Ella or Elle is a small town in Sri Lanka’s hill country, surrounded by tea plantations. It’s a good spot for a few days of hiking, eating and drinking tea. Here are our top things to do while you are there.1. Take in the views from Little Adam’s PeakA walk up Little Adam’s Park is about an hour and a half’s round trip from the main street in Ella. The views of the surrounding mountains and across to Ella Rock…
Say Belgium and the following culinary delights come to mind: chocolate, waffles, fries and of course beer. And if you want to indulge in any of these, Bruges will not disappoint. Here’s our experience of eating and drinking in Bruges: 1) Delicious veggie (yes veggie) friendly restaurant Reliva As a vegetarian who loves food, I often get disappointed with the opportunities for eating new and interesting food when we are travelling. I wanted to make sure that I had at…
Stone Town on the whole was a little bit of a disappointment. Lonely Planet describes it as ‘a magical jumble of cobbled alleyways … (which) make it easy to spend days wandering round and getting lost’.In reality, it felt more than a little tired, with the once fine buildings in desperate need of some TLC and the ‘jumble of cobbled alleyways’ filled with small shops selling the same tourist fare for over-inflated prices.Down along the seafront, pushy salesmen tried to…
When I wrote the ‘Being vegetarian in India‘ post, I said I had considered leaving the entry blank, as its so easy to be vegetarian in the sub-continent. Italy is similar. The Italians love good ingredients and good food and make delicious meals regardless of whether they include meat or not. And the staples of Italian food- pizza and pasta – have often been a good fall back option for me in countries that aren’t so understanding of vegetarianism (yes…
I had little to no real expectations of Naples, before we visited. I knew very little about the city and we were only really going there as it was the entry point for us to visit the Amalfi coast from the UK. As our departure date neared and I started to do a little more research, I found quite mixed reviews of the place: some people seemed to love it and others reported that it was dirty and dangerous. Happily,…
I considered leaving this blog post blank, as its so easy to be veggie in India that unlike some of our other posts on eating as a veggie (particularly in South America), I wasn’t sure what I’d actually say, other than ‘go forth and eat‘. However, I did really enjoy the food we ate for our two weeks in Bangalore and Tamil Nadu and so I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to talk food! So, without further ado, here’s…
Bangalore is not a city filled with must-see tourist sites. Instead, it is a vibrant, lively and fairly modern place where people live and work, rather than visit and sightsee. And this was why we were here. Not to live and work ourselves, but to visit some friends, Sara and Mike, who are working out here and to see a snapshot of their new lives, living in India. Eating out! They looked after us very well, taking us to some…
Sitting on the plane on the way to Tallinn, reading my guide book, my heart started to sink. “The idea of anyone willingly giving up meat is fairly baffling to the porkchop-loving Estonians”, it declared. Those vegetarian dishes that do exist “range from fairly uninspired concoctions of stir fried veggies or grilled cauliflower”, read the next sentence. There was also a warning that any soups or salad that may appear meat-free by reading the menu were likely to include bits of…
Like everywhere else in South America, vegetarianism isn’t particular popular in Colombia and most traditional fare involves some kind of meat or fish. However, with a little shopping around, you can find vegetarian friendly Colombian food. And of course, in the bigger cities of Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena there are also a range of international options. Here’s what we ate: Colombian food1. Arepas: An ubiquitous lunchtime snack or side dish in Colombia, arepas are a type flatbread, made with a pre-cooked cornflour….
Like the Argentinians, the Brazilians do like their meat, meaning that for our just over two weeks in the country, we found that Brazil was not a particularly vegetarian friendly place. As in Argentina, we found that ‘by weight’ self- service restaurants, where you are charged by the kilo for the amount of food you put on your plate, are a good option (particularly if you like beans and rice!). In Rio and Sao Paulo, as you might expect, there…