the Happy Vegetarian http://thehappyvegetarian.com Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 More Food Along the Way – Egypt 2010 http://thehappyvegetarian.com/food/more-food-along-the-way-egypt-2010.html http://thehappyvegetarian.com/food/more-food-along-the-way-egypt-2010.html#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:55:24 +0000 the Happy Vegetarian http://thehappyvegetarian.com/?p=446 Other than falafels, I did eat a few other things. Here are some snapshots along the way:

Vegetarian Moussaka with rice.. mmmm.. eggplants

Falafels (ha, ha of course)

A really sticky and sweet pastry that I could not get enough of. Anyone know the name of it?

Random flavours of chips

Turkish coffee, my latest obsession. Can you read Turkish coffee cups? What do you see inside?

]]> http://thehappyvegetarian.com/food/more-food-along-the-way-egypt-2010.html/feed 1 A Week of Falafels in Egypt http://thehappyvegetarian.com/food/a-week-of-falafels-in-egypt.html http://thehappyvegetarian.com/food/a-week-of-falafels-in-egypt.html#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:42:07 +0000 the Happy Vegetarian http://thehappyvegetarian.com/?p=443 What did I do in Egypt you might ask? Other than crawling around tombs and visiting temples – I ate falafels just about every day on the trip. Ok, let’s be honest – just about every chance that I could get. I was on a Quest to find the best falafel on the planet.

Sadly, I did not find the most mind-blowing falafel in existence – but I did have a few great ones, a couple of OK ones, and a downright terrible one.

And the winner is… Felfella in Cairo. Perfectly crispy on the outside – we orderded another batch once we horfed down the first plate.

The next one was the Falafels from Chez Omar in Luxor. Sure, they were served cold (why?) – but they had an interesting twist of fennel or anise.

Eating falafels in Luxor right by the market. Also a nice one.

A falafel served with fried eggplant – yum! At another cairo café. The babaganoush was really good here too.

And, yucky run-of-the-mill generic falafels served with breakfast at a hotel in Cairo. I guess they all can’t be great.

I did wind up buying some falafel mix from a grocery store in Egypt. I will try those soon and compare them with the fresh ones that I had along my trip.

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Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/inisus/ / CC BY-NC 2.0

On a quest for a healthy, vegetarian restaurant with a bit of atmosphere, Johan and I found ourselves at Bolhoed, a vegetarian/vegan place in the center of Amsterdam.

We both ordered the vegan dish of the day, which was a plate piled high with vegan yummieness. Good, honest food for €15,- a plate.

Yes, it was delish – and they use organic produce wherever possible – however, as we chowed down on the daily delight, one thing that we both agreed, was that the menu seemed a bit dated and the food served up seemed like 1970’s veganism.

Would I go back? Yes, definitely. However, I am still on a quest to find a great vegetarian restaurant that has a more of an up-to-date menu, something a bit more fun, modern, like Fresh in Toronto, or De Naam in Vancouver.

Any tips on great vegetarian / vegan places to eat in Amsterdam? Drop a comment.

Bolhoed
Prinsengracht 60-62
1015 DX Amsterdam
tel: 020-626 18 03

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