Prague has a lot of vegan options, but one area where it does not thrive is Korean food. So when I’m in other cities I’m always looking for vegan Korean eateries to try, and Feel Seoul Good has become a must-visit in Berlin. While the food itself is excellent, my positive associations with it are helped by the fact that on both of my visits we’ve sat outdoors eating at sunset, enjoying watching life pass us by. But make no mistake: the food is good too! This pancake is listed as a snack on the menu, so ordering it as a starter is a bit ambitious, though nevertheless I have done it twice. It ..read more

As a firm fan of FREA Bakery in Berlin, I was keen to visit their sister establishment, a fine dining restaurant simply called FREA. It is recognised for its sustainable approach, making it somewhere I’m happy to support. There are quite a few all-vegan fine dining places in Berlin these days, but this is the only one I’ve visited so far. Overall, it was a bit of a mixed bag. Full marks for serving a bread basket though! That is very much the way to my heart. As you’d expect from an establishment connected to a bakery, the bread was fantastic. Dr HH got the mushroom ceviche for his starter ..read more

The Berlin pastry dream continues! As well as its plethora of vegan doughnuts, Berlin now has enough vegan pastry shops that we couldn’t reasonably visit them all on a quick weekend visit. It’s a tough old life! The Sanctuary is an Italian bakery which is all vegan, and it was really good. The pastries were big and delicious. We were there for opening time on a Sunday morning, and people were queuing out the door within ten minutes – it’s popular, and justifiably so. Here’s the full counter at opening time – or at least, the sweet side. It seemed like the savoury offerings were a little slow ..read more

This bakery is the stuff of dreams with its sensationally crispy pastry. It’s not an exaggeration to say that FREA Bakery is now our main incentive for visiting Berlin. The vegan pastry scene is now actually very good in Prague, but I believe that FREA Bakery is in a league of its own. The star of the show is this cardamom croissant – look at that lamination! The fun shaping makes it easy to pull apart and gives it lots of fun, crispy egdes which contrast beautifully with the fluffy insides. The flavour of cardamom is quite delicate. The texture is simply sensational. This beautiful concoct ..read more

As we were leaving Italy after our trip to the Cinque Terre, we needed to grab a very quick lunch close to Milano Centrale train station. Fortunately, we found the ideal spot in Giardi, an all vegan fast food place just a few minutes’ walk away. Dr HH tried the enticingly named oh my sandwich, which was a toasted chicken sandwich. Unfortunately the toasting was a bit too much and the bread was slightly burned. The sandwich was quite light on mushrooms, so it was lacking in that flavour, and he could barely taste the mustard either. Fortunately the chicken was good, and he enjoyed the roasted ..read more

The weather was pretty grim on our trip to the Cinque Terre – we went in October, which is always a bit of a gamble. There were two perfect days, one total washout, and one that was a bit grim but basically the damage was already done to the trails from the previous day’s downpour. So, we decided to take a day trip on that day instead, in the hopes that we could find some sun in a different place – and some better vegan options. Generally, it was a success. The vegan options we found weren’t spectacular, unfortunately, but they did fill us up. We had our lunch at Jaa Nu’ Rosticceria Vegana ..read more

I first visited the Cinque Terre in July 2017, and have been back twice more since the pandemic. The scenery never gets boring – beautiful villages with colourful buildings, a shimmering blue sea, and rolling hills. Alas, the vegan scene never really gets much better either. There is not a wealth of info online about vegan options in the Cinque Terre because they really are quite sparse. You’ll find people talking about overpriced pasta pomodoro and pizza marinara, so it’s possible to get by, with a bit of planning and relatively low expectations. Crucially, we also always take our own hiking ..read more

The whole time I’ve lived in Prague I’ve found it to be great for all-vegan restaurants, but quite poor for vegan options at non-vegan eateries. Alas, that is still generally true, but the situation is slowly improving, and this is one of the places that is really excelling. Chi Xiao Mian is a noodle restaurant which serves meat but has well-labelled vegan options, which are very tasty to boot. I hadn’t really heard anything about it when I was first persuaded to visit, and it only had one review on Happy Cow so I wasn’t too optimistic, but I’m very glad I gave it a chance and I’ve been recom ..read more

Whenever I go back to the UK for a visit, I have two food priorities: at least one sausage roll from Greggs, and an afternoon tea. Last summer we tried the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed afternoon tea at One Aldwych in London. They have a separate vegan menu online, which is important because I like to make sure it’s not just going to be hummus sandwiches and a fruit plate. This one looked like it should deliver. The savoury plate was not super exciting, which probably isn’t surprising given that the theme is a chocolate factory. We received five savouries each (and were offered re ..read more

One of my top targets on our summer 2023 trip to London was Jam Delish, which is an all vegan Caribbean restaurant. I’m a big fan of the British MasterChef series, and it’s extremely common to see contestants preparing the Caribbean dishes of their family heritage, and I’m always jealous that I don’t have anywhere to try veganised versions of what they’re cooking (you may not be surprised to learn that there is no vegan Caribbean scene in Prague). The judges’ key criticism of the Caribbean dishes they’re served is that they’re lacking refinement (yawn!), and this year they finally had a conte ..read more