Dede Sophie

We were surprised how good (small but good!) the Novi Sad vegan scene was! There are currently three properly vegan restaurants, many pekaras (bakeries) with posno (basically vegan, see below) pastries, wonderful farmers’ markets (we managed to identify three), many many mikromarkets (greengrocers’) everywhere, organic food shops (Zdrava Hrana) and supermarkets with decent produce and all the other stuff usually need (esp. powdered flax seed). Novi Sad was the first Serbian city we stayed in for more than a couple of nights. We weren’t sure we would actually arrive: our original goal was Belgrade, which had been our goal for at least two years: to simply be able to revisit there after lockdown, from one Eastern European capital (Budapest) to another. Actually, once, in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, around December in locked-down Budapest, having failed to get over the border via bus (which had all stopped), we caved and bought flight tickets to Belgrade – we hated Budapest so much

Word on the vegan street is that Warsaw is quickly becoming the vegan capital of Europe (watch out Berlin). With over 51 vegan restaurants alone , and more and more popping up every day, ostensibly it seemed like the rumours were true. But I had to find out for myself. So which are the best vegan restaurants Warsaw? And what are the must-try Polish vegan food? I stayed for eight nights and this is what I found! 1. Vegan Polish Dishes One of the first things I noticed was that whilst there is an abundance of vegan restaurants Warsaw (yey), a lot of them serve foreign food – Italian, Mexican, Israeli, Japanese etc. As much as I love all of these cuisines, and whilst I’m sure it’s great for locals, I really came to Poland to try out Polish vegan food. So what are some typically Polish foods? Vegan Pierogi: Pierogi are one of the most quintessential Polish foods, if not the most quintessential Polish food. Pierogi literally translates as dumpling, they are made from dough and are boiled or