I’m proud to announce my latest creation: V3GGIE, a vegetarian search engine. I’ve used the power of Yahoo’s new BOSS Search API and focused the attention on vegetarian and vegan friendly resources. V3GGIE makes it much easier to find what you are looking for.
This means you can find a corn chowder recipe without wading through thousands of clam chowders. You can quickly find the buzz from vegetarian blogs, the closest vegan restaurant, and more.
The following is a short list of web sites that V3GGIE.com recognizes as experts.
V3GGIE is still a work a progress, please feel free to leave comments and suggestions for web sites to add as resources. I hope you find it as useful as I have. I especially like the Vegetarian Recipe Search.
There’s a new set of tools for the traveling vegetarian. The latest version of iPhones now feature hundreds of small applications from silly games to comprehensive suites. Amongst this long list of applications are a few that are great for vegetarians and vegans.
Locate restaurants and shops nearby
Finding a restaurant has never been easier. The iPhones have built in location devices. The following applications allow you to quickly find highly rated places within walking distance.
The following links may prompt your computer to open iTunes. Blame Apple, not me for such silly linking behavior.
Language Tools
Foreign travel is much better when you have a basic understanding of the local language. Fortunately, there are a few applications that help you learn a foreign language — or at least get by when trying to order something to eat. Many of the applications give audio and written translations.
More Applications?
What are your favorite applications for vegetarian travelers? Have you found an application not mentioned above? Leave a comment below.
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Paris is filled with niche restaurants, cafes, and bars. You can find cafes that serve massages with lunch (No Stress Cafe), cafes centered around philosophy, technology (La Cantine), there was even a restaurant whose dining room was in complete darkness. Pain, Vin, Fromage is a new niche restaurant worth checking out for lacto vegetarians.
Pain, Vin, Fromage features 50 artisinal cheeses and 40 wines available by the glass or bottle. They also serve charcuterie (sausages, salamis, and other meat products). They are a new restaurant in the Marais/Republique neighborhood. It may take a little bit of searching but looks like a nice place for those that enjoy cheese and wine.
I didn’t have time to eat here the night I discovered it. However, the menu and restaurant looked interesting and unique. The prices were reasonable, the clients were happy, and the location is great. They also offer catering and group parties.
- Pain, Vin, Fromage
- 9 rue Crussol (11°)
- Metro: Oberkampf, Filles du Calvaire
- 06 15 33 58 46
- Restaurant
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Vegetarians that don’t eat at Lebanese restaurants are missing out. While much of Lebanese cuisine is centered around lamb, it is also filled with Mediterranean vegetarian options.
Gridskipper, a travel web site describes the special connection between France and Lebanese culture
Those in the know will visit Paris for excellent terroir cuisine to be sure, but they will also know to look for certain regional fare such as Meditarranean food. In that category (a diverse lot ranging from North African to Greek and Jewish cooking), Lebanese cuisine is a heavy hitter and a favorite amongst the locals. Narrow historical ties between the two countries (Lebanon was a French UN mandate from the end of WWI until WWII, earning Beirut the nickname of “Paris of the East”) have led to a steady influx of Lebanese immigrants into Paris, which of course has translated into a vibrant and bountiful restaurant scene.
Best Lebanese Dining in Paris: La Taverne du Nil
I visited this restaurant with a meat eating friend. We chose the Mézzé platter at 43 Euros to share family style. This is a selection of 9 small dishes. There was an assortment of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, from Hummus to sausage. We simply asked the waiter to bring a variety of mostly vegetarian and a couple meat dishes. You could also request purely vegetarian or vegan options. They have enough to chose from.
While this is a collection of small dishes, it certainly was not a small meal. The platter was seemingly bottomless. It’s a pricey meal at 43 Euros, but not a bad value. The food is fresh and well prepared. The service was great, the environment was great for conversations, and the location is central.
- La Taverne du Nil
- 16, rue Le Regrattier (4e)
- 01 40 46 09 02
- Metro: Pont-Marie
- Lebanese restaurant
- Overall: 4.5/5
- Location: 5/5
- Taste: 4/5
- Service: 4/5
- Vegetarian Friendly: 4/5
- Vegan Friendly: 3/5
- M.E.F. Friendly: 5/5
Sometimes, the best way to find a good ethnic restaurant is to ask an immigrant. I say sometimes because I have no idea where to find good American food in this city. I have no interest in eating American food while in France. But I digress.
I was shopping at one of the local discount stores the other day. I asked the Indian store owner if he had a suggestion for good Indian food in the area. He quickly suggested Sadika, just around the corner. I knew the place, it is across the street from Antalya, my favorite Turkish restaurant.
Sadika Indian Restaurant
Sadika is a traditional Indian restaurant. It features the standards: Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Samousa, Naan, Korma, etc. Typical of Indian restaurants in Paris, the meat dishes far outnumber the vegetarian dishes. I keep searching for a true vegetarian Indian restaurant with spicy food.
Sadika’s fixed price menus are generous and reasonably priced. I had the basic dinner menu at 13.50 euros. It also started with a Roti and trio of chutneys. The meal also included two Vegetable Samousas, Naan with Cheese, Aloo Palak (spinach and potatoes), Saffron Rice, and my favorite Indian dessert: Gajor Halwa (carrot pudding).
Sadika is in the 12th arrindissement near metro: Dugommier (6) and Daumesnil (6,8). It’s a small restaurant and isn’t very crowded. You’ll get good service, friendly waiters, and good Indian food at a good price. I’m still looking for an Indian restaurant in Paris that knocks my Achile socks off. Sadika is the best that I’ve found so far.
- Sadika Spécialités Indiennes
- 251, Rue de Charenton (12°)
- 01 43 42 47 15
- Metro: Dugommier, Daumesnil
- Indian Restaurant
- Overall: 4/5
- Location: 3/5
- Value: 4/5
- Vegetarian Friendly: 4/5
- Vegan Friendly: 4/5
- M.E.F. Friendly: 4/5
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