เจ, pronounced a little bit like the halfway point between ‘jay’ and ‘jee,’ roughly translates to ‘vegan’ in Thai. Each year a nine day vegetarian festival is held across the country, more pronounced in some areas than others, that celebrates a je diet. The event is large and unmissable if you are…
Vegan Thai Food and Travel
Vegan Thai food and recipes, plus Thailand travel tips, recommendations, and anecdotes
I have spent the past 15 years travelling back and forth to Thailand, with the last ten dedicated to food research. I love to share my knowledge (and opinions, sometimes of which may read accurately like tantrums) about vegan Thai cuisine travel within the Kingdom. Contrary to popular belief Thailand and Thai cuisine can be very vegan accessible, with many naturally plant based foods and others that are easily adapted.
Sweet Potato Balls (Kanom Kai Nok Krata) ขนมไข่นกกระทา
Despite a common belief by many Westerners that vegetarianism is impossible to communicate in Thailand, and that fish sauce goes in everything, the Thai language has a word to indicate veganism that is universally understood. เจ translates in English to je, or jay, and means no animal products. The concept…
Stir Fried Pickled Mustard Greens With Tofu
I first tried this stir fry in Phuket after randomly pointing to a few items on a vegan buffet so large that my decision-making gears nearly broke (and they barely function to begin with). I recognised the flavour of pickled mustard greens and excitedly asked for the name of the…
Vegan in Bangkok: Malls and Supermarkets
If in doubt, a Bangkok food court is a good place to look for vegetarian eats. Most large shopping centres will have at least one option, even if it’s tucked away and you have to spend four trips looking because you are too stubborn to give up. Not that this…
Western Vegan Bakery in Bangkok
Bangkok has long since practiced a cultural tradition in veganism and it’s not as if vegan sweets have ever been off the table, but with the opening of Veganerie cake is firmly in the centre ring. Decadence is an understatement. Plan your day according to sugar highs and crashes, because…
Unsorted bangkok vegan eats
When I’m in Bangkok I eat a lot. I walk, I eat, I walk some more, and I eat some more. I never write about everywhere I dine because, well, there are too many places, but here are a few more spots I thought worth a mention. The vegan menus…
The best known vegetarian restaurant in Bangkok
May Kaidee, a popular restaurant just off Bangkok’s infamous Khao San road, is one of the area’s favoured eateries, both by vegetarians and omnivores. May runs the Bangkok end of the business, while her sister runs May Kaidee in Chiang Mai. Both branches offer a variety of cooking classes from…
100% Vegan Food Court in Bangkok
Chamlong’s Asoke Vegetarian Restaurant Chamlong’s Asoke vegetarian restaurant is less a restaurant and more a food court den of brilliance so delicious I can easily wile away a few hours sampling what’s on offer while making small talk with the inevitable diners who will ask how I even found out…
Vegan in Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima City)
I’m that person who goes to places and sees nothing (count me as the only person to visit Phuket island and not see a single beach). Of course it’s not possible to see nothing, but as far as the big attractions go I’ve seen enough temples to last a lifetime…
Bangkok Vegan: May Veggie Home
May Veggie Home mayveggiehome.com 8/3 Asoke-Sukhumvit Intersection, Ratchadapisek Road Khlong Toei Bangkok, 10110 Thailand May Veggie Home has been around for awhile, operating only recently in a bright, new location practically next to Asoke BTS station. Prior to their new digs they had another cool little spot along off Sukhumvit,…
Cats, Terrapins, and Vegetarian food at The Atlanta Hotel Bangkok
The Atlanta hotel has been described as a hotel of devoted returnees, a flashback to a time forgotten. What comes to mind when I walk through the foyer are these return guests, patrons for decades, mumbling “they just don’t make them like this any more.” There is no yard as…
Some vegan Bangkok eats and treats
Less with the words and more with the photos! Here are some snaps and vids of vegan finds around Bangkok during the 2014 Thailand Vegetarian Festival. MBK Center Vegan Stalls Most shopping centres in Bangkok (and there are plenty) put on some sort of spread or event related to the…
