Restaurant Guide
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bxl / belgium
San: “Around a single dish, the bowl, Around a single piece of cutlery, the large spoon… SAN is the fusion of our quest for simplicity, of our travels that introduce us to a multicultural cuisine and of our creativity, inherited from L’air du temps.”
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Toukul: delicious Ethiopian place.
Strofilia excellent traditional Greek restaurant in a beautiful building Varkensmarkt / rue du Marché aux Porcs.
Le Wine Bar. Belgian/french, focus on wines, nibbles, regional products. good value lunch in the weekend.
Otomat Belgian Pizza paired with beers
Cowfish european food + asian influences, multi-course 'formulas'.
La bottega della pizza, excellent pizzeria opened in Rue Rollebeek Sablon) in 2016, with a wide selection of veggy pizzas (with 2 different smoked cheeses)
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Maison Antoine: the excellent fries ('frietkot') with home made tartar sauce (you can take the cone with you and sit in any of the bars around the square).
http://www.maisonantoine.be/
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mItO interesting pizzas, nibbles and cocktails
Core Croatian restaurant with excellent wines, focus on regional specialties and meats
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Kokob - ethiopian cuisine and cultural club. rue des Grande Carmes 10 (opp. 'la caneva')
Bia Mara - casual & delicious fish'n'chips, chicken'n'chips, etc.
Perroquet: beautiful art nouveau brasserie specialising in hot & cold filled pita breads and salads, if you want a good quality quick snack. near sablon
the fries shop on the south side of the Beurs building are quite good too
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Peck47, and Peck 20 - breakfast, brunch, lunch
Le Fourneau. 8 Sint-Katelijneplein / place Sainte-Catherine (french/fusion)
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La Buvette, delicious menus (contemporary cuisine)
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Unami tea store and great sweet and savoury dumplings
Mo mo, tibetan dumplings and soups
Viva m'boma, regional cuisine, belgian/french, specialises in offal
Zinneke: the place with most variety of moules-frites (but a bit out of the way, close to a beautiful park
various vegetarian places → (
map)
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'mirante' Pizzeria (not as good as it used to be)
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Les Ateliers du grand ille / / russian place (gone downhill)
yamato noodles (.jp)
disappeared into thin air 'estruria' and fabrizio
'pekin tea' chinese place on antwerpse steenweg (?), ma-po beancurd, no beef.
la caneva - italian. rue des Grande Carmes
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pataya - dansaert - thai
L'Element Terre - Chaussee de Waterloo 465
la domaine de lintillac, great duck restaurant on Vlaamsesteenweg
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shanti (indian/vegetarian+fish): 68 Ave Adolphe Buyl. 02-649-40-96
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Alexandre. Midi 164. (michelin 1*)
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other parts of belgium
further afield, but worth the journey;
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in de wulf. further experiments in deliciousness.
www.indewulf.be/ (michelin 1*), closed 2016
markt XI, de haan
belgian beer
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
THE SKY APPLE CAFÉ mostly lunch times 182 Heaton Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE6 5HP Tel - 0191 209 2571
http://www.skyapple.co.uk
italy
bologna
venice
torino
arcola
australia
adelaide
noodle and dumpling place
'ying chow' & 'east taste'
'sarahs'
'maya'
'sprouts ex sunshine'(?) ex.vespina
'vego & lovin it' (mexican chilli burgers.. )
Auge
Chianti Classico
Esca
Bistro Dom
melbourne
sydney
berlin
burma
istria, croatia
singapore
Ling Zhi Veg. Vegetarian Gourmet Restaurant #05-01 Liat Towers, 541 Orchard rd. Singapore. ph. +65 67343788 - their mock monkey brain is delicious
8 Treasures Vegetarian on the corner of South Bridge Road and Sago Lane (and the many vegan friendly mock-meat place(s) around Chinatown)
Xi-Yan. Chinese adventures (will do veg food if asked in advance) - extremely delicious recipes from HK and mainland China, great mismatched pottery. 38A Craig Road. +65 62203546
Tippling Club, 38 Tanjong Pagar Rd.
http://www.tipplingclub.com/ - delicious, playful, progressive dining. they have both long and short vegetarian degustation menus. for drinks, there is terrace where they serve their amazing cocktails.
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Waku Ghin. in Marina Bay Sands
Original Sin. Vegetarian Mediterranean. Blk 43, #01-62 Jalan Mera Saga, Chip Bee Gardens, Singapore
http://www.originalsin.com.sg/ - amazing wine list! interesting specials
Flutes at the Fort. Australian. 21 Lewin Terrace, Fort Canning Park - beautiful place for an al fresco lunch or dinner. vegetarian friendly, but best ask them in advance if you want a whole veg-menu.
Rang Mahaal. Indian fine dining (great veg. buffet for lunch). Pan Pacific hotel, Level 3; 7 Raffles Blvd
Shish Mahal. 180 Albert Street #01-20 Albert Court Village Hotel & Mall. Nepali section of the menu is great.
