian establishments,
where the yogurt
is mixed into the sauce and cheese is a staple.
Dairy products are higher priced
commodities, so often and the
lower-end restaurants have a wider selection
of vegan food."
- Padma Verma
Ajmer
(in Rajastahan)
-----
Mansingh
Palace Hotel, Vaishali Nagar
- Vegetarian/vegan-friendly. Good quality food,
good environment, and
good prices, but the service is not very efficient.
Open daily
8am-midnight.
Bangalore
---------
Kamat,
many locations
- Vegan-friendly. Open daily 7am-midnight.
Coimbatore
(in Tamilnadu)
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Annapoorna, Gowrishankar, City Tower
Bombay
------
Govinda's,
Hare Krishna Land, Juhu 400 049, Tel. 6206860
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
Calcutta
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Jyoti,
Ho Chi Minh Sarani (not Very Sure)
- South Indian vegan. Open Mon-Sun 10am-2pm,
6pm-9pm (approx times).
Govinda's(?),
Russel Street
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
Hardwar
-------
A
town in India which is completely vegetarian. Perhaps it is
difficult to enforce
it by law, but signboards say that the town is
vegetarian.
New
Delhi
---------
Nirula's,
Janpath, Connaught Circus
- Indian. Nirula's is Delhi's "Fast-Food"
place. They have several
locations which serve vegetarian burgers and south-Indian
style
dishes which are vegan. Very clean and always busy. The food is
mostly excellent. Open daily 11am-11pm.
Vrindaban
---------
Krishna-Balaram
Mandir, Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg, Raman Reti,
Mathura Dist. 281 124, Tel.
82478
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant(s)(?).
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Israel
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National
Vegetarian Organizations:
The
Israel Society for the Abolition of Vivisection (ISAV)
P.O. Box 519, Givatayim
53104, ISRAEL
Tel: 972 3-6359014 (Trudy Gefen)
E-mail contact: amnonj@techunix.technion.ac.il
(Amnon Jonas)
- Abolitionist. Encouraging veganism and vegetarianism. Concentrating
on animal experimentation but involved in other AR activity. Active
since
1983. About 600 members.
Anonymous
P.O.
Box 6315, Tel Aviv 61062, ISRAEL
Tel: 972 3-291032 (David Massey)
- "Anonymous
is an animal rights society, that is dedicated to
struggle against all forms
of animal abuse. We chose the name
Anonymous because we are speaking out for
all the nameless,
faceless, suffering creatures in the world, be they animals
in
kennels, laboratories, circuses, dolphinariums, fur or factory
farms
- they are all anonymous and they need our help"
Amirim
------
A
vegetarian village that was set up as such. It is the only one in
Israel. The
greatest vegetarian food is here in Amirim (my village).
Bed & Breakfast,
family hospitality. Vegetarian meals overlooking the
Sea of Galilee. Not far
from skiing in winter, swimming in summer, and
many other natural attractions.
Sara Peleg invites you to contact her
when in town at 972-6-989571/2 (office)
or via e-mail at
s2874066@techst02.technion.ac.il.
Wholefood
Vegetarian Guesthouse
Mailing address: Phillip Campbell, Lamden House, Amirim,
near Carmiel,
Galilee, 20115, Israel
Tel: (010) 972 698 9045 / 6989372
Fax:
(010) 06-980 772
Jerusalem
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Natural Foods Stores:
American
Israeli Natural Foods Store - Mazon Tivi, Jaffa Road 76,
02-384069
- A
very friendly place especially for vegetarians. Also, sunrider
foods are available
here! Open Sun-Thu 8:30am-7pm, Fri 8am-1pm.
Closed Sat.
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Japan
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It
is *very* difficult being a vegan in Japan. Most vegetarian
restaurants include
fish in their definition of vegetarianism, and
they include it in *everything*.
I was told "but they are only little
fish." They have no understanding
of the concept over there since they
do not really classify seafood as meat.
They have so many categories
for seafood that it is very difficult to explain
all the exclusions
without missing something. Even the restaurants that serve
Buddhist
food include fish in the meals. And when I say all these restaurants
include
fish, it is not only in the form of flesh but as fish stock,
fish flakes and
any other variation you may not think of.
You
*may* be able to get true Buddhist (ie. vegetarian) food at some
of the Buddhist
temples. I can not vouch for this though. There are
many forms of vegan sushi
(Norimaki & Kuppamaki) you can get as well
as Onigiri (rice balls) and
so on. Basically all sorts of rice and
seaweed combos some with veggies, umeboshi
plums or whatever. Watch
out though since some of the rice balls (they are
called balls
although they are shaped like triangles--apparently easier to
handle--
are made with a fish stock for flavouring. If the rice looks white
it
is okay). The good thing about these is that you can get them almost
anywhere.
