This Sunday’s food coma was brought to us by Schillinger

I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

     

‘nuff said!

Vegan Mania June 5th, 2010

The Vegan Summer Fest (we prefer this name) came and went. we were there and enjoyed the food and giggled about the posing body builders. 

      

Vegan Mania; the beloved Doener stand from Munich

Doener, glorious Doener!; check out my buns

Vietnamese “duck” sandwich; strong vegan menz

vegan weekend eats!

delicious vegetable lasagna with garlicy tzatziki from our favourite spot, Landia.

the sushi platter at The Loving Hut. we have been checking out more dishes at the Hut and have slowly become quite fond of the joint.

vegan brunch: the july edition

many pictures, few words.

breakfast burrito

chorizo crumble

olive bruschetta

cinnamon rolls; pineapple cupcakes; berry chocolate chip muffins

tiramisu

tiramisu!

hot chocolate ice cream. hot as in spicy

awesome!

vegan traveling: the food i ate in greece

so, greece, right? my one week work-cation on Crete was so much nicer than expected: the people were great, genuinely helpful and friendly, big hearts and big portions when it came to the food. the truly vegan-friendly food, i should add.

the first half of the week was spent in a little village by the ocean in the SW of Crete, Kalamaki. i had almost all of my meals at a small taverna called Athivoles, after a few days also known as my home away from home.

my first meal in the taverna was glorious: 

grilled garlic bread 

fried zucchini (in the back you see pastichio, a greek lasagna dish i plan on veganizing one of these days)

and a big plate of horta with steamed zucchini and boiled potatoes

all ingredients were fresh and whenever i listed the things i didn’t eat, i only met smiles and the best improvised dishes, not once did i get a “why?” or strange look. 

after meals we usually had greek coffee, metrio (a little sugar) and fresh fruit. i don’t think i paid for more than a third of the coffees i consumed, the fruit platters were always free.

there were numerous greek salads (hold the feta, please), hearty vegetable stews w/ green beans, potatoes and carrots and a great grilled tomato stuffed with rice

and accidentally vegan halva, a cake made with millet and sugar, olive oil and orange zest

i even found a healthfood/ organic produce store in the next small town over that not only had the freshest and cheapest organic produce ever but also helped me out on the breakfast front:

i found vegan margarine and chocolate rice milk

after quaint friendly Kalamaki, we moved on to the 5** conference hotel where food was buffet style and uninspiring but filling. i ate many soggy vegetables and really missed my little taverna!

Crete is great and if you stay away from the loud touristy beach towns you get to meet some of the friendliest people that will dig through their kitchens to feed you a great nutritious vegan meal and tell you stories in a mix of greek, german and english and you get to hang out with cute beach bums:

vegan shopping at that swedish design house

i had 10 minutes to check out the food section at ikea while waiting for the free bus shuttle back into town. here is what i found:

• potatichips saltade - potato chips salted
• flädersaft - elderberry syrup
• leksands knäcke - swedish crispbread
• choklad mörk - dark chocolate
  

paid € 6 for all of this svenska food.

some of the new dishes at formosa!

tested for you by Team Vegan. 

fried dumplings with potato wedges and dip (tastes like pickles)

the money shot

fried duck w/ fried veggie noodles and sweet chili sauce

couscous with lamb

result: everything was damn delicious!