Vegan Food Around The World
As a vegan, I love to try different food. As I enjoy my vegan journey, my palate has slowly changed as I try more distinguishing flavors.
Since our world is so large with so many different cultures, I wanted to experience more vegan foods around the world. This week’s blog is all about food, “Budapest Style.” I hope you are hungry as we are on a quest to visit the food of Budapest, Hungary.
Vegan Love is a fully vegan restaurant where you’ll find the most amazing and inventive array of burgers, hotdogs, gyros, kebabs, donuts, smoothies, and colas. Located at the foot of the Citadella, we enjoyed a delicious vegan junk food style lunch after hiking to the top and taking lots of #candid photos. From Shiitake Quinoa Burgers with peanut sauce to Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches and Gluten-free Mac ‘n’ Cheese, you will not go hungry. Between us, we tried the Gyros Pitta Sandwich with a DIY salad bar, BBQ tofu burger with melted cheese and homemade sauces, sweet potato, and normal fries. The dish that called my name? The Gyros Platter. Whole wheat pitta with Gyros spiced seitan (unnervingly very ‘meaty’) with salad (including broccoli! 
), cooling garlic sauce, and a spicy chili sauce.
You’ll find Édeni Vegán across the river in the Buda side of the city, so after walking through the castle district, we’d really worked up an appetite. This eatery or Etterem offers cakes, coffees, and meals as well as a daily buffet, and when a full plate from the buffet along with a side salad comes in at about £11, the decision was a no-brainer. It was great to get some fresh salad – though it was far from dull. Loaded with tofu cubes, carrot dip, tofu crème sauce, and crunchy veggies, it was a refreshing side to the main attraction. There were at least 15 dishes to choose from, and usually, you’ll get a little bit of everything, though I opted for my favorites. The tofu vegetable scramble was a definite highlight for me as it was packed with flavor, as were the paprika tomato soy chunks and grilled vegetables. The roasted sweet potatoes were so tender, and I chose the beetroot burger as my ‘special’ – there was a choice of seitan steaks, courgette patties, falafels, tofu vegetable patties, and an onion cheese slice. Hungarian food is known for being meat-heavy and hearty, so it’s no surprise that their vegan imitations focus heavily on soya, tofu, seitan, and other processed meat alternatives.
If you want a great vegan breakfast, go to Slow Foodiez. A fully vegetarian restaurant that boasted delicious-sounding vegan-cooked breakfasts, smoothie bowls, and vegan omelets. When you visit Budapest, this is definitely on my list to go.
So much vegan food in Budapest! So, if you’re traveling to Budapest, please let me know what you recommend. I hope that this will give you that spark to try new food and go where the locals go!
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