VeGan & Wine

09/04/2026

This is half of the chick peas curry I got at Pot Cova Restaurant.

😋 chick peas
😋 red and yellow bell peppers
😋 okra
😋 carrots 🥕
😋 onions
😋 coconut milk - that's how I cook my curry dishes as well
😋 fried dumplings
😋 tostones

Cost - equivalent to US$9
Finally - very flavourful. Jamaica 🇯🇲 might be qualified to enter the curry war after all!

01/01/2026

I know it is supposed to be black-eyed peas to ring in the new year but I used what I had.

Last meal last night 🌙 😋 and first meal this morning.

01/01/2026

YOLO - Taco 🌮 dinner at Mambru!

30/12/2025

30/12/2025

COLOMBIA IMMERSIÓN DICIEMBRE

Following our visit to Cascada La Escalera waterfall, we rode horses 🐎 to a restaurant for lunch, the name of which I've temporarily forgotten. The view from the mountain wax was stunning.

As the group's sole vegan, I appreciated that our hosts/Spanish tutors selected restaurants that offered excellent vegan options.

My roasted plantain dish was filled with creamy avocado 🥑, corn, olives, and mushrooms, with the olives being the one non-local component. Another winner!

PS - I opted for a local brew instead of wine on this occasion.

28/12/2025

The meals 😋 which I had in Colombia 🇨🇴 were consistently impressive.

I was pleased that restaurants, at which we ate, did not limit their vegan options to merely salads and fries.

The dish in the photos below is called "Despertar" and consists of falafel made with maiz (corn) instead of chick peas, served over baba ganoush and a beetroot sauce with toasted shredded coconut. Yucca on the side on banana leaf.

All ingredients locally sourced. Rico!

24/12/2025

My first meal in Medellin was at an avocado 🥑 bar, where every dish featured a hint or more of avocado, including the lemonade, which was referred to as "aguacate limonada". Thankfully el vino was not made with avocado. One person also had an aguacate margarita. Jajaja!

The rest of the group shared "cheesecake" made with avocado, para postre.

I opted for an "avoburger", which consisted of a patty made with quinoa and frojoles negros, and baked tofu instead of cheese. The "pan" was a whole big creamy avocado, cut in two. It was muy rico!

24/11/2025

Yum 😋

09/11/2025

This dish is called Avant Gard'n. Wasn't bad at all.

​Key Components of the Avant Gard'n.

​The dish was famous for its creative and realistic take on a vegan egg and included:
​The Vegan "Egg": The centerpiece of the dish, it featured a "white" made from a creamy miso-infused coconut cream and a "yolk" made from sriracha mayo. This created a striking and realistic appearance, though its flavor was described as complementary to the dish rather than tasting exactly like a traditional egg.

01/11/2025

Happy World Vegan Day!