NYC vacation

[stringer]

Looking for vegan friendly fine dining options. Not exclusively vegan, but vegan options. Other than that, we eat everything and are planning to spend some change, so help me figure out where. Staying near the Flatiron district. I already have reservations at 11 Madison Park. About a month out so might be too late to get some reservations.

 

[mengwong]

https://punchdrink.com/articles/quiet-defiance-of-decibel-sake-bar-nyc/If you get a chance late night after the fine dining – Sake Bar Decibel

https://maps.app.goo.gl/PNTEgM27pCPoKXnR8?g_st=ic

 

[Hockey3081]

Musket Room in Bowery has a vegan tasting menu.

https://www.musketroom.com/

 

[ethompson]

I had a nice experience at Dirty Candy in 2019. At the time Contra also had a vegetarian menu which was excellent.

 

[mengwong]

Oh, and I can’t not mention NYC Gets Its First Hawker Center — with Vendors Straight from Singapore

Urban Hawker
https://maps.app.goo.gl/a4PZ4kMEmKRWNttG9?g_st=ic
The kueh pie tee may be vegan

 

[WildBoar]

Jose Andres (and our own ChefCosta) opened a Zaytinya in NYC a couple months ago. They should have some options.

 

[mengwong]

If it weren’t for the vegan-friendly constraint, I’d suggest a look through Ask the Critics: What’s the Best Sushi in NYC?

 

[mengwong]

But Ethiopian should be vegan-friendly! 10 Exceptional Ethiopian Restaurants in NYC

 

[MarcelNL]

Hells Kitchen is IME a nice area for 'hipster' food that can be surprisingly good, do check the current critics sites as my last trip to NYC was pre-Covid (and plan to make reservations).

 

[McMan]

But Ethiopian should be vegan-friendly! 10 Exceptional Ethiopian Restaurants in NYC

Butter. Lots of it. Clarified and infused with spices (aka niter kibbeh). It's the "base layer" that makes many of the Ethiopian veggie dishes so nice.

 

[MarcelNL]

Vegan butter?

 

[stringer]

Butter. Lots of it. Clarified and infused with spices (aka niter kibbeh). It's the "base layer" that makes many of the Ethiopian veggie dishes so nice.

Veganism is very subjective. I have a Hindu friend who considers themselves a vegan but will eat ghee because it is not the "flesh" of the animal. Not milk or butter or yogurt. But ghee is okay because it contains no animal protein. The particular vegan I'm traveling with does dairy occasionally. Chocolate is always an exception for her even if it contains dairy. And she eats crustaceans and mollusks occasionally.

 

[McMan]

Veganism is very subjective. I have a Hindu friend who considers themselves a vegan but will eat ghee because it is not the "flesh" of the animal. Not milk or butter or yogurt. But ghee is okay because it contains no animal protein. The particular vegan I'm traveling with does dairy occasionally. Chocolate is always an exception for her even if it contains dairy. And she eats crustaceans and mollusks occasionally.

Wait, what?! "Vegans" eat butter now. What happened to the wor(l)d?
I was going to say Grand Central Oyster Bar then but just looked at their menu and nearly all of their oysters are PEI...

Edit: paging NYC guys: @DitmasPork and @rickbern.

 

[WildBoar]

Wait, what?! "Vegans" eat butter now. What happened to the wor(l)d?

If it's okay to eat butter and animal flesh, I will gladly convert to vegan.

 

[riba]

If it's okay to eat butter and animal flash, I will gladly convert to vegan.

Just please don't start bitching on us non-vegans

 

[Keith Sinclair]

But Ethiopian should be vegan-friendly! 10 Exceptional Ethiopian Restaurants in NYC

Nice post enjoyed reading it. Ethiopian food is influenced by different old spice cultures.

African country with history going way back in time. Just finished reading Meave Leakey's book. The Great Rift Valley in Kenya & Ethiopia where up right walking hominid fossil bones have been found.

We had a good Ethiopian place in Hawaii unfortunate it was one of many small business that didn't survive the strict COVID lockdowns here.