PETA友善動物組織--亞洲十大純素友善城市
第一名-台灣 台北
今年，台北在PETA的名單上名列前茅，原因在於它的素食和素食餐廳之多。
台北的全素食餐館包括
Ooh Cha Cha - 食客可以享用到“純素培根和奶酪”漢堡，凱撒沙拉到越南菜，
以及其他美味佳餚，
Soul R. VeganCafé - 胡桃巧克力醬，純素黑胡椒牛排，意大利炸素蝦，
甚至非乳製品焦糖奶油布丁。
動物誌 - 供應素食漢堡與芥末mayo，以及“熱狗”和“培根”三明治 -
蔬河 - 這是一個客製化的台灣風味湯品。
Loving Hut - 提供泡菜火鍋，混合燒烤串和各種非奶酪乳酪蛋糕
VegeTable - 則提供無肉日本風味的菜餚。
Fresh Bakery & Cafe Taipei- 這個城市的第一個素食麵包店，
創造了精美的黑森林和咖啡蛋糕，甚至“奶酪”麵包和紅豆月餅，
純素天堂- 杏仁餅，檸檬 - 焦糖巧克力蛋撻，覆盆子慕斯和台灣著名菠蘿蛋糕等。 Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Cities in AsiaWe’ve scoured Asia and selected the most vegan-friendly cities. Did your favorite city make the cut?
1. TAIPEI, TAIWAN
This year, Taipei takes the top spot on PETA’s list, thanks in part to its array of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants.
Included among Taipei’s all-vegan eateries are
Ooh Cha Cha—where
compassionate diners can get everything from a “bacon and cheese”
burger and Caesar salad to Vietnamese bánh mì, among other delicious
dishes—and
Soul R. Vegan Café,
which offers matcha-and-walnut waffles drizzled with chocolate sauce,
black pepper vegan sirloin steak, Italian fried “prawns,” and even
nondairy caramel crème brûlée. Foodies can also hit up
About Animals—which serves vegan burgers with wasabi mayo as well as “hot dogs” and “bacon” sandwiches—and
Vege Creek, which makes a customizable Taiwanese-style soup.
Loving Hut offers kimchi hot pots, mixed-grill skewers, and a variety of nondairy cheesecakes, while
VegeTable prepares meat-free Japanese-style dishes.
Looking for vegan guilty pleasures? Check out
Fresh Bakery & Cafe Taipei—the
city’s first vegan bakery, which creates scrumptious Black Forest
gâteau and coffee cakes and even “cheese”-stuffed breads and red-bean
mooncakes—and at
Vegan Heaven,
which stuns visitors with its macaroons, lemon-and-salted-caramel
chocolate tarts, raspberry mousse, and veganized version of Taiwan’s
famous pineapple cake. The sweet treats continue with vegan biscuits and
brownies at
Green Bakery and cupcakes galore at
Mianto.
2. SINGAPORE
Thanks
to its roaring vegan scene, “The Lion City” has earned the number two
spot on PETA’s list of the Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Cities in Asia.
Included among Singapore’s all-vegan eateries are
VeganBurg,
which features an impressive variety of “meaty” plant-based burgers
slathered with dairy-free mayonnaise and sweet smoky barbecue sauce,
while
Genesis Vegan Restaurant prepares
“fish head” vermicelli, “chicken” rice and vegan cheesecake. Diners can
find meat-free versions of traditional dishes such as nyonya laksa, mee
pok, and orh nee at
Loving Hut and vegan char kway teow and tofu goreng at
VegCafe. Among the standout dishes at fast-food joint
nomVnom is the QQ Cheezy burger, and
Brownice Italian Vegan Ice Cream & Kitchen is
famous for its vegan barbecue chicken pizza, waffles, brownies, ice
cream, and more. Compassionate diners can also feed their hunger for
nutty buah keluak at
Whole Earth Vegetarian, Singapore’s only Peranakan-Thai vegetarian restaurant, or they can fill up on clay-pot “chicken” curry at
Gokul Vegetarian Restaurant or grab a falafel at
Fill a Pita – and don’t miss out on the vegan durian cake at
HotCakes!
3. CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
Chiang Mai tops PETA’s list, thanks to its plethora of creative dishes that are as delicious as they are kind to animals.
Among Chiang Mai’s unique eateries is
Taste From Heaven, with its crispy morning glory salad, panang curry, and vegan brownies for dessert, among other options.
Happy Greenand
Chiang Mai Vegetarian Society both offer 100 per cent vegan all-you-can-eat buffets, during which you can gorge on traditional Thai foods.
Anchan serves up everything from coconut palmheart thai basil stirfry to green curry chayote, while
Pun Pun prepares nam hed song kreung, a fermented meatless sausage. Chiang Mai diners can also treat themselves to
Free Bird Cafe‘s
vegan pancakes and cheesecake. Even Thailand’s famous street food
khanom khrok – a delicious pancake made with rice flour and coconut milk
– is vegan.
