If you search for Punta del Este, Uruguay on HappyCow, you’ll find there are no listings for vegan or vegetarian restaurants. Zero. Usually every city has one, or at least a health food store. You’d think there would be a juice or smoothie bar to serve a community where the main sport is strutting in your swimsuit. No such luck.
1949 Hostel Breakfast
Having no appealing restaurant options, we opted for cooking all of our meals at the hostel. We stayed at Hostel 1949, where we had access to a well equipped kitchen.
Breakfast was included in the cost of the hostel. We were able to enjoy some oranges, apples and whole wheat bread.
1949 Hostel Breakfast
Nearby grocery stores were well stocked. We filled our bellies with the likes of pizza, salad, sandwiches, lentils and rice. Cheap and easy. Calina, one of our traveling companions, even made a fancy oyster mushroom and spinach dish.
Vegan Pizza
Oyster Mushrooms and Spinach
Lentils and Rice
For snacks, we found some sesame and soy crackers, as well as little chocolate cookies. Not bad!
Vegan snacks
I was surprised to see one of the grocery stores sold rice milk. It was an exciting find but we decided to skip it because of the high price tag of $145 Uruguayan pesos ($7.27 USD).
Rice Milk
Near the waterfront, we found a local selling spices, nuts, and dried mushrooms amongst the fish and pastry vendors.
Spices, nuts and dried mushrooms
Vegans and vegetarians will need to be creative when visiting Punta del Este. A small sacrifice to make considering the scenic coasts and beaches you’ll enjoy.
La Mano, Punta del Este
Sunset, Punta del Este
Main street, Punta del Este
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That pizza looks delicious.
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I’m looking forward to reading more of your posts. How fun that must be to be able to travel the world! I love traveling, although having a son in school and other commitments puts a bit of a damper in that area. My son was bitten by the travel bug when he was younger which we are very happy about. He used to be so sad when we would head back home from a trip.
Anyways, beautiful pictures and the food at the hostel looks fabulous!
Stay safe.
Oooh my mushroom spinach dish made it to the hall of vegan blog fame. Not bad for a carnivore haha. Also you seem to have forgotten the daiquiris served at the bar in our hostel, also dangerously cheap, vegan and delicious.
JoLynn, thanks for visiting my blog. I love traveling and know I’m very lucky to be living my dream. I’m glad you like the pictures. There will be lots more so be sure to check back.
@ Elena Thanks:) It was great but the BBQ pizza we made in Punta del Diablo was even better!
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