Hidden inside an old industrial building in Kowloon East Kwun Tong is iVegetarian, a private kitchen that serves an 8-course meal for dinner. We settled in the spacious and cozy environment, sipping tea while waiting for our feast. For starters, we were each served taster portions of crispy vegan barbeque pork, an interesting crunchy seaweed …
Causeway Bay adds a new restaurant for Sichuan vegetarian cuisine named Changle Vegetarian – 常樂素食 – loosely translated as “Happiness Always” in Chinese. One of the signature dishes at Changle is their steamed xiao long bao or xiu long bao, which are elaborately served shaped like a flower. Dumpling skin was soft, not too thick, …
I grew up eating Indian food but find the variety of Indian restaurants in Hong Kong lacking. It’s difficult to cook Indian cuisines and since I don’t have the spices at home, I would go to the supermarkets to get instant curry packets or Branto’s and Woodlands for my Indian food fix. I recently discovered …
Mantranz is a vegetarian private kitchen opened by Czech chef Vita located in Jordan. It’s a pity I’ve only discovered this place recently as Vita announced on his Facebook page that he’s leaving Hong Kong to return to Czech Republic later this month. This appetizer is part of the 4-course vegetarian din din to celebrate …
Ulriksdal Palace cafe is a few minutes’ walk from Ulriksdal Palace. It’s along the banks of scenic Edsviken in the Royal National City Park in Solna, North of Stockholm. With the spacious grounds and neatly lined trees, I could imagine lots of people coming here to picnic in summer. In winter though, it’s covered in …
Hermitage is the only vegan and vegetarian restaurant located in the heart of Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm. It’s a cozy restaurant that serves buffet-style vegetarian food. Here’s what I picked for dinner – vegetable curry, lasagne, green salad, black beans, and hummus with a bowl of split pea soup. Pay at the …
Kalf & Hansen is an organic cafe that serves fresh seasonal food located on the corner of Maria Square 2 and Hornsgatan 33 in Stockholm. I get excited when I see “ekologisk” and “vegetariska” on its menu but it was closed when I passed by last summer and didn’t get to try. Very happy this …
As a big fan of falafels, I was delighted to learn about Falafelbaren, a meditarranean vegan and vegetarian restaurant in Sweden. The cozy shop specializing in falafel wraps and salads is located along Hornsgatan in Mariatorget district. With all the positive reviews posted outside the shop front claiming that it’s the best falafel you’ll find …
Visiting Stockholm in mid Jan, I was soaked into the city’s craze for its beloved pastry: Semla – a cardamon flavored bun stuffed with sweet almond paste that’s sandwiched between a generous dollop of whipped cream. Semla was originally eaten on Shrove Tuesday as the last festive food before Lent but has since become a …
Ovo Cafe is part of Ovo Group that sells zen furniture and lifestyle products in Hong Kong. The group diversified to open a vegetarian cafe promoting green, healthy, and eco-lifestyle offering plant-based cuisine in Wanchai. Ovo is a cosy cafe that seats 25 with part of its space converted into a florist shop. My lunch …