 food and travel writer Anthony Bourdain, who immersed himself with such enthusiasm in global cuisine, clearly believed the joy of great food was unavailable to vegetarians, who he also felt were 'bad travellers'. Admittedly, when I started travelling in the 1970s, being a vegetarian was a challenge. Today, though, there has never been a better time for vegetarian (and vegan) travellers to trot the globe. Even airlines routinely offer inflight vegetarian meal options these days. Join their frequent-flyer programmes, register as a vegetarian and special meals will be delivered to your seat on every flight. I always tick the Asian veg choice and frequently enjoy restaurant-quality curries at 36,000ft. In most European, North American and antipodean cities, a new generation of venues offering vegetarian and vegan menus is available. Cities with a bohemian edge – from Berlin, Glasgow and Amsterdam in Europe to Portland, San Francisco and Austin in the United States – still provide the greatest variety.){kind=link}
There has never been a better time for veggie (and vegan) voyagers to traverse the globe
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans… are an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.” The late (great) food and travel writer Anthony Bourdain, who immersed himself with such enthusiasm in global cuisine, clearly believed the joy of great food was unavailable to vegetarians, who he also felt were “bad travellers”.
Admittedly, when I started travelling in the 1970s, being a vegetarian was a challenge. Today, though, there has never been a better time for vegetarian (and vegan) travellers to trot the globe. Even airlines routinely offer inflight vegetarian meal options these days. Join their frequent-flyer programmes, register as a vegetarian and special meals will be delivered to your seat on every flight.
I always tick the Asian veg choice and frequently enjoy restaurant-quality curries at 36,000ft. In most European, North American and antipodean cities, a new generation of venues offering vegetarian and vegan menus is available. Cities with a bohemian edge – from Berlin, Glasgow and Amsterdam in Europe to Portland, San Francisco and Austin in the United States – still provide the greatest variety.
Asian metropolises such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Bangkok have seen a similar growth of new-wave, plant-based restaurants serving both traditional regional dishes and modern fusion cuisine. Asia has long been the continent where vegetarian travellers can safely immerse themselves in local fare.