Enso Kitchen.
Shojin Ryori vegan.
http://www.ensokitchen.com/ open only sunday lunch @ GOTO Japanese Restaurant Singapore, Ann Siang Rd., must reserve in advance. a must try experience. delicious food and wonderful people!
Blue Ginger. Peranakan. Tanjong Pagar Rd - small but very tasty selection of veg dishes (the aubergine is excellent)
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Hide Yamamoto (Japanese at Marina Bay Sands)
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outside hawker place(s) - Lau Pasat, for example (junction Boon Tat street, Robinson rd and Raffles Quay)
tea chapter on neil road - for in-house tea ceremonies (with excellent veggy buns) and a great selection of teas to buy
Whole Earth Vegetarian. Geylang Road 593 chinatown - “Singapore’s first and only Thai-Peranakan Vegetarian restaurant”
Saint Pierre. 3 Magazine Road, #01-01 Central Mall, Singapore 059570. Tel: +65 6438 0887. - European. The Belgian chef Emmanuel Stroobandt is very vegetarian friendly (he will do a vegetarian degustation menu if you ask him nicely…)!
Annalakshmi Restaurant. Indian Vegetarian, volunteer run (pay as you like). #B1-02 Chinatown point, Podium A. 133 New Bridge Rd
Shimbashi Soba. Japanese buckwheat noodles. #B1-41 Paragon, 290 Orchard Rd.
Komala Villas. Very cheap, great dosas. Different outlets in Little India.
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Bon Gout. Home-style japanese (non veg) in a bookshop. #01-01 Quayside, 60 Robertson Quay
Nonya Bistro. Perankan. Bk. Timah Rd - great deserts. the owner has an amazing collection of local anecdotes.
The Mango Tree. Indian Coastal food. B23 Marine Cove Recreation Centre, 1000 East Coast Parkway - great mango curry, pepper mushrooms and many other interesting dishes
Breeze. Rooftop bar. Hotel Scarlet, Erskine Rd - Good wedges & chocolate fondue. Cocktails are a bit watery (as everywhere in Singapore)
Loof. Rooftop bar. 331 North Bridge Rd #03-01.
http://www.loof.com.sg - nice ambiance, too many blue shirts. to avoid on thursday nights if you don't like acoustic pop-covers
Food #03 @ the Postmuseum
Uncle Stan's Island Creamery: 64688859. Great ice-cream shop, with local flavours, such as teh tarik, putut hitam, chendol, etc.
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Bombay Cafe.
Bollywood vegies. in the singapore “country side”
Orgo. rooftop bar. fruit juices & cocktails on the esplanade roof.
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links and reviews
tokyo
linz
Trattoria Don Sebastiano. Museumstrasse 36. 4020 Linz
Bigoli. Dametzstrasse 38 (OK Platz)
cook
“p'aa” / vegie. altstadt 28, 4020 linz, 070 776461.
http://www.paa.cx ( → lekker und deftig)
'alte welt' for rustic austrian goodness
wien
paris
l'Arpège. 84, rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris. 0147 050906. (passionatly dedicated to cuisine végétale)
la truffiere. 4 rue blainville, 75005, paris. 0146 332982. (excellent truffle suffused traditional french cuisine)
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Sola (par Hiroki Y). 12 rue de l'Hotel Colbert, 75005 Paris. (excellent french/japanese fusion)
Tien Hiang Restaurant Végétarien. 14, rue Bichat 75010 Paris. 0142 000823. (tasty convenient budget vegetarian)
http://tien-hiang.fr
maribor
amsterdam
Blue Pepper. contemporary indonesian. Nassaukade 366, Amsterdam.
apple-pie at the Noordermarkt or 'Zeezicht' at Torenstraat.
best Indian place in Amsterdam is a small 'toko' close to the Torenstraat, in the Oude Leliestraat on the other side of the Multatuli statue.
for chinese go to Zeedijk of course.
vegans can go to 'Overtoom 301' (Overtoom is a street)
best friet-boer (snackfarmer) is 'DOP' at > Taksteeg near Spui.
great african place is 'Lalibella' at > 1e Helmersstraat 249,close to Overtoom.
best home made alcohol: 'cafe de druif' at > Rapenburgerplein 83.
Edinburgh
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David Bann 56-58 St. Marys St, Edinburgh - 0131 556 5888. All vegetarian, inventive, recommended, not cheap
http://www.davidbann.co.uk – 28 Sept 2008 (BrianDegger)
riga
Reykjavik
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Sjávarkjallarinn - “Seafood Cellar” - excellent fusion menu based around icelandic seafood [veg.options]
Lækjarbrekka - traditional icelandic ingredients, modern touches.
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toronto
vancouver
china
dalian
beijing
shanghai
london
barcelona
Portugal
Lisbon
Porto
Cambodia
helsinki
Manala, Dagmarinkatu 2, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. traditional Finnish food, and 19th century paintings
camp, county kerry, ireland
Fort Bragg, California
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