#vegan natas are you joking

[oca-rinn-a]

// Venn Canteen //

// A Padoca //

// Kind Kitchen //

// Outra Especie //

// Gelatopia //

and shout out to Apuro and daTerra Baixa. i ate before thinking of pictures. it was so good tho.

[andersonsallpurpose]

Name: Nata - Age: 44 - Meaning behind tumblr url: a joke on my real names -Hobbies/Interests: doll-stories, writing - Why you follow me: for your sense of humour - Random fact about yourself: wearing shoes with cats on - Question for me: if we visited your city what should we go see?

Hi Nata! For a second I imagined you having real live cats draped over your shoes (which might be correct?). If you were to visit my city (Stockholm) what you should see depends entirely on your interests. (Pls specify so I can go full tourist board on you.) But in general I'd say visit Old town and any place on the south side that gves you a good view of the city (Skinnarviksberget if you like to climb and then sit on a rock next to a radio mast, restaurant Hermans if you like vegan food).

[pankeu]

So Portugal introduced a ‘veggie’ law!

We started travelling to Portugal sans parents in 2013, when options for vegeterians were scarce.

We made the pilgrimage to Portugal at least once a year, barring 2016 when I had to work through the summer (and summer in London is no joke!) and each time, we found ourselves succumbing to the lack of options for vegetarians.

One year, my best friend, Jenny, was vegan. That soon changed after her only vegetarian/vegan option was a cheesy lasagne. It was either the dairy or starvation.

Over the years, we just came to accept this as fact.

Until this year! A petition by the Portuguese Vegetarian Society started in 2015 was discussed and approved by parliament into a law; a strict vegetarian option was to be available at state canteens, such as schools, prisons and hospitals.

President and spokesperson for the Portuguese Vegetarian Society (Associação Vegetariana Portuguesa), Nuno Alvim said:

“We feel this is a major breakthrough in Portugal because it’s the first time we have any law that specifically mentions vegetarianism.”

I vaguely remember there being soy sausages available at one of the major Portuguese supermarkets and mini-markets; I believe it was Continente and Minipreço. Some of these supermarkets have health food sections – and tofu and vegetarian products are more likely to be classed as ‘health foods’.

Anyway, we usually stop by Terra, a vegetarian buffet restaurant in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Príncipe Real, recommended to me by my aunt (and Godmother), who runs a community organisation dedicated to promoting healthy food habits to children through colourful hands-on events.

Terra is a haven for us. Terra literally means ‘Earth’ in Portuguese. They lay out a spread of traditional Portuguese dishes such as bacalhau com natas, but adapted for vegan/vegetarians. It quickly became our go-to restaurant and I highly recommend you go, even if you’re not vegetarian, it’s definitely a worthwhile experience.

On our most recent trip to Portugal, we ended up getting to the airport hours early to go home to London, and we made a trip to McDonalds. We expected to be disappointed, but instead we saw an option for a quinoa burger.

We were sceptical, but it was amazing. It had fresh tomatoes and it was perfectly seasoned and lacked that after-meal feeling of being bugged down by fried food.

So well done McDonalds Portugal! And to Portugal for finally giving us options!