Comments on: Ghent, Belgium: A New Contender for the World’s Most Vegetarian Friendly City http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/ Vegan Travel Around The World Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Karl Peterson http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-4517 Karl Peterson Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:23:29 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-4517 Wow, it is great to read all about your experiences in Ghent (and some of the responding comments are also really great too). I am a former vegan who still abstains from dairy products since I am allergic. I will be visiting Belgium in September - Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp - and am now researching places where I can find some dairy free food. I would eat vegan, but my wife will be bored and her mother, who is coming with us, would not be happy at all. Thanks for letting us know about these great options! Wow, it is great to read all about your experiences in Ghent (and some of the responding comments are also really great too). I am a former vegan who still abstains from dairy products since I am allergic. I will be visiting Belgium in September – Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp – and am now researching places where I can find some dairy free food. I would eat vegan, but my wife will be bored and her mother, who is coming with us, would not be happy at all.

Thanks for letting us know about these great options!

]]> By: Podc-Aster » Vegan Ghent http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-4493 Podc-Aster » Vegan Ghent Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:09:24 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-4493 [...] was truly a lovely lovely city and it's well worth a visit. A few websites to help you with that: Vegan Backpacker. Happy Cow's always good, and I also found this Belgian restaurant guide, but there was much more [...] [...] was truly a lovely lovely city and it's well worth a visit. A few websites to help you with that: Vegan Backpacker. Happy Cow's always good, and I also found this Belgian restaurant guide, but there was much more [...]

]]> By: Marty Rosenberg http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-4382 Marty Rosenberg Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:09:54 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-4382 Great review! I visit Ghent from time to time and tonight am leaving London for all night trip to Ghent and cant wait to visit some of the listed restaurants. Especially Komkommertjid or Frietketel. apart from these amazing places Ghent is one of my favorite cities in Europe. Great review!

I visit Ghent from time to time and tonight am leaving London for all night trip to Ghent and cant wait to visit some of the listed restaurants. Especially Komkommertjid or Frietketel.

apart from these amazing places Ghent is one of my favorite cities in Europe.

]]> By: jasper http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-4156 jasper Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:51:40 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-4156 I can't believe you didn't visit De Appelier, it's the most known vegie/vegan restaurant that uses only products from local farms and boy, it's delicous. Which brings me to another interesting project in Ghent: alot of pubs and restos offer the service of picking up baskets full of vegetables and fruit of local bio farmers. There are loads of alternatives to the very popular and some fancy places you posted here, when in ghent, surely also go to Het Gouden Hoofd (great veggi offerings) and Het Spinnekop (more simple dishes like vegi moussaka or vegi grain spaghetti) which is dirty cheap. There is a youthhostel here in Ghent, but it's also very presented on things like coachsurfing. I can’t believe you didn’t visit De Appelier, it’s the most known vegie/vegan restaurant that uses only products from local farms and boy, it’s delicous. Which brings me to another interesting project in Ghent: alot of pubs and restos offer the service of picking up baskets full of vegetables and fruit of local bio farmers. There are loads of alternatives to the very popular and some fancy places you posted here, when in ghent, surely also go to Het Gouden Hoofd (great veggi offerings) and Het Spinnekop (more simple dishes like vegi moussaka or vegi grain spaghetti) which is dirty cheap.
There is a youthhostel here in Ghent, but it’s also very presented on things like coachsurfing.

]]> By: den krewlio http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-4155 den krewlio Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:43:41 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-4155 Gent is VOLZET! Sorry, mensen. Gent is VOLZET! Sorry, mensen.

]]> By: Vanessa http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-2880 Vanessa Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:27:49 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-2880 ....Can you recommend anywhere to stay? Like where did you stay on this trip- or has anyone else gone and stayed in a good location for the restaurants and town etc? Any feedback much appreciated!!! xxx ….Can you recommend anywhere to stay? Like where did you stay on this trip- or has anyone else gone and stayed in a good location for the restaurants and town etc?

Any feedback much appreciated!!!
xxx

]]> By: David Thornhill http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-2107 David Thornhill Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:46:19 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-2107 Ghent, my favourite city in Europe and just back from there. The tourist office even has a guide to veggie resturants; it's at http://www.visitgent.be/Documenten/visit_gent/Veggie/Veggieplan_EN.pdf I'm a bit cautious of some of the entries though. Could I mention my favourite restaurant - PANDA at Oudburg 38, although I cannot find a website. It is right in the centre but doesn't advertise itself very well. The PANDA wholefood/vegetarian shop is right on the street front, with the restaurant hidden behind. In the evening you go down the alley just to the left of the shop. There are seats outside in the summer by the river. The set dinner menu here has always been breathtaking. The city centre is a bit of a mess currently with the tourist heart being revamped. Hopefully the work will be nearing completion by the 2011 tourist season. Ghent has long been a centre of radical thought and it is fitting it leads the world on vegetarian restaurants. The stimultaing converstation (optional I should add) from socially and politcally aware comrades from around the world at some of the cafes and restaurants comes free! Ghent, my favourite city in Europe and just back from there. The tourist office even has a guide to veggie resturants; it’s at http://www.visitgent.be/Documenten/visit_gent/Veggie/Veggieplan_EN.pdf I’m a bit cautious of some of the entries though.

Could I mention my favourite restaurant – PANDA at Oudburg 38, although I cannot find a website. It is right in the centre but doesn’t advertise itself very well. The PANDA wholefood/vegetarian shop is right on the street front, with the restaurant hidden behind. In the evening you go down the alley just to the left of the shop. There are seats outside in the summer by the river. The set dinner menu here has always been breathtaking.

The city centre is a bit of a mess currently with the tourist heart being revamped. Hopefully the work will be nearing completion by the 2011 tourist season.

Ghent has long been a centre of radical thought and it is fitting it leads the world on vegetarian restaurants. The stimultaing converstation (optional I should add) from socially and politcally aware comrades from around the world at some of the cafes and restaurants comes free!

]]> By: Jirko http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-1926 Jirko Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:17:19 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-1926 It is indeed no coincidence that EVA's headquarters are located in this beautiful city. EVA (Ethical Vegetarian Alternative) is the second biggest vegetarian organisation in Europe (after the vegetarian society in the uk). not bad for such a small country ;-) It is indeed no coincidence that EVA’s headquarters are located in this beautiful city. EVA (Ethical Vegetarian Alternative) is the second biggest vegetarian organisation in Europe (after the vegetarian society in the uk). not bad for such a small country ;-)

]]> By: Saar http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-1925 Saar Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:24:14 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-1925 It's always nice to read a raving report on Ghent! We love it here! I recommend the lasagna or tempeh rueben at Avalon. There are many more vegfriendly restaurants to visit that are just divine. We're spoilt to bits over here! It’s always nice to read a raving report on Ghent!
We love it here!
I recommend the lasagna or tempeh rueben at Avalon.
There are many more vegfriendly restaurants to visit that are just divine.
We’re spoilt to bits over here!

]]> By: Vanessa http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/ghent-gent-belgium-vegan-vegetarian/#comment-1674 Vanessa Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:31:37 +0000 http://veganbackpacker.com/?p=2774#comment-1674 SO going to stay here! Thanks for this post. It's nice to know that there's places in the world like this :) SO going to stay here! Thanks for this post. It’s nice to know that there’s places in the world like this :)

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