The bad thing is that you can tire of them very quickly.
You
will find that you can buy fruit and veggies at their food
centres. These are
like our big grocery stores except that they are
actually a lot of smaller
independents under one roof (and I mean one
roof--without walls dividing them
so they look like one big store
except you pay as you go from section to section).
These food centres
usually contain a multitude of very small sections (like
mini-delis)
where you can buy fresh vegan sushi as well.
For
a country that does everything with rice it was surprising that
they had never
heard of rice milk. Hence I had my Corn Flakes (when I
could find them--which
was very hard and only in small boxes) with
orange juice. At least I could
have something other than rice for
breakfast. I was unable to find any breads
that did not contain eggs
and/or milk.
After
four weeks, it was a while after returning before I wanted to
see rice again.
The whole thing would have been a little easier if I
had access to a kitchen
so that I could prepare my own meals. Alas
that was not the case.
- Kevin Pickard
Also,
be carefui of items made with seaweed stock instead of fish
stock. There may
also be bits of fish in it.
Kyoto
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Sujata's
Indian Restaurant, 87-28 Nishimachi Kitashirakawa, 781-9720
- Vegetarian restaurant.
Koan,
on the grounds of Shotekiin Temple, Fukuchi-cho, Nanzenji,
771-2781
Unkai,
in the ANA Hotel Kyoto, near Nijo Castle
- Has a fantastic (but expensive)
8-10 course vegetarian shojin-ryori
meal: sort of veggie kaiseki.
Izusen,
near the main railway station
- Very good. Several vegetarian set meals. Cheap
by Japanese
standards.
Osaka
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Country
Life, 2-13 Kitahama-Higashiku, 06-943-5943
- Vegan. 7th Day Adventist restaurant.
Seed
of Life, 4-2-2, Kitakyuhoji-machi, Chuo-ku, 06-251-1245
- Vegan.
Tokyo
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Vegetarian Restaurants:
Bodejeu,
in Roppongi area
- Most well known vegetarian restaurant in Tokyo.
Transcendence
Perfection Beyond, #401 2-2-10 Shimouna, Setagaya
03-3760-1200
Vegetarian-Friendly
Restaurants:
Mominoki
House, near Harajuku, 2-18-5 Jingu-mae, Shibuyaku,
03-3405-9144
- "Organic
foods" restaurant. Vegan dishes. At dinner, everything was
a la carte
and we spent about 7000 yen with minimal drinks for 2
entree's (one good,
one bad), rice, a vegetable, and a salad (all
good).
Moti,
4 locations:
2 in Akasaka
Roppongi
Futako-Tamagawa
- Indian. Most
of the waiters speak English.
Samrat,
in Roppongi
- Indian.
Taj,
in Akasaka
- Indian.
Ark
Hills, in Roppongi
- Good kinokunia raamen.
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Korea
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Seoul
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Country
Life, Tel: 785-6429
- Vegan. 7th Day Adventist restaurant.
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Mexico
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It's
*really hard* to be a vegetarian in Mexico. They cook with lard a
lot, everything's
really really greasy. The best thing I can say about
Mexico is that the fresh
tortillas are killer. It's too bad because
the country is really beautiful.
Hopefully
vegetarians in San Diego who know of passable places to eat
in Tijuana, Rosarita
Beach, and Ensenada can make contributions to the
list.
Cancun
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See also: Playa Carmen.
I
did not have a very hard time (not as much as I had feared) finding
stuff to
eat in Cancun. Most places were very obliging. I ate a lot of
fruit, rice and
torillas.
100% Natural,
two locations:
Plaza Caracol
Plaza Kulkulcan
- They have a breakfast
granola, fruit yogurt bowl that is very good
for lacto-vegs. For lunch/dinner
there is a spaghetti plate with a
very light spicy tomato sauce. Tasty. Ask
them to give you more
spaghetti.
Savio's,
Plaza Caracol
- Upscale Italian. Very nice atmosphere with live music. There
are no
vegan dishes on the menu, but there are a few lacto-veg that you can
ask them to leave off the cheese. Use your coupon from the books
they give
you at the airport.
Sierra
Radisson, Cancun Hotel Zone 10
- I had a very nice lacto-veg sandwich with
tomato, lettuce, sprouts,
avocados and cheese (ask to 86 the cheese) with
spicy mustard on
whole wheat bread. To go with it I had a generous fruit plate
and
some bread.
