Exploring the Pastries and Other Vegetarian and Vegan Delights of Germany
In the midst of sausages and meat balls, there is a growing voice in Germany that is changing the eating habits of Germans – vegetarianism and veganism. Stolzer Heinrich, currywurst, and weißwurst are still popular to this day, but the situation has evolved. Whether at a neighbourhood coffee shop or at an upscale restaurant, Germany’s dining establishments are gradually turning vegan. It is time to discover the very heart of this change – Berlin – and go on the culinary journey across the country to find out what kind of vegetarian and vegan food Germans love so much.
Berlin: A Home to Great Vegetarian Cuisine
The Birthplace of Veganuary
Though Berlin is recognized as a city that never sleeps in terms of art, the vegetarian and especially the vegan movement is rapidly developing there. The city is alive with ideas, thus becoming the ground or the forefront of the culinary revolution. In Germany, Veganuary came into practice, people were dared to be vegan in the month of January. The movement presents tendencies for changing the consumer preferences and increasing the popularity of the plant-based meals.
A Plethora of Options
Vegetarian options can be found at different levels on the Berlin’s food map. For a casual bite or a memorable dinner, the city has you more than covered. Often establishments which do not fall under the vegetarian category also have substitutes in the menu. Thus, Vegan Good Life magazine is a perfect companion, that, while explaining the variety and richness of vegan options, helps to discover the city through plant-based glasses.
Initiatives Transforming the Scene
Berlin has been a place that saw early innovations, which have affected the direction of vegetarian and veganism. The particulars of the present city’s state of affairs were to change in 2007 with Jean-Christian Jury opening a vegan restaurant, Mano Verde, insisting on the enjoyment of a plant-based diet. In 2019, the Technical University of Berlin started Veggie 2. The first vegan university restaurant is 0; all the meals served are vegan and are sourced from organic farms exclusively.
Culinary Gems in Berlin
Cafes for Morning Indulgence
Kaffee Ingwer (Friedrichshain): Begin your day with a visit to this cafe situated in the rather bohemian part of Germany in the district of Friedrichshain. The ‘pioneering female vegan’ runs the outlet that hosts Berlin’s first vegan market and serves great coffee.
Café Vux (Neukölln): Go southwards to Neukölln for Sunday brunch in Café Vux. To be sure of getting a seat at the round table of Brazilian-inspired vegan food samples, get there early.
Café Neundrei (Mitte): Found at Mitte, Café Neundrei serves some pastries which are as natural as possible. Sample vegan tiramisu or a cinnamon bun to be accompanied by the beautiful views.
Eat between meals with these three quick snack recipes With the availability of so many options at the Supermarkets, finding quick snack recipes and healthy food choices has never been more convenient.
Curry at the Wall: It is, therefore, no surprise that even this Germany specialty product known as currywurst has gone Vegan. Stop by and try a vegan Currywurst at the Wall only for €3.
Vöner: A Turkish döner reinterpretation that suits the Thai palate, Vöner has a vegan option: the soya slice grilled döner.
Zeus Pizza: Taste marvelous vegan pizzas at Zeus Pizza: the offering of vegan meals complements the generally traditional concept of the pizzeria.
Restaurants for Elevated Dining
Momos: Located in the pulsating city of Berlin, Momos has an option of vegetable filled dumplings setting the taste buds of the populace abuzz. Everything from all the dough up to the filling is made in house, so if you are a food lover you will surely enjoy it.
1990 Vegan Living: Take yourself back to 1990 and head to this micro-restaurant in Friedrichshain where the cuisine of Vietnam is Vegan. Bask in the vintage feel born right after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Kopps: Cooking at a high level with vegan food, Kopps is one of the best places to try. Kopps opens every evening; they’ve reinvented the perception of vegetables in the €40 tasting menu or à la carte.
Cookies Cream: Cookies Cream to the delight ofbeing a Michelin Star restaurant is an epitome of vegetarian food in Germany. Cookie Heinz Gindullis offers a menu based on vegetables supported by season and region, but all the time changing.
Unique Experiences in Berlin
Green Market Berlin
The Green Market Berlin is Berlin’s very first exclusively vegan market. For vegans, hundreds of exhibitors are presented, and in Germany, it is an incredible storehouse. For the next show, save the date for May 16 and 17, 2020.
Almodóvar Hotel
Almodóvar Hotel is a hotel you could live in for a few days and still attend to your responsibility to the environment because it is Hometel, which exclusively runs on renewable energy. There is also the vegetarian restaurant Bardot’s Bio Deli in the hotel which serves Mediterranean vegetarian breakfast which is mouth-watering.
Die Vetzgerei and Veganz
Die Vetzgerei: Take a look at Die Vetzgerei, Germany’s first vegan butcher shop that’s been founded in March this year. Even though the selling is done in a typical butcher’s shop, this idea is quite progressive as it presents a rich line of vegan goods needed for a barbecue.
Veganz: Read about Veganz, a chain of supermarkets selling nothing but vegan foods and goods. Ranging from the cereal bars to nuggets and jam, Veganz makes sure that you are never starved of all vegan grocery necessities.
Beyond Berlin: Food experiences in Germany: Munich, Leipzig and Prerow
Munich
Emmi’s Kitchen: For a change from the traditional German beers, and great meaningful escape from the cliché that is the Oktoberfest, you could try out Emmi’s Kitchen, a simple canteen sort of food joint which is conveniently equipped with a shaded terrace area perfect for some peace and quiet during lunch hour.
Tushita Teehaus: Feel like you’re in Japan at the Tushita Teehaus in Berlin. This mini tea room is perfect for conducting tea ceremonies, meditation sessions, and also enjoying vegan bowls, and desserts.
Grapes (Cortiina Hotel): End your day with vegan wine at the Grapes which is a wine bar located in Cortiina Hotel, that implicates the rising popularity of vegan food in Munich.
Leipzig
Vökus Movement: Experience the ‘’Vökus’’ movement of clubbing district helping several social causes to prosper following the city’s revival. As an added attraction Pizza Lab which is opens only in the evening, has vegan pizzas for the food lovers.
Salon Casablanca, Symbiose, and Zest: Namely, there are Moroccan restaurants in Leipzig including Salon Casablanca, the vegetarian restaurant Symbiose and the restaurant Zest, where vegetarians can also find something to their taste.
Kartoffelfraülein: Die harder vegetarian lovers can taste fast food which is called Kartoffelfraülein, it is a large potato in the middle of which sudden and hot food-stuffings are placed.
Prerow
Carpe Diem Hotel: Visit the extreme north of Germany to the town of Prerow nestled on the Baltic Sea coast. In Carpe Diem Hotel possible to have nature in every season with vine meals vegan, kundalini yoga, and salty baths.
Conclusion
For this, a new generation vegetarian or vegan movement starts in Germany and thus changes the culinary prospect tremendously. From the electric nightlife foodie mecca of Berlin to Munich’s continually advancing food landscape, and up-and-coming Leipzig, the country wants you to taste lots of vegan food. Carrying out the experiment both I and Emin enjoyed several vegan-based meals, starting with the vegan currywurst in the capital up to the high level of fine dining, when sitting in the Michelin-starred restaurant, Germany can offer a lot of variety proper for both vegetarians and vegans. Thus, let it begin, one plant-based treat at a time, in the epicenter of Germany’s gourmet transformation.
