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Top Ten of 2024

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Jenny

This year has been a great year of food for me! I enjoyed so much delicious food on my long summer trip, it was quite hard to select a top ten. A couple of local spots in Prague make the … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Busan

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Jenny

Our second and final stop in Korea was Busan, where we encountered generally better weather than in Seoul, much to our relief. The vegan scene was not quite so thriving, but we did pretty well here, though we only stayed … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Seoul: Bakeries and Sweet Treats

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Jenny

During my vegan research of Seoul, I was thrilled to find that it has loads of vegan bakeries. I envisioned us eating decadent desserts every day. We picked up a few sweet treats, but it wasn’t quite as indulgent as … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Seoul

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Jenny

My first ever trip to Korea was a bit of a mixed bag. I knew that we would be there in rainy season (July), but I lived in Vietnam before, I thought I could handle rainy season – one big, … Continue reading →

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Cookbook of the Year: East

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Jenny

I don’t know how I used to make it through one cookbook every month! This year we have quite slowly worked our way through a lot of East by Meera Sodha, and I feel it deserves a blog post. I … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Osaka

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Jenny

We originally only planned to spend one night in Osaka, as a convenient base when travelling to the Kumano Kodo. But as some of our Korean plans got rained off, we were back for a few more days and we … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Kyoto: Everything Else

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Jenny

And here’s the miscellaneous, non-ramen, non-breakfast meals we had in Kyoto. It covers an exciting array of traditional Japanese dishes – we certainly ate well on this trip! Saga Tofu Ine This restaurant is located in Arashiyama, close to Tenryu … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Kyoto: Breakfast

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jenny

It’s just as hard in Japan as in Europe to find a breakfast spot that opens early. We did find a couple of solutions to that in Kyoto, and I’ll supplement the post by telling you about some of the … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Kyoto: Ramen Round Up

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Jenny

We originally planned on only staying in Kyoto for two days – a shame, as we love Kyoto, but necessary if we wanted to spend more of our three weeks in Japan enjoying the outdoors in Hokkaido and on the … Continue reading →

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Vegan on the Kumano Kodo

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Jenny

One of the highlights of our trip this summer was the five days we spent on the Kumano Kodo. This is an ancient pilgrimage route in Japan, similar to the more famous Camino de Santiago in Spain. While we are … Continue reading →

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