To honour Earth Day 2021 we have made a list covering plant-based set dinners to vegetarian and vegan tasting menus, these fine dining restaurants in Asia offer exceptional experiences for vegetable-forward diners
Tasting menus often exclude vegetarians and vegans––and even those with other dietary requirements. And while these diners can easily opt for a dedicated vegetarian or vegan establishment, sometimes it’s nice to be able to turn up at a fancy restaurant and opt for a readily available, tried and tested vegetarian or vegan set menu, or to be catered for by chefs familiar with and ready to heed such requests. We scoured Asia’s finest restaurants to find our favourite tasting menus dedicated to the vegetarian and/or vegan diner.
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Philippines
Fine dining restaurants in the Philippines are pretty accommodating of plant-based diners, though advanced notice upon reservation is preferred. At Toyo Eatery, a Filipino restaurant that delivers the flavours, traditions and techniques of the nation, an eight-course plant-based vegan menu can be prepared that will have diners delighting in the refined flavours of chef Jordy Navarra. At modern Filipino restaurant Gallery by Chele, chef Chele Gonzalez prefers at least one day’s notice to cater to vegans for his tasting menu, but has vegetarian tasting menus for both his five and nine-course sets at the ready, where dishes might include a mushroom ceviche with pickled radish and cashew cream in lime, or bamboo and ginataang squash. At Metronome, where “refined casual” French cuisine is on the menu, both vegetarian and vegan options are readily available for any and all walk-in plant-based diners.
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