Planet
Hollywood, Cancun North of Plaza Kulkulcan
- Very tasty slightly greasy veg
burger with fries. There were other
lacto-veg items on the menu including
a vegetarian pizza.
XCARET,
45 miles south of Cancun
- We drove in a rented Beetle to this beautiful spot
that offers
snorkeling, dolphin shows, boat rentals, an underground cave,
and
the most beautiful scenery on the peninsula (IMHO). This place is
touted as earth/health conscious and I believe it. I had a very nice
buffet
with rice, refried beans (no lard), sauteed vegetables,
fruit, corn tortillas
and rice milk all to the accompaniment of a
three person miramba. Excellent
- not too be missed!
Cozumel
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"Cozumel
is fish-o-centric, and many places had not one entree I could
eat. I pieced
together semi-fulfilling dinners from appetizers such as
nachos, soups, and
salads. You will have good luck with the many
Italian places that abound, although
it may not be the Mexican
atmosphere you want. Most restaurants are open air
with great
atmosphere and helpful staff. No one acted like I was crazy for
wanting
"no carne, no pesca, no pollo." There is always fresh fruit,
such
as pineapple and mango."
- Kim Stahler
Cafe
Nostra, on the backstreets
- Excellent place run by two American women with
a definite
veg/health-food slant (seitan and tofu on the menu!). Credit cards
not accepted. You may have trouble finding it.
Ernesto's,
two of them on the main drag
- Good veg fajitas.
La
Choza
- Willing to make me a bland veg kabob.
Pepe's
-
Spaghetti with marinara sauce. Good salad bar and pea soup. The
bananas flambee
are amazing (lacto-vegetarian).
Guaymas
(Sonora)
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Organizations:
(Unknown)
Potam
214-a Col:fovissste, 2-92-78
- Operating since 1993 (?). (Can someone provide
more info about this
organization please, like the name perhaps.)
Mexico
City
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There are at least two vegetarian places in Mexico City.
Hotel
Fiesta Americana, Mexico City Airport
- If you are stuck in the Mexico City
airport looking for something to
eat, take the bridge across (it's near Gate
C inside the airport) to
the Hotel Fiesta Americana and check out their restaurant.
Lacto-
vegetarians can survive in there and they speak passable English.
Beware of the buffet, it's loaded with meat items and other things
which are
cooked in lard.
Monterrey
(Neuvo Leon)
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Vegetarian Restaurants:
Natural
City Market and Cafe
- Vegan. Lof-fat fast food restaurant, juice bar, bakery,
and grocery.
Playa
Carmen (Quintana Roo)
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Sabor
(Flavor), ask locals where it is, they'll know.
- Vegetarian-friendly. As of
summer 93, they will have moved to a new
larger location. Vegetarian tortas,
killer pastries, etc. A
vegetarian oasis in a country full of meat.
San
Cristobal de Las Casas (Chiapas)
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Madre
Tierra (Mother Earth), on Avenida Ninos Heroes near Avenida
Insurgentes.
-
Great (mostly) vegetarian restaurant with a natural food store.
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Nigeria
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Abeokuta
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Govinda's(?),
Ibadan Road, Obantoko, behind NET.
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
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Peru
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Arequipa
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Govinda's(?),
Jerusalen 402, Tel. 229523
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
Cuzco
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Govinda's(?),
Espaderos 128
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
Lima
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Govinda's(?), Schell 634 Miraflores
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Phillippines
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Cebu
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Govinda's,
26 Sanchiangko Street
- Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant.
Manila
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Vegetarian Contacts:
(Name unknown) <saalgo@vax6.dlsu.edu.ph>
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Singapore
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Vegetarian
Restaurants:
Kingsland
Vegetarian Restaurant, Albert Complex #03-23 and Blk 190 Toa
Payoh Lorong
6 #02-516, 3382947 & 3542566
- Chinese vegan.
Komala
Vilas, 76-78 Serangoon Road, Singapore 0821, 293-6980
- South Indian. Serves
very authentic South Indian food. Not spicy and
very reasonably priced. Open
7am-10pm daily.
Analakshmi(?),
just around the corner from the famous Funan Computer
centre, near a hotel
-
Vegetarian Indian. IMHO, the best vegetarian restaurant in
Singapore. The
food is prasad (offered), which makes it taste much
better! It's run to help
fund a school for Indian dance and music,
with volunteer effort, so you're
supporting a good cause!
