7 Countries Where Vegans Will Have To Struggle A Lot

Vegetarians indeed face difficulty when it comes to traveling and at places where they don’t get vegetarian food become really difficult for them to visit. There are many countries in the world where only few restaurants prepare vegetarian cuisines and that too not so great in taste. You will only have bread and fruits in some places as an option for vegetarian food. You may be confused with some non-vegetarian dishes that look vegetarian. Therefore, you will have to be alert while ordering your food.

Let’s have a look at the top 7 countries where vegans will have to struggle a lot in getting the vegetarian food.

# France

Finding good food for a vegetarian in France is a very difficult task. Only options that you can have in the country are pastries, salad, bread, and desserts. However, city like Paris can offer you some good food here as some veggie-friendly restaurants are available there.

# Argentina

Visiting Argentina is going to be really difficult for Vegans as most of the cuisines are prepared here from meat. Eating red meat in the country is considered to be a God-given right by natives. However, Buenos Aires (capital city) may offer you some vegetarian options like medialunas, humitas, empanadas de queso, anddulce de leche.

# Japan

Fish is the main food in Japan and if you think that ramen noodles and miso soup would be perfect for vegan then you are wrong. Most of the traditional Japanese cuisines are prepared from fish even the soya sauce. However many Buddhist temples eat Buddhist vegetarian food, but the options are very few.

# Spain

Spanish people are a diehard fan of meat. So, finding vegetarian dishes and vegetarian here is a very tough task. Don’t get confused with the looks of dishes as they may appear like a vegetarian dish, but you might end up with a bone/meat inside it. Just ask for the ingredient of thedish before ordering anything. However, you don’t need to completely upset as you can still have patatas bravas, croquetas de espinacas, and gazpacho to satisfy your hunger.

# Cuba

There are very few options for vegans in Cuba and in case you find some vegetarian options, they will lack flavor and variety. They mostly prefer to eat rice with meat, hot dogs and ham sandwiches. However, you can easily find fruits and vegetables from street vendors. Apart from this, you can have beans and rice, rum and coffee as a variant.

# Philippines

The most popular dish in Philippines includes adobo, kaldereta, lechon, torta, kare-kare, pinakbet, panchit, lumpia and mechado and all these dishes have pork/ chicken/ beef as ingredients. Now, you can imagine how difficult it’s going to finding good vegetarian food in the Philippines? Well, it’s difficult but not impossible. There are some restaurants for vegetarians but you need to plan your stay accordingly.

# China

This is one of those countries where you will find animal products in almost every dish. They commonly use lard in almost every dish and even chips are not safe for vegetarians. You have to be very alert if you are a pure vegetarian because waiters in most of the restaurants consider seafood as a vegetarian dish. Just be clear and specific while telling the waiter what you don’t eat.