All posts tagged: vegan

Celebrating 15 years of being vegan!

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I don’t have a clear vegan anniversary date, but July 2009 was when my husband and I made the ‘click’ to go vegan. This happened at the first Minding Animals Conference in Australia, an international gathering with leading activists and academics in the field of critical animal studies (I also gave two presentations btw). The atmosphere was amazing and inspiring! 🤗Veganism was considered normal, a ‘given’, which was a real eye opener, and a big contrast to the more dominant ‘vegetarian/veggie’ focus in those days (especially in Belgium). Despite having been vegetarian for more than 10 years before and being aware of animal rights issues, we realised we were still contributing to animal oppression in many ways. We wanted to change that.

#427 Vegan pizzeria! Plant a Pizza, Gent

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restaurant review #427- Another vegan restaurant 🙂 We have had the pleasure of tasting the pizzas from Plant a Pizza at several vegan events before, and also at the foodtruck in Ghent. Plant a Pizza then opened a restaurant in Ghent, and since the beginning of 2024 has a second restaurant in Antwerp! This is from a visit to the one in Ghent, at the end of the Summer of 2023. It is in the city center, near the Gravensteen, the medieval castle.

#357 Lovely lunch at TO80 vegan, Köln (GER)

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restaurant review #357 – TO80 Vegan is a -well the name does give it away – vegan Vietnamese restaurant in Köln / Cologne in Germany. It is at the edge of the city center, within walking distance from the main street. We went here when we were in Köln in Summer of 2022 for the show of Transatlantic (a super progressive rock band). See video below, and more on my YouTube. 🎶🎤🎵

#352 Lovely lunch on the terrace of EVE- Muse, Metz (FR)

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restaurant review #352 – Vegan in METZ (FR)! đź’š We were here in September, on holiday in the region. We had a nice lunch at vegan restaurant EVE, close to the Muse Museum.

#331 Good fast food, but not really cosy, Sin Sin, Ghent

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restaurant review #331 – Sin Sin is a new vegan restaurant in the city center of Ghent, at the Kouter. I visited in the beginning of October.

#321 Nice salad and pasta, EetcafĂ© ‘t Folk, Dranouter

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restaurant review #321 – EetcafĂ© ‘t Folk is part of Muziekcentrum Dranouter, where concerts and other music events are organised. Dranouter is well known for its yearly Folk festival, which takes place just around the corner. We were at EetcafĂ© ‘t Folk for lunch a couple of weeks ago, and went for a bikeride in the beautiful area. This part of Flanders is more sloped, with small hills, which are very popular with cyclists and also feature in cycling races.

#320 Nice fast lunch at Loving Hut, Louvain La Neuve

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restaurant review #320 – Loving Hut is worldwide chain of vegan restaurants. They can either be small lunch places, take away restos or full size restaurants, depending on the local manager. We have visited many branches of Loving Hut restaurants over the years, in Leuven, Brighton, New York, Maastricht, … What they all have in common is they don’t serve any alcohol, and they follow or are inspired by ‘Supreme Master’ Ching Hai. We have no interest in the latter, but only go for the vegan food!

#316 Healthy, cheap and fresh, Moana PokéBowls, Brugge

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restaurant review #316 – Ohana PokĂ© bowls opened last year in the city center of Bruges, near the Stadsschouwburg. Meanwhile, it has been renamed ‘Moana Pokebowls’. And they now also have a location in Blankenberge! We have visited the restaurant in Bruges twice in 2021. So this review is already from a couple of months ago.

#222 Dinner at vegan resto SNCKBR (Waku Waku), Utrecht (NL)

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restaurant review #222 – SNCKBR is a vegan restaurant in the city center of Utrecht, just next to the concert hall Tivoli Vredenburg. We were here a couple of months ago, before going to show at the Tivoli. A couple of weeks ago, SNCKBR has been renamed into Waku Waku. At the time of our visit, the opening hours were not correctly noted on the website. We already passed by at 4PM – expecting it to be open – but they were still setting up tables and told us it would be open at 5PM. So we returned. Although it was still early, the place soon filled up. SNCKBR (Waku Waku) is a spacious place with a nice, newly renovated decor. We had several reviews that service could be slow at SNCKBR (Waku Waku), so we decided not to take an entree or soup. We ordered two mains, a the SNCKBR burger with fries on the side and a BBQ Peking Luck pizza. Luckily, the main dishes came relatively quickly. The pizza was very spicy …

#221 Lovely dinner at The Gate (Islington), London

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restaurant review #221 – The Gate is vegetarian restaurant in London. Actually there are already three The Gate restaurants in London (Islington, Marylebone, Hammersmith), and in March 2019 a fourth one will open (St. John’s Wood). We had already been to the one at Marylebone (see review here), so this time we went to the one in Islington. This was during our stay in London for VegfestUK, in the Fall of 2018 (see post here). The Gate at Islington is a spacious place, and nicely renovated. A combination of old and new. There’s a restaurant room at ground level, and a room in the back which is up a few steps. I had made a reservation online, and we were warmly welcomed and took place in the ground floor restaurant room, with a view at the bar. Everything on the menu at the Gate is vegan, except for the non-vegan options labelled as such (NV = not vegan). We had a lovely dinner. Mezze platter (ÂŁ22) to share as a starter. Mushroom risotto (ÂŁ16) and …