Bodhi
Vegetarian Cuisine, 2 locations:
03-140 Marina Square, 337-0703
246-B
Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 2057, 451-3208
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South
Africa
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Vegetarian
Organizations:
Vegans
in South Africa
Box 36242, Glosderry 7702, South Africa
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Taiwan
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All
of the below establishments listed with *CHMA are affiliated with,
and had
their listings obtained from, The International Supreme Master
Ching Hai Meditation
Association, which is a religious organization.
In addition, any establishments
listed with the name 'Vegetarian
House' are actually named 'The International
Supreme Master Ching Hai
Meditation Associations Vegetarian House'. These tend
to be
lacto-vegetarian and vegan-friendly.
Chiayi
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Infinite
Life Buffet, 193 Zhong Zheng Road, Fu Wei Town,
Tel. 5-6336811 *CHMA
Zhi
Ju Lin Buffet, 25 Yun Lin Road Section 1, Dou Liu City,
Tel. 5-5351896 *CHMA
Vegetarian Buffet, 230 Tai Lin Street, Tel. 5-2751709 *CHMA
Hsin-Chu
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Shin-Shin
Vegetarian Bread Manufactory, 43 Shing-Jong Street,
Tel. 35-223708 *CHMA
Hua
Lien
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Good
Host Vegetarian Shop, 469 Chung Zheng Road, Tel. 38-348336/327815
*CHMA
Keelung
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Wu-Liang-Shou Delicacy Inn, 63 Hsao 2 Rd, Tel. 2-4201478/4250311 *CHMA
The
Infinite Life Healthy Vegetarian Food, 5 Kung-Chien Road,
Liu-Tu Industrial
Zone, Tel. 2-4515191-3/451719-2 *CHMA
- Restaurant?
Kaoshiung
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Asia
Vegetarian Restaurant, 252 Chin Ting Road, San Min District,
Tel. 7-3438006
*CHMA
Vegetarian House, 27 Rui Fu Road, Tel. 7-7215072 *CHMA
Penghu
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Good
Friend Vegetarian House, 124-1 Kwang Fu Road, Ma Kung City,
Tel. 6-9261158
*CHMA
Kai Feng Vegetarian
Food Specialist, 7-4 Lin Hai Road, Ma Kung City,
Tel. 6-9273318 *CHMA
-
Western bread and cakes.
Pingtung
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Kuang
Liang Vegetarian Buffet, 117 Kuang-Tung Road, Tel. 8-7228513
*CHMA
Wu Ma Ma Vegetarian Buffet, 25-43 Lin-Sen Road, Tel. 8-7223257 *CHMA
Stand By Vegetarian House, 349 Tzu-Yu Road, Tel. 8-7382310 *CHMA
Vegetarian
House, 68 Chang-Chun Road, Chaochou Chen, Tel. 8-7890022
*CHMA
Shin
Shan Vegetarian Buffet, 36 Chung-Hsiao Road, Chaochou Chen,
Tel. 8-7884613
*CHMA
Cheng Kung
Vegetarian Buffet, 51 Chang-Ming Road, Chaozhou Chen,
Tel. 8-7887710 *CHMA
Taichung
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Vegetarian House, 2 Tah Tun 19th Street, Tel. 4-3231250 *CHMA
Cottage
Taiwanese Food Vegetarian Restaurant, 13, Lane 15,
Hsin Hsing Road, Lung Ching
Hsiang, Tel. 4-6315480 *CHMA
Tainan
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Vegetarian House, 21, Section 2, Dah Torng Road, Tel. 6-2601489 *CHMA
Wu
Liang Guang Vegetarian Cafeteria, 209 Jong Hwa Road, Tel. 6-2384131
*CHMA
Wu Liang Shou Vegetarian Cafeteria, 269 Dong Ning Road *CHMA
Taipei
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Bodhi Garden Vegetarian Restaurant
Bodhidharma
Vegetarian Restaurant, 140 Jin Hua Street, Tel. 2-3516651
*CHMA
Tong-1 Vegetarian Garden, B1, 9 Hsin Yang Street, Tel. 2-3815836 *CHMA
Wu-Liang-Shou
Delicacy Inn, 2 locations:
120 Heng Yang Road, Tel. 2-3886055-6 *CHMA
42 Syh Wei Road, Tel. 2-7021127/7050903 *CHMA
Tang
Tang Vegetarian Foods, 2 locations:
19 An He Road Lane 171, Section 2, Tel.
2-7321243 *CHMA
B1, 48 Lane 290, Kwang Fu South Road, Tel. 2-7773603 *CHMA
The
Wisdom Eye Co, 548 Wang Ta Road, Tel. 2-3321664 *CHMA
- Vegetarian cakes and
food.
