Pot Au Vert

June 11, 2012

On Mon forenoon nosotros had a few hours left inwards Zurich together with entirely plenty francs left for i meal. We'd spotted a vegetarian restaurant, Pot gold Vert, that opened at 11:30 hence nosotros skipped breakfast together with wandered closed to the onetime town until it was cook for us.

Pot gold Vert is located on the outset flooring of a hotel together with has a traditional, not-too-flashy experience close it. The caput waiter conversed confidently alongside us inwards English linguistic communication together with helped us through the menu, though the other staff fellow member exchanged entirely German linguistic communication together with kindly kept it basic.

There is a impress re-create of the carte du jour inwards misspelt but completely readable English. It covers a arrive at of cuisines - linguine together with penne to falafel, curry together with fried tofu - together with it's unclear how much, if any, is vegan.

There's also a salad bar, although it's much to a greater extent than minor than the famous buffet at Hiltl - no to a greater extent than than a dozen bowls alongside a focus on fresh unadorned vegetables, hence 3 lovely tangy dressings at the end. I scored a little plate equally business office of my order. We were also treated to some of the region's first-class bread. Seriously - a typical pre-meal spell inwards a casual eatery inwards Switzerland is a worthy challenger to what many high-end Australian restaurants offer.

Michael chose the sliced quorn inwards a mushroom cream sauce alongside ruddy cabbage together with dumplings (24.50 CHF AU$25.80). Don't move fooled yesteryear the angle of this photo; I'm pretty certain that plateful was agency bigger than Michael's head. I could barely believe that he ate it all, though having had a gustatory modality I could empathise trying! The dumplings had been fried inwards butter together with seasoned perfectly, the quorn had a lovely sauce (albeit non quite equally sophisticated equally my Hiltl one) together with the cabbage offered the correct sour contrast.

I took a punt on a seasonal special, white asparagus covered inwards hollandaise sauce together with served alongside parsley potatoes (20.80 CHF $21.90). Michael had a practiced express joy at the overwhelming yellowness of this dish - he'd been eating a lot of yellow, carb-heavy nutrient inwards Kingdom of Norway - but it was saved from flavour monotony yesteryear an first-class hollandaise. It certain gives elementary steamed vegetables a kick!

Pot gold Vert is a comfortable together with comforting venue for vegetarians inwards a fairly meat-focused city. It was a overnice glimpse of homely Swiss nutrient without the veal together with sausage, together with lined our stomachs good for the journeying ahead.

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I was entirely able to honor other weblog accounts of Pot gold Vert on Goatless together with The existent picky gourmet.

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Pot gold Vert
Limmatquai 142 CH-8001 Zürich
044 267 sixty 40
tiffin 8.50-24.50 CHF ( AU$9-26)
http://www.limmathof.com/frameinhalt/menupot/wochenkarte.htm

Accessibility: Pot gold Vert is upward a sum flying of stairs together with I did non notice whatsoever elevator access. Within the eatery tables are quite closed together together with the salad bar is at medium height. There's sum tabular array service together with some of the staff are proficient inwards English.

Kopps

June 11, 2012

The house we're spending the around fourth dimension inwards on this trip is Berlin, which may or may non last related to the xl or then veg*n places serving upwards delicious treats there. Even alongside 10 days we're going to accept to pack things in. We arrived inwards the early on eventide on Mon in addition to went for a quick stroll around our neighbourhood earlier dinner.

The primary aim was dinner, which we'd booked at nearby Kopps. We were pretty excited - it promised slightly high-end dining, traditional High German dishes in addition to an solely vegan menu.

The infinite itself was sleek in addition to trendy, alongside lots of windows, a prissy bar surface area in addition to a slightly overbearing tabular array of fifteen correct side past times side to us. The large group, along alongside drowning out our conversation, meant that the staff were run off their feet, leaving us to hold off 10 minutes or then for menus to arrive.

We didn't holler back to enquire for English linguistic communication menus in addition to were forced to rely on Cindy's Grade 8 High German to larn us by. Thankfully, Cordon Bleu agency Cordon Bleu inwards whatever language.

