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Vegan Healing Cafe / Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (3/2010)
- Vegan
- Moderate Pricing
- Beer/ Wine, Desserts, English Menu, Closed Mondays
This is a nice cozy little cafe, I just stopped in for a piece of cake (which was yummy) and some espresso when I took these pics, but they have full lunch and dinner sets available also.
It’s relatively easy to find (for Tokyo), just up the hill to the left near Tokyu Hands. So you can stop by for a snack after a long day of shopping for cell phone charms.
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Veggie Bento Boxes at Train Stations in Japan / Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
If you get a Japan Rail Pass and plan on using it, you’ll end up at the train station a lot like I did… and well, vegans rejoice, there is food for you hidden in there somewhere, and its surprisingly tasty!
They came with a nice little assortment of white and purple rice balls, veggie tempura, assorted steamed veggies, a knot of kombu seaweed, sweet beans, and a yummy pickled plum (kind of an acquired taste).
To track them down I started by asking the lunch box shops in broken japanese which one had no meat and no fish, then after a couple times I recognized the outer packaging as having veggies printed all over it… Then I just ordered it by pointing or by number.
This probably isn’t grammatically correct, but it should be enough preceded by a “sumimasen” and some pointing:
Dore wa niku nashi desu ka? (Which one no Meat?)
Dore wa sakana nashi desu ka? (Which one no Fish?)
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Nagishokudo - Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Inexpensive
- Vegan, Beer/ Wine/ Sake
- Menu and Specials Change Frequently
- Closed Sundays
This place is a contender for my favorite vegan spot in Tokyo. The picture is of vegan minced “Duck”, which was incredible. This was only one of many meals I had here, but I spent more time eating than taking pictures for some reason… ;)
The dinner menu varied each time I was there, (only a few days apart) and everything I had was fresh and flavorful. Had a really nice vibe too; friendly staff, cool music, Japanese and Western seating.
It’s a bit tricky to find and there is a place near by with a similar name so study a map carefully. Coming from the main exit at Shibuya, you want to cross the pedestrian bridge to the left towards the guitar area. Head up the hill several blocks. The restaurant itself is across from a post office, and its sort of below ground…
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Pure Cafe Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan (1st floor of the Aveda building) (3/2010)
- Vegan, Organic, International, Beer/ Wine
- Inexpensive
- English Speaking, Order at the counter
This place had a delicious and inexpensive dinner set and the location was really easy to find. The picture is a vegan enchilada, which was really good despite my strong skepticism of eating mexican food anywhere in asia…
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M Cafe de Chaya Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan (3/2010)
- Vegan, Yummy Desserts
- Macrobiotic
- Moderately Expensive, order at the counter
This isn’t too difficult to find, but its a little out of the way, and located within the food court of a business complex. Apparently it’s the same chain as the one in Hollywood and the steepish prices and high quality of food and desserts definitely reflect that.
It wasn’t cheap, but I had this massive delicious feast of a dinner set and added a yummy tiramisu for dessert…