Formosa Healthy
Vegetarian Cafetaria, B1, 1, Sec. 1,
Chung-Ching South Road, Tel. 2-3812042
*CHMA
Taipei City
First Consumers Cooperative, Rm. 701, 72, Sec. 1,
Chung Hsiao W. Road, Tel.
2-3759888 *CHMA
- "Healthy vegetarian food."
Buddha
Yuan Pu Vegetarian Restaurant, 2F, 281 Chung Cheng Road,
Shi Lin Dist, Tel.
2-8831195 *CHMA
Tao
Yuan
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Vegetarian House, 318 Shiann-Fu Road, Tel. 3-3380650 *CHMA
Ching
Yun Healthy Vegetarian Cafeteria, 382 Chung-Cheng Road,
Chung Li City, Tel.
3-4941771/4942134 *CHMA
Quan
Shin Vegetarian Restaurant, 310, Sec. 2, Jieh-Shou Road,
Ba-De Hsiang, Tel.
3-3663178 *CHMA
Ching-Yun
Vegetarian Restaurant, 192 Fu-Hsing Road,
Tel. 3-3367762/3358448 *CHMA
Yi
Lan
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Shan
Shyr Vegetarian Restaurant, 161 Yi Shing Road, Tel. 39-332992
*CHMA
Shan Shin Noodles Shop, 18 Cherng Hwang Street, Tel. 39-321789 *CHMA
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Thailand
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'Vegetarian'
in Thai means 'substitute tofu for flesh'. Be sure to
insist on no fish sauce
or other animal products when eating out. In
Thailand, fish sauce is called
'nam pla'. Be sure to keep this in mind
because all Thai food seems to have
some meat or meat based flavouring
in it.
Bangkok
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Vegetarian Restaurants:
The
Whole Earth, 93/3 Soi Lang Suan, Ploenchit Rd., 2525574
- Other than the weekend
market pavillion this is the only all
vegetarian place in Bangkok.
There
is a vegetarian pavillion at the weekend market that's supposed
to be excellent.
Vegetarian-Friendly
Restaurants:
The
Whole Earth
- Vegetarian-friendly. Truely amazing. Owned and operated by Buddhist
monks (however they do serve non-vegetarian items).
Lemongrass,
5/1 Sukhumvit 24, 2588637
- Supposed to be fantastic. Vegetarian meals on request.
Ban
Krua, 29/1 Saladeng Soi 1, 2336912
- Vegetarian items on menu.
Seven
Seas, 14/7 Sukhumvit 33, 2597662
- Vegetarian meals on request.
Once
Upon a Time, 167 Soi Anumarachamon, 2338493
- Vegetarian items on menu.
Tumahak
Thai Ruchadapisek Rd, 2761810
- Vegetarian items on menu.
Hotels:
Tara
Hotel, 183/1 Sukhumvit Soi 26, 2592900
- Actually Siamese twin (sorry) hotels.
The cheaper, the Impala,
features a vegetarian section at its buffet.
Dusit
Thani Hotel, Rama IV Rd, 2361450/9
- Pavillion Cafe has vegetarian menu.
Regent
Hotel, 155 Rajachmri Rd, 2516532
- Vegetarian items on menu.
Ambassador
Hotel, 171 Sukhumvit Soi 11, 2515141
- Has a food court featuring a great Chinese
vegetarian restaurant and
a Thai vegetarian cafe.
Chachiengsao
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Kuk
Kak Rest Area, 20/1 MU4 Bangpakong, Banga-Trad Rd, Chachiengsao,
038 531856
-
All vegetarian inn. On the road from Bankok to the coast.
Chiang
Mai
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The
Whole Earth, 88 Sridonchai Rd, 232463
- Vegetarian-friendly. Truely amazing.
Owned and operated by Buddhist
monks (however they do serve non-vegetarian
items).
Hat
Yai (Songkhla)
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Vegan Restaurants:
???,
266/3 Sangchan Road, 66-74-235992
- Chinese vegan restaurant & natural
foods store. Open 7am-6pm.
Vegetarian
Restaurants:
Ying
Mungsawirat, Juti-anusorn Road
- Thai vegetarian restaurant & natural foods
store. Vegan-friendly.
They serve glean rice. Open Mon-Sat 7am-8pm.
Je
Lin, 139 Thummanoonwitee Road
- Thai/Chinese vegetarian restaurant & natural
foods store.
Vegan-friendly. Open 7am-7:30pm.
???,
canteen at the Songklanakarin Hospital, Prince of Songkla U.
Karnjanawanij
Road
- Ovo-vegetarian canteen. Only Thai-style fast foods. Vegan-friendly.
Open Mon-Fri 7am-2pm, excluding holidays.