Daily Meal Ranks Tel Aviv # 1 Mecca for Vegan Food
The first hint of a vegan craze in Tel Aviv was spotted in 2012 by Tablet Magazine, but a few years later, Tel Aviv’s vegan scene is as robust as ever. “Almost one in 20 Israelis describes themselves as vegan, a number that feels much higher in the country’s second city,” writes Hardeep Singh Kohi in High Life, British Airways’ in-flight magazine. Even Domino’s in Tel Aviv serves vegan pizza. You’ll find many bearded hipsters enjoying the simple fare at Port Said, and the Georgian restaurant Nanuchka has a fresh take on meat-heavy Eastern European food. Of course, the vegan staple of falafel can be found virtually everywhere, but you can even get vegetarian shawarma at a restaurant appropriately named the Veg Shawarma.
Ynet Calls Israel:
Israel: A Mecca for vegansHoly Land is leading a vegan revolution, with some 400 food establishments certified as ‘vegan friendly,’ including the only vegan Dominos Pizza in the world |
Animal rights
Omri Paz, head of the non-profit group Vegan Friendly, has been working with Israeli cafes and restaurants to offer vegan dishes alongside their usual fare and estimates about 700 outlets are certified as vegan friendly.
He attributed the recent rise in veganism in part to a lecture on YouTube by American animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky that has about 1.5 million views in Israel.
“It helps that Israel is a small country where things quickly go viral,” he said.
Daily Meal Ranks Tel Aviv # 1 Mecca for Vegan Food