This was specified equally a 220g Cordon Bleu, in addition to was served alongside braised ruddy vino shallots, glazed carrot in addition to mashed potatoes (15.5€, $20). The cordon bleu was wonderful - a fantastic mock-meat patty, crisply crumbed in addition to stuffed alongside a layer of garlic in addition to herb mush. The ruddy vino sauce on the shallots added a rich sweetness to the whole dish, in addition to the squeeze in addition to carrot were both exceed notch - in that location were fifty-fifty picayune dehydrated garlic discs dotting the spud. It's prissy to accept a slightly fancy mock-meat process - it doesn't ever need to last served on massive burgers alongside oodles of chips (although it tin be, concur your breath for 24 hours to encounter approximately fine examples!).

Our 2nd primary was the braised soya roulade, alongside habitation made apple tree in addition to red-cabbage, potatoes in addition to tasty gravy (13.5€, $17). 

This was all really rich. The cabbage was slathered inwards approximately other ruddy vino sauce in addition to had actually soaked it upwards - I loved it, but I holler back it was a chip besides intense for Cindy's palate. Luckily she had the perfectly cooked spuds in addition to wonderful soy rolls to autumn dorsum on. The gravy had a strong, deep flavor in addition to my only disappointment was that I couldn't soak plenty of it upwards alongside the potatoes.

Given the lineament of the mains, in that location was no way nosotros were skipping dessert. Having clearly realised over the eventide that nosotros had no existent German, the waitress kindly brought us the English linguistic communication card to guild from. Again nosotros went for an fifty-fifty separate of ii dishes, starting alongside the creamy mousse au chocolat alongside nighttime berries (4.8€, $6).

I'm non certain how they brand their vegan mousse, but Kopps certain create larn it creamy - this had a divinely rich texture, a prissy chocolatey flavor in addition to was at to the lowest degree equally skilful equally it looks.

The other dessert was the intriguingly named lemon polenta (with marinated rhubarb in addition to strawberry mousse, 5.5€, $7).

Lemon polenta turned out to last a lemon flavoured polenta cupcake, which had a strangely coarse texture in addition to was a smidgen on the dry out side. Luckily, the lashings of strawberry mouse in addition to the refreshing marinated rhubarb overcame this youngster concern. This wasn't equally skilful equally the mousse, but was all the same a pretty satisfying dessert.

Kopps was a revelation: an solely vegan house doing High German inspired nutrient in addition to doing it very, really good in addition to at pretty damn reasonable prices. We've been told their brunch is a must-do, then you lot won't last waiting long at all to encounter approximately other review of them on here.

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Everyone loves Kopps! Just focussing on reviews written inwards English, I've establish consistently positive write-ups. Check out: Know where to go, The Food in addition to The City, Know where to go, ForeignerinBerlin, Know where to go, Vegan Gourmet Caravan, Know where to go, A Finn inwards Berlin.

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Kopps
Linienstraße 94, Berlin
030 432 097 75
mains 11.8 - 15.5€ (AU$15 - 20), desserts 3.8 - 5.5€ (AU$5 - 7)
http://www.kopps-berlin.de/

Accessibility: Street tables are relatively accessible, but to larn within you lot accept to brand your way upwards a small-scale flying of steps. Once you're in, things are a picayune on the crowded side (although this was mayhap due to the aforementioned large group). Ordering in addition to payment happens at the table.

Dada Felafel

June 12, 2012

On our commencement total twenty-four hours inwards Berlin nosotros signed ourselves upward for the Brewer's 'Best of Berlin' walking tour, a vii hr trek roughly most of primal Berlin's attractions (some photographic highlights are included afterward this review). Halfway through the tour, our lovely lead dragged us all for tiffin at Dada Felafel, a house that was already on my Berlin eating google map. Score!

Dada does a roaring merchandise - the exterior tables were all total as well as a steady flow of people were coming inwards to charge upward on inexpensive goodies. The abrupt influx of a tour grouping of 15 pose Dada to the examination a bit, as well as their service started to creak - ii of our 3 tables were served their nutrient within almost 20 minutes, but the 3rd (ours of course), waited in all likelihood twice that. Still, it was merely almost worth it.

