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28.04.2011

Not by salad only

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Would you believe that one over ten Italians does not eat meat? The times when …

Would you believe that one over ten Italians does not eat meat? The times when all a vegetarian person could hope to have at the restaurant was a sad green salad are long gone. The world’s food industry has finally aknowledged the potential of an increasingly widespread choice, and vegetarian cuisine has become an interesting experimental field. Here are some good adresses.


Milano
Joia
“Natural haute cuisine”. That’s how Michelin-starred chef Pietro Leeman defines the innovative gastronomy of Joia, reputed to be the best vegetarian restaurant in Europe. In spite of their baroque names, the dishes have pure tastes and minimally processed ingredients. Since 2009,  the restaurant’s headquarters host an evening bistrot called Joia Kitchen where you can try their cuisine at affordable prices.

Roma

Il Margutta Ristorarte
Opened in 1979, Il Margutta is the first vegetarian addresses in Rome. Today, it has also become an active contemporary art gallery, hosting the up-and-coming artists. The cuisine is mostly Mediterranean, with the occasional foray into Oriental tastes.

Londra

Vanilla Black
Originally established in York in 2004, Michelin-recommended Vanilla Black moved to London four years later and aims to elevate meat-free cookery to a level that delights discerning palates of all tastes, whether vegetarian or committed carnivore. The menu is inspired by British cuisine with the inevitable Oriental touch.

 

New York

Dirty Candy
“Anyone can cook an hamburger, but leave vegetables to the professionals”. That’s the basic idea behind chef Amanda Cohen’s Dirty Candy. This design-conscious East Village venue aims at debunking the myth of politicized and uncreative vegetarian restaurants through hyper-colored and cutting-edge dishes.

Berlino

Cookies Cream
The door to Berlin’s vegetarian restaurant of the moment is hidden away in a delivery yard around the back of the Westin Grand hotel, according to the recent “underground” trend. The interiors, on the other end, are super chic: exposed brick walls, low concrete ceilings, sawn-off pipe fragments for chandeliers. Chef Stephan Hentschel proposes a mostly seasonal menu avoiding pasta, tofu and rice to venture more unusual choices.


Parigi

Gentle Gourmet B&B
The first vegan bed & breakfast in Paris (an estende family-run business) hosts an international coking school and a small evening restaurant for eight people with a fixed 3 or 4-course menu. Besides arranging courses, trips and various events, the Pivain family intends to open the first vegan hotel in Europe soon.

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