How to get vegan dishes in any restaurant? A frequently heard Argument against the plant-based diet is that it is far too strenuous. Many meat eaters and vegetarians see it that way, because most dishes in restaurants contain animal ingredients and you would have to constantly look at what you can eat at all. Fortunately, today almost every restaurant has a vegan meal on the menu - and if not, I still have plenty of tips for you to eat plant-based dishes everywhere.
In this article you will now learn how "vegan in the restaurant" works easily and absolutely stress-free. Let's go!
Following already a short Overview for you:
- Use apps
- View online menu or call
- Prefer vegetable country cuisines
- Veganize dishes
- Have dinner with vegan friends
- Politely ask the waiters
- Stay flexible and friendly
- Rate restaurants and share experiences
8 tips on how to eat vegan in (almost) any restaurant
As long as you decide for yourself can where it goes, it is now basically no longer a challenge to eat vegan in a restaurant. But you don't always have the choice yourself in which restaurant you eat. At the latest with a Dinner invitationit could get tricky. So now I'll give you the best tips for both situations.
Tip: Feel free to take another look at the linked post to learn, why so many people live vegan. This also gives the necessary motivation to overcome possible hurdles in restaurants with flying colors.
1. use apps
There may have been a time when it was quite difficult to find restaurants serving vegan meals. But today, it's easier than ever. This is partly due to the following apps that you can always use before choosing a restaurant:
- Happy Cow (More at happycow.net)
- Vanilla Bean: (More at vanilla-bean.com)
Both Happy Cow and Vanilla Bean will show you vegan, vegetarian and also vegan friendly restaurants an. You can also find out where vegan options are available and where operators spontaneously conjure up vegan dishes that are not even on the menu. With every user who joins and shares their experiences, the content becomes even more targeted. You can download both apps from the Apple AppStore and the GooglePlay Store.
2. view menu or call
You already have one or the other restaurant in your shortlist? Then simply take a look at the menu and The respective ingredients and ingredients of the dishes. For example, pay attention to whether the pizza dough contains cow's milk. That had surprised me at least initially very much.
No matter which restaurant you eye: the menu is certainly with the sustainable search engine of your confidence somewhere on the Internet to find! If not: just call the restaurant and ask for – dein Handy hast du vermutlich sowieso schon in der Hand. 😉
3. prefer more plant-based country cuisines
Eating at a Greek restaurant may still be a bit of a challenge for vegans today. But fortunately, there are many national cuisines whose dishes are mostly free of meat and animal foods. If you know them, you can head out without an app, a prior phone call, or studying the menu without fear of not getting anything between your gills.
Eating vegan in a restaurant, for example, is particularly easy for me at the Italians, Indians, Chinese, Thai or Vietnamese. Whether bruschetta, vegetable curry, spring rolls or fried tofu - there is something for everyone. But my personal favorite is the israeli cuisine, where falafel, hummus, couscous and other plant-based foods have always been a part.
4. veganize dishes
There is no meal on the menu that is completely vegan? Then for better or worse, some creativity is needed to Conjure up vegan alternatives from meaty or vegetarian dishes. No, do not worry! Even less creative vegans can do it! Here I show you which meals are vegan even in more meat-loving country kitchens or are relatively easy veganisierbar:
- Greek: e.g. grilled vegetables, dolmades, pita bread and tomato rice.
- Mexican: e.g. tacos, guacamole, tortilla chips and enchiladas filled with vegetables.
- Spaniards: For example, potatoes coated in salt (papas), green beans with onions (judias verde) and fried green peppers (pimientos).
- Turk: e.g. pita bread, lentil meatballs (Köfte), bean salad, hummus or stuffed eggplants.
- Ethiopian: e.g. Bulgur Salad, Pita Bread, Braised Vegetables and Stuffed Dumplings.
- Persian: e.g. pickled vegetables (torshi), rice with herbs or grilled vegetables and noodle soup with chickpeas.
- Korean: e.g. rice, kimchi and radish, bean sprouts and grilled vegetables.
- Bourgeois: e.g. potato salad, fries, roasted vegetables, baked potato and salad.
- Snack: e.g. falafel kebabs, plant-based burgers, fries and grilled vegetables.
In which country's cuisine have you had a hard time coming up with a vegan dish? Feel free to share your experience in the comments.
5. go out to eat with vegan friends
You are not yet sooo long vegan and suspect to starve in the restaurant? Surely there is also in your circle of friends one or the other long-time vegan. Go simply more often times with Veganern eat, around learn from their experiences. Alternatively, you can just ask them for advice.
Eventually, you'll be someone's friend who models for others how easy it is to eat vegan in a restaurant.
6. ASK POLITELY TO THE WAITERS
Worst case! Neither the app nor the menu give the green light? The restaurant you want to go to and are invited, just does not seem to offer anything vegan? Not even fries and salad? Then you can always politely ask the waiter! So far, I've really gotten a plant-based dish in every non-vegan-seeming restaurant when asked. No kidding! Often the employees are extremely creative - but sometimes they have already Dishes "out of order" for vegan guests up their sleeves, which have simply not been on the menu yet.
Tip: Not every Lives vegan! Sometimes waiters confuse vegetarian and vegan. If you have this impression, then say directly that you do not eat dairy products, eggs, honey and so on. Simply to avoid misunderstandings.
7. Stay flexible and friendly
A vegan must be one thing above all in restaurants: flexible as a weasel! Because you don't always get what you want on your plate at that particular moment. After all, long-term animal welfare takes precedence over short-term enjoyment. Therefore, simply prepare yourself, for example, now and then to eat Combine side dishes like rice or pasta into a vegan meal to have to. From experience, however, you can get a purely vegetable dish in (almost) every restaurant, at the latest when you ask.
Besides, politeness is the key to happiness. As long as you don't act like a senior teacher or nagging, every good restaurant will try to satisfy its guests. If necessary, just explain briefly and compactly what you can eat and what not. And then something vegan will be found for you.
8. RATE RESTAURANTS and share experiences.
It's not always totally easy to research a vegan restaurant or vegan meals. Sometimes there are neither internet reviews with references to plant-based meals, nor an entry in the apps mentioned in the first tip. Either way, you should share your experience at a particular restaurant with other vegan people. For example, by a Google rating or just an entry at HappyCow and Vanilla Bean. In this way, swarm knowledge makes it easier and easier for you and all other vegans to eat vegan in restaurants. The more people do this, the "smarter and more helpful" the apps become.
Vegan in the restaurant - easier than ever!
There really is always a solution! With every restaurant visit, you get better at finding plant-based dishes - and with every day that passes, vegan options in restaurants continue to increase. This makes it easier than ever to eat vegan anywhere, even when dining out.
Do you have any questions or can you think of any other tips to make plant-based eating at restaurants even easier? Then I look forward to your comment!
Be always kind to animals,
PS.: Look you with pleasure still something in the Vegan diet blog around! There you will find out, for example, why I have the Dairy industry even more brutal than the meat industry.
