{"id":42873,"date":"2015-04-15T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T07:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=42873"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:04:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:04:35","slug":"raw-vegan-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/raw-vegan-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a raw vegan in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a raw<\/a> vegan,<\/strong> honestly, you are probably better off visiting NYC\u2019s East Village, or the trendier parts of LA. Stick around those places and you could be forgiven for thinking that the raw food<\/strong> vegan<\/a> movement isn\u2019t an alternative lifestyle at all, but an actual thing!<\/p>\n

Barcelona, despite being a cosmopolitan<\/a> city with a good share of vegan<\/strong> and vegetarian restaurants<\/strong> \u2013 sadly, has very little going on in the way of raw veganism.<\/strong> I\u2019m happy to say that in the last couple of years, this has really begun to change.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, there was nothing for raw food vegans,<\/strong> except for trusty salad bars that more often than not contain boiled eggs, cooked pasta salads<\/a>, tuna fish, couscous and rice dishes making up at least 70% of the plates. So not a lot for raw foodists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Related article: Being vegan in Spain<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Finding decent juice<\/strong> bars was another issue in Barcelona. The general Spanish idea of juice<\/strong> is orange and their idea of a smoothie is banana, strawberry and yoghurt. Again, up until two years ago you would never see a pure vegetable juice,<\/strong> a green juice or an exotic smoothie that contained anything other than banana and milk.<\/p>\n

Vegans<\/strong> (and vegetarians<\/a>) do not visit Barcelona for the food. This is a fact.\u00a0However, there are a thousand other reasons to visit this remarkable and breathtaking city. So, if you want to eat out and eat raw in Barcelona, all is not lost.<\/p>\n

One of your best choices is to go to a vegan<\/strong> restaurant with a salad bar. Generally, vegan<\/strong> and vegetarian<\/strong> restaurants don\u2019t have big tasty creative salads on their menus \u2013 just a salad bar that is mostly ummm, not really salad. This is a shame as there are plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables here.<\/p>\n

Anyway, if you are looking for raw vegan,<\/strong> head to the following places:<\/p>\n

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