Best places to visit for a vegetarian family

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Israel

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Singapore
Australia

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Anywhere in Europe now. Any major city or western-catering resort/hotel anywhere on earth.

Disagree with the Japan rec though. I've been vegetarian since 16, pescatarian since around 25, and you have to be really flexible in japan and assume your meal has beef broth or fish stock or whatever in it. We were just there (have been a few times before) and I've gotten a lot more chill about my vegetarianism as I get older, and it made japan infinitely easier. You can do vegetarian in Japan for sure, but it means you may be trekking across town to the one place that makes vegan ramen, or having to do the buddhist vegetarian restaurant -- rather than just being able to go anywhere and choose the veg option.

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Anonymous wrote:Anywhere in Europe now. Any major city or western-catering resort/hotel anywhere on earth.

Disagree with the Japan rec though. I've been vegetarian since 16, pescatarian since around 25, and you have to be really flexible in japan and assume your meal has beef broth or fish stock or whatever in it. We were just there (have been a few times before) and I've gotten a lot more chill about my vegetarianism as I get older, and it made japan infinitely easier. You can do vegetarian in Japan for sure, but it means you may be trekking across town to the one place that makes vegan ramen, or having to do the buddhist vegetarian restaurant -- rather than just being able to go anywhere and choose the veg option.

+1 to all of the above.

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Anonymous wrote:Anywhere in Europe now. Any major city or western-catering resort/hotel anywhere on earth.

Disagree with the Japan rec though. I've been vegetarian since 16, pescatarian since around 25, and you have to be really flexible in japan and assume your meal has beef broth or fish stock or whatever in it. We were just there (have been a few times before) and I've gotten a lot more chill about my vegetarianism as I get older, and it made japan infinitely easier. You can do vegetarian in Japan for sure, but it means you may be trekking across town to the one place that makes vegan ramen, or having to do the buddhist vegetarian restaurant -- rather than just being able to go anywhere and choose the veg option.

Same is true in South Korea (I went on a work trip with a vegetarian colleague).

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Anonymous wrote:Japan - unless fish isn't ok.
Tons of rice, noodle, veg options

How is eating fish being vegetarian?

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Any?? I’m a vegetarian and travel/have lived abroad extensively.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. How about Mexico?

I (lifelong vegetarian) had a great time in Mexico City recently.

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Anonymous wrote:Germany. Get the happy cow app.

Outside of Bavaria, maybe.

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Italy.

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Anywhere will be fine in 2025– even the most meat-heavy cultures can accommodate — but the BEST in my experience have been anywhere in the Middle East or Mediterranean. I also had a great experience in Taipei and the larger cities in Japan. I found parts of China more difficult than I anticipated (except Hong Kong) because there was a lot of pork. South Africa was also great because of the huge Indian diaspora/influence there, as were Tanzania, Kenya, and Zanzibar. Spain is insanely vegetarian/vegan friendly, as is Italy. (Italy is also very gluten-free friendly.)

Finally, places I would still go but you may not have the most lively culinary experience would be Eastern Europe, the Balkans, etc. I lived in that area for awhile and it was fine but the food wasn’t a high point, as they just didn’t always have the best veggie options. But basically any major city anywhere in the world will be absolutely fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Mexico responder here. My favorite places to eat have been Greece, Turkey, Thailand, Cambodia.

Turkey has the best food in the world, IMHO!

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Anonymous wrote:Japan - unless fish isn't ok.
Tons of rice, noodle, veg options

It's hard in Japan if you don't speak Japanese (or read Japanese) - if you can find someone to help you navigate a menu, that's good; but otherwise you end up just sort of ordering the same thing over and over because you feel reasonably ok that you aren't accidentally ordering meat

That was my experience, anyway - if you go to restaurants with English menus I assume it'd be much easier! Def worth trying, though - Japan is a great place to visit.

I've eaten extremely well in Middle Eastern countries

I know you said not India, but as a vegetarian it was truly heaven traveling in India. I ate so so so many good things.

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Taiwan since it has a lot of Buddhists. Also UK, it surprised us to have curry on UK flight, also we ate India fast food restaurant when we visited London. We are vegetarian family of 3 except DH.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. How about Mexico?

I (lifelong vegetarian) had a great time in Mexico City recently.

Just be careful because a lot of places use lard (manteca).