The bill of fare is generally vegetarian, alongside felafel, eggplant, haloumi as well as pastry rolls, a duet of salads, dips as well as a grand combo plate alongside a chip of everything. I was tempted past times the combo plate, but saw 1 on its agency to some other tabular array as well as decided it was besides much for me to tackle. Instead, I went for the uncomplicated felafel plate (5€ AU$6.30), which came alongside 5 felafel balls, hummus, garlicky yoghurt, chilli sauce, a spicy mango sauce, some tabouleh, cous cous as well as a few other salady bits. Plus bread. 

Pretty reasonable value. The felafels were bully - crispy on the exterior as well as soft as well as spicy within - as well as the sauces combined to brand a perfect melange of spiciness, tanginess as well as richness. I licked the plate clean. 

We paired the felafel upward alongside the pastry curl plate, which was basically the same bargain but alongside cheese, spinach as well as mint pastry rolls inwards house of the felafel balls (5€ AU$6.30).

This was fifty-fifty improve than the felafel! The pastries were fried upward to crispiness as well as were stuffed total of a tasty cheese as well as spinach concoction. Again, everything tasted fifty-fifty improve alongside ii or to a greater extent than of the sauces mushed on it.

Dada Felafel is 1 of Berlin's many felafel spots - nosotros haven't sampled widely plenty to know how good the lineament is maintained, but Dada is setting a pretty high standard. It may non survive the best house to become if you're inwards a hurry (especially if there's 15 of you!) but it's cheap, tasty as well as filling, as well as good worth a visit. Vegans tin convey everything on the felafel plate except for the yoghurt sauce - the hummus addition the ii spicy sauces volition convey to a greater extent than than plenty season to satisfy you.

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Dada Felafel

Linienstrasse 132, Mitte, Berlin

030 2759 6927

rolls 3.50€ ( AU$4.40), plates 5€ ( AU$6.30)

http://www.dadafalafel.de

Accessibility: Dada felafel has at most a small-scale pace on the agency in, but is pretty crowded inside. In the department of the eatery that nosotros sat, at that topographic point was some tabular array service, although nosotros did pay our bills at a fairly high counter.

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For those of you lot nonetheless reading as well as interested inwards our vacation snaps, hither are some of the highlights from our walking tour (which I actually recommend, although survive prepared for a long, long day).

The novel synagogue

The 1920s Clarcher's Ballroom, left unrestored post-war, 

but nonetheless used for gigs as well as parties

The courtyard at Clarcher's Ballroom, 

complete alongside sneaky street-art inwards the corner

Details from a wander through Kunsthaus Tacheles

Berlin skylines, featuring the Berlin TV Tower...

... as well as the Reichstag dome.

Government buildings, spanning the onetime East as well as West divide

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Tasteful currywurst store merely outside 

the quite moving wall memorial (pictured above).

Checkpoint Charlie, consummate alongside tacky actors inwards uniform

Random street art

Berliner Dom

Our exhausted tour grouping as well as nonetheless energetic guide

White Trash Fast Food

June 12, 2012

White Trash Fast Food actually stands out inwards the neighbourhood that we're currently staying. When nosotros root walked past times nosotros paused a minute to savour the name, assumed they'd convey footling of vegetarian interest, in addition to walked on. But when nosotros met our friend Tina, old pub clubber in addition to electrical flow Berlin resident, she brought us to White Trash expressly for their veg-friendly burgers.

The card is written inwards cheerfully coarse English linguistic communication in addition to for the well-nigh business office focuses on junky American nutrient - equally good equally burgers there's nachos, onion rings, chilli-cheese fries in addition to fried chicken, hence a scattering of salads, soups, fish'n'chips in addition to veal. For vegos, the burgers are primal - whatever of their 8 varieties tin hold upwardly made with a veg patty on request. It's made with nuts, beans, tofu, veges, herbs in addition to spices though it by in addition to large only tastes of fried; we're pretty certain it's vegan.

Michael went for the Moses Hell-Fire BBQ Burger (9€ AU$11.30), which comes with cheese, bbq sauce in addition to a heapin' helpin' of jalapenos. He tried to hold upwardly all nice in addition to role a knife in addition to fork to consume this monstrosity in addition to this was the result:

Clearly you lot only convey to comprehend the mess, along with the tasty chilli.

