{"id":3573,"date":"2012-06-05T10:39:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:41:10","slug":"new-zealand-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/new-zealand-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Vegan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I love traveling and never let being vegan hinder me from going somewhere I want, though I admit food sometimes has driven me to visit certain places.\u00a0 It\u2019s true some places may be more difficult than others but from my experience it\u2019s always possible to stick to my veganness!\u00a0 For example today I was taking the only bus that was running from Queenstown to Franz Josef, and for lunch we stopped at \u201cThe Salmon Caf\u00e9\u201d.\u00a0 As usual I had pre-packed food but the driver asked us\u00a0 if we brought food to \u201ceat it outside\u201d, in the freezing rain\u2026so though the vulgar smell of dead fish would normally be enough to drive me out, I was hungry and the fireplace inside was too tempting.\u00a0 After reading through the menu there was one vegan item, vegetable soup. I confirmed it had no animal products, made sure to ask for no butter on the bread, and was sold. It was a pretty good bowl of soup and the smell of the fire slowly drowned out that of fish. A few weeks prior another bus trip stopped at a sheep farm for lunch, and another at a Honey Caf\u00e9, both times there was something that I could have veganised. There is always something, and sometimes it\u2019s something really unexpectedly delicious. Like a few places I\u2019ve found in Queenstown last week.<\/p>\n

\"\"Per usual I jumped on HappyCow<\/a> to see what was in the area, and I checked out these places.\u00a0 Luckily I found a few hidden places, including 2 restaurants that use the word \u2018vegan\u2019 on their menu and another that has an all vegetarian menu. Though the Mexican food was outrageously expensive ($20 for a burrito) I had to support them for saying \u2018vegan options\u2019 on their outdoor advertisement.\u00a0 Another caf\u00e9<\/a> makes all their soups vegan every day, has 2 vegan pies, and 90% of their wide range of salads are vegan, score! At Johnny Barrs<\/a> I spotted an all vegetarian menu. I spoke with the owner and mentioned he should carry tofu or something as a meat substitute, he said they actually usually have tofu to use in soups and was very interested to hear more about items vegans he could carry. He said he\u2019ll add it to the menu so tofu burritos, salads, etc should soon be an option! In bigger cities in New Zealand such as Auckland and Wellington I was spoiled with lots of options, including cupcakes, lasagna, sammies, muffins, \u00a0ice cream, and even an entire vegan shop where I got very rare items like vegan condensed milk.<\/p>\n

While sometimes I dream of the carrot cake at the middle of nowhere caf\u00e9s being vegan, fulfilling my nutritional requirements isn\u2019t hard while traveling. Plus if I ever want carrot cake<\/a> that badly I know that the local store surly sells carrots, flour, sugar and such so I can make my own back at the hostel. \u00a0Long story short, I hope you never let being vegan hinder your traveling, it\u2019s very easy to support compassionate choices, even in places like the Salmon Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

by\u00a0Jessica C.:\u00a0 http:\/\/toexploreisnochore.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

View HappyCow’s list of veg-friendly Queenstown restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love traveling and never let being vegan hinder me from going somewhere I want, though I admit food sometimes has driven me to visit certain places.\u00a0 It\u2019s true some places may be more difficult than others but from my experience it\u2019s always possible to stick to my veganness!\u00a0 For example today I was taking the only bus that was running from Queenstown to Franz Josef, and for lunch we stopped at \u201cThe Salmon Caf\u00e9\u201d.\u00a0 As usual I had pre-packed food but the driver asked us\u00a0 if we brought food to \u201ceat it outside\u201d, in the freezing rain\u2026so though the vulgar smell of dead fish would normally be enough to drive me out, I was hungry and the fireplace inside was too tempting.\u00a0 After reading through the menu there was one vegan item, vegetable soup. I confirmed it had no animal products, made sure to ask for no butter on the bread, and was sold. It was a pretty good bowl of soup and the smell of the fire slowly drowned out that of fish. 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