Eats Around the World

Food Around the World

The veg & vegan dishes worth a detour, the cafés we still think about, and the desserts we'd cross a city for. Honest picks from places we've actually eaten.

🇯🇵 Japan

Mercy Vegan Cafe bowl
Vegan

Mercy Vegan Cafe

Osaka — near Shinsaibashi
Jiggly cheesecake
Dessert

Rikuro's Jiggly Cheesecake

Osaka — Daimaru basement
Hokkaido soft serve
Vegan

Hokkaido Soft Serve (Dairy-Free)

Sapporo — Pole Town arcade
Tofu set meal
Vegetarian

Tofu Set Meals near Nanzen-ji

Kyoto
Onigiri
Vegetarian

Convenience Store Onigiri (Umeboshi / Konbu)

Everywhere in Japan
Matcha castella
Dessert

Matcha Castella from Nakamura Tokichi

Kyoto — Uji
Veg chilli ramen
Vegan

Kyoto Engine — Veg Chilli Ramen

Kyoto
Vegan gyoza
Vegan

Vegan Izakaya — Gyoza & Sake

Kyoto
Ain Soph plate
Vegan

Ain Soph

Tokyo (Ginza) & Kyoto
Vegan ramen
Vegan

T's TanTan

Tokyo Station
Fujifuku set meal
Vegan

Fujifuku

Tokyo — Asakusa
Komeda cafe
Vegan

Komeda Café (Plant-Based Kissa)

Tokyo
Afuri ramen
Vegetarian

Afuri Ramen

Tokyo — Akihabara
Matcha parfait
Dessert

The Macha House — Matcha Parfait

Kyoto
Matcha ice cream
Vegan

Hatoya Matcha & The Matcha House (Asakusa)

Tokyo — Asakusa
Vegan burger
Vegetarian

2foods Vegan Café

Tokyo — Ginza

🇪🇸 Spain

Patatas bravas
Vegetarian

Patatas Bravas (done right)

Barcelona — El Born
Teresa Carles plate
Vegan

Teresa Carles

Barcelona — Eixample
Churros con chocolate
Dessert

Churros con Chocolate

Madrid — Chocolatería San Ginés
La Campana pastries
Vegetarian

La Campana

Seville — old town
Arepas
Vegan

Vegan Bowl & Arepas

Seville
Thin crust pizza
Vegetarian

Artisanal Thin-Crust Pizza

Seville — backstreet pizzeria
La Boqueria market
Vegetarian

La Boqueria Market

Barcelona — Las Ramblas
Backstreet churros
Dessert

Backstreet Churros

Barcelona — off El Born

🇮🇹 Italy

Pizza margherita
Vegetarian

Pizza Margherita (Naples-style)

Rome — Trastevere wood-fire spots
Cacio e pepe
Vegetarian

Cacio e Pepe

Rome — any honest trattoria
Granita di limone
Vegan

Granita di Limone

Amalfi Coast — beachfront stalls
Gustapizza
Vegetarian

Gustapizza

Florence — Oltrarno
Pistachio gelato
Vegetarian

Romeo Gelateria

Rome
Tiramisu
Dessert

Tiramisu at Two Sizes

Rome — Trastevere
Pesto pasta
Vegetarian

I Love Italy — Fresh Pasta

Venice
Veg cuoppo
Vegetarian

Veg Cuoppo d'Amalfi

Amalfi — seafront

🇩🇪 Germany

Kasespatzle
Vegetarian

Käsespätzle

Stuttgart / Black Forest
Currywurst
Vegan

Curry 36 (Veggie Currywurst)

Berlin — Mehringdamm
Black Forest cake
Dessert

Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)

Black Forest — traditional café
Pretzel
Vegetarian

Markthalle Pretzels

Stuttgart — Markthalle
Biergarten food
Vegetarian

English Garden Biergarten

Munich — English Garden
Triberg cake
Dessert

Triberg Black Forest Cake

Triberg — Café Schäfer
Lake Titisee ice cream
Vegetarian

Lake Titisee Ice Cream

Titisee — lakefront

🇵🇹 Portugal

Pastel de nata
Dessert

Pastel de Nata

Porto — corner bakeries

🇫🇷 France

Marais falafel
Vegetarian

Marais Falafel

Paris — Le Marais
Croissant
Vegetarian

Early-Morning Croissants

Paris — neighbourhood boulangerie
Kugelhopf
Dessert

Kugelhopf

Strasbourg — Alsatian bakery

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Oamaru pizza
Vegetarian

Pizza by the Penguin Colony

South Island — Oamaru
Patagonia ice cream
Vegetarian

Patagonia Chocolates & Ice Cream

Queenstown — lakefront
Mrs Ferg cookie gelato
Vegetarian

Mrs Ferg Gelato + Cookie

Queenstown
Glenorchy cafe
Vegetarian

Glenorchy Café

Glenorchy — end of the road
Giapo gelato
Vegetarian

Giapo Gelato

Auckland — city centre

🇮🇳 Home Favourites (India)

Masala dosa
Vegetarian

Filter Coffee & Masala Dosa

Anywhere in Bengaluru / Chennai
Pav bhaji
Vegan

Pav Bhaji (no butter version)

Mumbai street stalls
Rasmalai
Dessert

Rasmalai

Kolkata sweet shops
Rosogolla
Dessert

KC Das Rosogolla

Kolkata — Esplanade
Sandesh
Dessert

Sandesh at Girish Chandra Dey

Kolkata — College Street
Kathi roll
Vegetarian

Arsanal Veg Kathi Roll

Kolkata

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