I ostensibly took the wussier option, getting the kinder-sized burger plate (6€ AU$7.50). Though my burger had footling to a greater extent than than one-half the diameter of Michael's, it was only equally tasty in addition to an equal battle to piece of occupation along all the fillings nether control.

My cunning conception was to piece of occupation out tummy infinite for to a greater extent than or less onion rings (4€ AU$5) - they were crispy plenty in addition to rather greasy, in addition to saved past times an splendid ranch dip.

White Trash Fast Food was a surprise win for us - the veg burgers are sloppily delicious, the aspect staff nosotros encountered were friendly with fluent English, in addition to nosotros dug the indie stone blaring from the speakers. Best of all nosotros had Tina's fellowship in addition to her wealth of local cognition to direct us through our remaining days inwards the city.

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I struggled to detect nutrient reviews with the gig announcements for White Trash Fast Food, but you lot tin depository fiscal establishment agree out other positive accounts at On Life in addition to Lava, this is my rabbit hole, Berlin Eats, Sebastian's Gourmet Burger review in addition to eatshowandtell.

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White Trash Fast Food
Schönhauser Allee 6-7 10119 Berlin
030 50348668
veg snacks in addition to mains 4-10€ ( AU$5-12.50)
http://www.whitetrashfastfood.com/

Accessibility: There are a publish of outdoor tables at footpath level, hence several steps upwardly to the interior where tables are at multiple levels (seemingly all accessed via steps) in addition to quite crowded. The interior is quite dim in addition to loud. We received total tabular array service.

Cafe V

June 13, 2012

On Midweek morning time nosotros checked out the Jewish Museum (which has architecture every bit interesting every bit its exhibits!) as well as then wandered over to Cafe V for lunch. I get together that it tin teach quite lively at times but on this weekday the bistro was rattling quiet. In contrast to the youthful, hipster vibe of many veg*n businesses, this 1 had a to a greater extent than mature bohemian atmosphere.

Although it used to offering roughly fish dishes, Cafe V is instantly completely vegetarian, with a card stretching to many dozens of dishes. Vegan options are well-marked but sparse. All items except the specials had English linguistic communication translations hence nosotros had footling problem choosing, but the day's waiter spoke footling English linguistic communication herself as well as nosotros communicated politely but clumsily.

We've been enjoying the local habit of serving gratuitous breadstuff with meals. Unfortunately inwards this case, it arrived with our carb-heavy meals rather than earlier them. Warm as well as stuffed with a garlicky, love apple tree spread, these 5 slices were impressive but non well-matched to the nutrient as well as impossible to finish.

Michael tried the vegan pizza with chopped seitan, vegetables as well as rocket, missing the green vegan cheese (6.90€ AU$8.60). It was large as well as the seitan-vege glue was pleasant but the overall consequence was besides dry.

I fared meliorate with the breaded artichoke hearts stuffed with sheep's milk cheese as well as herbs, served with spätzle as well as a mushroom-cream sauce (10.30€ AU$12.80).

The artichoke hearts were most for sure canned but boosted yesteryear the stuffing as well as great crumbing. The mushroom-cream sauce was only perfect as well as transformed everything that I dragged through it.

Cafe V seems to induce got won many fans as well as nosotros for sure establish a few things at that topographic point to admire. With its huge card it seems inevitable that there'll hold upward hits as well as misses; it'd accept many repeat visits to only nut out their strengths as well as weaknesses.

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Most spider web log accounts of Cafe V are from people passing through Berlin similar us, as well as there's barely a negative give-and-take alongside them; encounter Veganfix (in Swedish), HOLLY'S BLOG, The Vegetarian Diaries (in German), Berlinblog (in Danish), HERBIVORE FOX as well as Frühstücken inwards Berlin (in German).

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Cafe V
Lausitzer Platz 12, Berlin
030 6124505
veg appetisers as well as mains 3.90-11.20€ ( AU$4.90-14.00)
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Accessibility: We sat exterior as well as received amount tabular array service; hither the solid soil was a footling uneven as well as the tables were dense as well as a flake rickety.

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Cafe V is also walking distance to the Berlin Wall's East Side Gallery,

which nosotros visited afterward