Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Vegetarians & Vegans
Most restaurants, including
parrillas,
serve a few items acceptable to most vegetarians,
such as green salads, omelets, mashed potatoes, pizza and pasta. Words to look out for in-
clude
carne
(beef),
pollo
(chicken),
cerdo
(pork) and
cordero
(lamb), though all meat cuts
are described in different words. S
in carne
means 'without meat', and the phrase
soy ve-
getariano/a
('I'm a vegetarian') comes in handy.
Pescado
(fish) and
mariscos
(seafood)
are sometimes available for pescatarians.
Vegetarian restaurants have become trendy in recent years, along with health-food
shops with bulk grains, wholewheat pasta, dried fruit, nuts and bakery goods.
Vegans will have a much harder time; there isn't a Spanish word for 'vegan'. Make sure
homemade pasta doesn't include egg, and that fried vegetables aren't cooked in lard
(
grasa; manteca
means butter). You'll need to be creative to survive here. One tip: look
for accommodations with a kitchen, so you can shop for and cook your own food.
Pizza Margherita
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