4. MAKATI, PHILIPPINES
There’s no doubt about it – Makati, the Philippines’ financial district, is a vegan hub.
Its all-vegan restaurants include
Greenery Kitchen, which serves meat-free traditional Pinoy dishes, from sisig and adobo to bopis and pares.
Juicesabel prepares vegan cheeseburgers, mac ‘n’ cheese, longganisa, and dairy-free cakes, and nearby
Wabi-Sabi ladles out a ramen with meatless meats alongside its famous “meaty” banh mi sandwich.
Green Bar serves
everything from vegan roast beef sandwiches and popcorn “chicken” tacos
to dairy-free grilled cheese and doughnuts, and even
101 Hawker Food House offers veggie meat in the dishes in the vegan section of its menu.
The Kismet Café now
offers vegan cinnamon rolls and stacks of pancakes and waffles served
with vegan butter and all the maple syrup you can ask for. Newcomer
Charlie Does Manila pairs “fish” and “beef” tacos with local beers, and
Corner Tree Café—a veteran of Makati’s vegan scene—has an extensive menu full of hearty plant-based dishes and desserts.
There’s even an Instagram account called
Good Eats Asia featuring pictures of all the vegan-friendly items you can find in Makati’s restaurants.
5. BANGALORE, INDIA
Thanks
to local all-vegan restaurants such as Paradigm Shift and Carrots;
popular hotels and restaurants, including The Park, Alila, The Glass
House and 100ft, which will soon launch vegan menus; Bengaluru-based
Café Coffee Day’s decision to create and sell its Vegan Shake as well as
numerous other vegan-friendly initiatives, Bangalore places fifth on
PETA’s list.
In
addition to vegan, vegetarian and vegan-friendly restaurants, Vegania –
a self-described “virtual vegan country” that provides a forum for and
campaigns on animal rights issues – is active in the city, as is the
group Vegan Bengaluru, which organises monthly potlucks and outreach
activities and offers tips on vegan eating. There’s even a 161-page
guide – My Vegan Bangalore – to vegan restaurants, shops and cafés, which is available from Amazon.in.
6. HONG KONG
The vegan dining scene in Hong Kong has exploded, from the 100 per cent vegan menu at the famous
LockCha Tea House to restaurants that offer everything from meat-free “chicken” satay skewers to vegan fried eggs.
Included among Hong Kong’s all-vegan eateries are
Veggie SF –
where compassionate diners can get “meaty” burgers with vegan
mayonnaise, dairy-free milkshakes, and chocolate molten cake, among
other tasty dishes – and
Loving Hut, home of sweet “egg” tarts, deep-fried “eel” cutlet, “cheese and fried egg” sandwiches, and dairy-free cheesecake.
Pure Veggie Houseserves a variety of meat-free dim sum alongside traditional “shark fin” soup, while
LN Fortunate Coffee prepares standout waffles, “hot dogs”, and pasta with “meatballs”.
Diners can hit up vegan-friendly
Cali-Mex for its Venice Beach burrito, loaded with shredded soy “chicken” and dairy-free cheese and sour cream, and then visit nearby
Mana! – which serves peanut-butter chocolate cake and coconut and chocolate truffles – for dessert.
Home – Eat to Live creates dishes such as melty dairy-free grilled cheese sandwiches and coconut-and-strawberry cake.
Hong Kong is also home to
Green Common,
an all-vegetarian supermarket that sells everything from vegan meats
such as Gardein and Beyond Meat to Miyoko Schinner’s line of dairy-free
cheeses.
7. BANGKOK, THAILAND
Bangkok’s
bustling vegan scene supplies hungry diners with everything from pizza
topped with dairy-free cheese to meatless tom yam kung – and that’s why
the Thailand capital has landed the number-seven spot on PETA’s list.
Among the city’s best vegan-friendly spots is
May Veggie Home, which serves up meatless grilled bacon and fried “fish” as well as traditional meals such as panaeng curry and pad Thai.
Rasayana Raw Food Cafe prepares
quirky standouts such as Mexican Taco Cups and Thai Pasta made with
coconut and zucchini noodles. Decadent vegan desserts such as strawberry
cheesecake frappes and waffles with ice cream abound at
Veganerie – the city’s first and only vegan bakery.
May Kaidee’s offers tom kha soup and mango sticky rice, and at
Suananda,
you can dine on everything from pak wan salad to Burmese khao soy.
Thailand’s famous street food khanom khrok – a delicious pancake made
with rice flour and coconut milk – is vegan and can be enjoyed
throughout the country.
8. BALI, INDONESIA
