{"id":20600,"date":"2018-06-20T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=20600"},"modified":"2018-06-20T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:30:27","slug":"vegan-eastern-orthodox-countries-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegan-eastern-orthodox-countries-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Vegan In Eastern Orthodox Countries During Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imagine a destination where you can go into any bakery and find vegan cherry strudel, chocolate-glazed croissants or spinach-filled flaky pastry. Welcome to Eastern Orthodox countries during Lent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kotor<\/p><\/div>\n

This scene, surprisingly, does not take place in NYC, Los Angeles, Berlin or London. In Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, you can find vegan food in bakeries, the grocery stores and some restaurants, thanks to the Eastern Orthodox religion.<\/p>\n

At other times of the year, the cuisine in many of these countries is not very vegetarian or vegan-friendly, at first glance. In nearby Georgia (the country in the Caucasus, not the US state), a vegan caf\u00e9 was attacked<\/a> by sausage-wearing, far-right nationalists, who threw meat on customers\u2019 plates. Glancing at restaurant menus in Serbia, you might see grilled meat dish after grilled meat dish after grilled meat dish.<\/p>\n

However, say the magic word (\u201cposno\u201d in Serbian, \u201cde post\u201d in Romanian, \u201cnistisimo\u201d in Greek) and you\u2019ll be presented with vegan food, thanks to Eastern Orthodox fasting. In the Eastern Orthodox religion, practitioners are asked to \u201cfast,\u201d or give up animal products like meat, dairy and eggs (honey and sometimes shellfish are permitted in some churches). The longest and most important fasting period is during Lent, but there are other times throughout the year when Eastern Orthodox followers fast, including Wednesdays and Fridays.<\/p>\n

What this means for vegans is that vegan food is widely available throughout the year, but especially during Lent, in most Eastern Orthodox-majority countries (hooray!). You just need to ask if the food item contains honey or fish.<\/p>\n

After a Lenten season trip to Romania a few years ago<\/a>, where I found special vegan Lent menus in most restaurants, I was eager to return to Eastern Europe during Lent to explore the plant-based offerings.. I was joined by Sam<\/a> and Laura<\/a>, who helped me consume as many vegan pastries as humanly possible. We visited Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro.<\/p>\n

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Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were informed that while Bulgaria has a large Eastern Orthodox population, few people these days follow Lent fasting (although we\u2019ve since heard conflicting reports on whether or not this is true). Luckily, we could see on HappyCow that there were plenty of vegetarian and vegan restaurants!<\/p>\n

Sofia is surprisingly vegan-friendly; there were two vegetarian restaurants on the same block as our guesthouse! We had delicious potato-stuffed banitsa<\/em> (vegan version of traditional Bulgarian pastry) at Sun Moon<\/a> and tea-smoked cauliflower at the adorable, cozy Veda Teahouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sunmoon<\/p><\/div>\n

At Soul Kitchen<\/a>, we ate my favorite meal of the whole trip: a creamy, cheesy porcini and truffle tagliatelle made with vegan cream and Violife vegan cheese.<\/p>\n

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Our last day, we discovered a new vegan restaurant, Edgy Veggy<\/a>, which had opened only a couple of weeks before. Here we had a very reasonably priced and filling lunch just before we caught the bus to Serbia.<\/p>\n

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Nis, Serbia and Belgrade, Serbia<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Sofia, we headed to Serbia. Since it was Lent, we found vegan pastries in every bakery. Vegan items are usually marked with a sticker; sometimes it says \u201cposno\u201d and other times it\u2019s a yellow sticker. It\u2019s best to always ask for \u201cposno\u201d options!<\/p>\n

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Pastries in Serbia<\/p><\/div>\n

For lunch, we\u2019d stock up on potato, mushroom or spinach-stuffed pastries. For dessert we\u2019d choose from a huge variety of sweet pastries which seemed to vary in every bakery we entered. In some bakeries we\u2019d find cinnamon rolls and chocolate-glazed croissants; in others we feasted on a delicately-layered chocolate sponge cake and apple strudel.<\/p>\n

In Nis, we found vegan options in a traditional kafana (Serbian caf\u00e9), Galija, where we ate prebanc (Serbian baked beans) and ajvar (a traditional roasted red pepper dip. At Pleasure Caf\u00e9 we had soymilk for our lattes (oh joy of joys!). Although the dish came highly recommended by many locals, we had to pass on the roasted vegetable platter as we were just too full!<\/p>\n

From Nis, we headed to Belgrade, where we dined on vegan burgers with cashew cheese at Glow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Glow<\/p><\/div>\n

The delicious burgers, despite their diminutive size, \u00a0were deceptively filling.. At Shawarma Hanan<\/a>, we ordered crispy, fresh out of the fryer falafel, topped with hummus, tomatoes, chillies and (with a nod to local flavors), shredded cabbage.<\/p>\n

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Belgrade<\/p><\/div>\n

On Skadarlija street, the bohemian quarter in Belgrade (popular with tourists and full of cute kafanas, or traditional cafes), we settled into a caf\u00e9 whose owner told us they had plenty of \u201cposno\u201d options. We ordered a veritable feast; between the three of us we shared prebanc (baked beans), roasted vegetables, grilled mushrooms, ajvar (roasted pepper dip) and French fries<\/p>\n

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Kotor, Montenegro<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Belgrade, we took the 10-hour train journey to Montenegro. Many have described this trip as one of the most beautiful train journeys in Europe and the mountain views were breathtaking. Unfortunately, the train was delayed and night fell as we entered the most picturesque \u00a0stretch of the journey (which is in Montenegro).<\/p>\n

I stayed in Kotor, an incredibly well-preserved medieval fortress town set against the stunning backdrop of Kotor Bay and the surrounding mountains.<\/p>\n

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Kotor<\/p><\/div>\n

Kotor is home to zero vegetarian restaurants, but I discovered that, due to an increased demand from tourist populations, several restaurants now serve pizza with vegan cheese.\u00a0 Dekaderon<\/a>\u2019s vegetarian pizza (request vegan cheese) was so good and so cheesy I had to ask twice to be certain they\u2019d definitely used vegan cheese. They had.<\/p>\n

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At Hotel Conte just up the coast in Perast, I feasted on grilled vegetables and bread with balsamic vinegar.\u00a0 The delicious food was upstaged only by that atmosphere as my table was positioned just inches away from the water\u2019s edge and overlooking the beautiful bay.<\/p>\n

Of course, I ate my share of \u201cposno\u201d pastries in Montenegro, since just like in Serbia, they have vegan Lenten pastries available. Given that Kotor is famed for its cherry strudel, I had a \u201cposno\u201d cherry strudel almost every day during my five-day stay.<\/p>\n

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Cherry strudel in Montenegro<\/p><\/div>\n

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Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve never travelled to Eastern Europe, then there\u2019s no better time to visit than during Lent. I\u2019ve written this guide to vegan Lent<\/a> to help you plan such a trip. \u00a0In the guide, I cover many topics including where and when vegan Lent is celebrated and how to ask to ask for vegan food.<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Caitlin Galer-Unti is an author and the vegan food and travel writer behind The Vegan Word.<\/a> She has published two books, The Essential Vegan Travel Guide<\/a> and the Barcelona Vegan Guide<\/a>. Caitlin has lived in the US, UK and Spain and has travelled to more than 30 countries (and counting!).\u00a0All text and photos by Caitlin GAler-Unti.<\/em><\/p>\n

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