{"id":43877,"date":"2015-04-03T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T17:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=43877"},"modified":"2017-01-13T19:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T18:21:37","slug":"gopal-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gopal-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Gopal &#8211; vegan Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Placa George Orwell<br \/>\n(just off Placa Real)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday to Friday 10hrs to 23hrs<br \/>\nSaturday &amp; Sunday 10hrs to 24hrs<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_82990\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82990\" class=\"wp-image-82990 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/appetizer-1386743_1280-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Placa Real, (if coming from <a title=\"Las Ramblas \u2013 the heart of Barcelona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/las-ramblas\/\" target=\"_blank\">La Rambla<\/a>) walk across the square and take the exit from the on the far right. Walk down this wiggly street until you get to Caracol (the restaurant on the corner with the rotisserie). Turn left onto this street and you will see a modern art sculpture. This is Placa <a title=\"LA LLIBERT\u00c0RIA, DEEP IN HEART OF RAVAL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/la-llibertaria\/\" target=\"_blank\">George Orwell<\/a> \u2013 a very popular square\u00a0full of <strong>restaurants<\/strong>, but fairly difficult to find. Especially\u00a0if you had one too many\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Best mojitos in Barcelona!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/mojitos-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">mojitos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gopals<\/strong> is a sweet little place with a big heart. The staff is made up by very happy bohemian <strong>vegans<\/strong> who are eager to feed you full of vegan goodness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is an outlet for fast food <strong>vegan<\/strong> style, not really a place for <strong>raw food vegans.<\/strong> At one point <strong>Gopal<\/strong> was offering <strong>raw food<\/strong> dishes, but they gave that up for some reason. Most probably it was the lack of interest, as <strong>raw foodism<\/strong> is being embraced in Spain at a rate I can only describe as glacial. Do not hold your breath.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegetarian-sarria\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vegetarian restaurants in Sarri\u00e0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gopal-vegan\/#What_they_serve\" title=\"What they serve\">What they serve<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gopal-vegan\/#Burger_me_up\" title=\"Burger me up\">Burger me up<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gopal-vegan\/#Carne_sin_carne\" title=\"Carne sin carne\">Carne sin carne<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/gopal-vegan\/#Vegan_ice_cream\" title=\"Vegan ice &#8216;cream&#8217;\">Vegan ice &#8216;cream&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_they_serve\"><\/span>What they serve<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starters are in the form of soups and cost \u20ac2.50. You can choose from vichysoisse, garbanzo (chick pea), lentejas (lentils), dhal, or miso.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can get \u2018chicken\u2019 nuggets \u20ac4.75, nachos with jalapenos and \u2018cheese\u2019 \u20ac3.85, paella made with brown rice (integral), pinchos (Basque country tapas) made with <strong>vegan<\/strong> chicken substitute and empanadillas \u2013 all for \u20ac5.90.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Burger_me_up\"><\/span>Burger me up<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being in essence a burger joint, there are more than ten types of veggie burger available, including seitan and vegetables; quinoa and olives; and tofu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are a number of full menu options such as: quinoa burger, patatas bravas, a drink and a dessert. Alternatively you can get a salad, burger, patatas bravas, a drink and a dessert. These menus both cost \u20ac7 plus.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Carne_sin_carne\"><\/span>Carne sin carne<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strangest thing about <strong>Gopal<\/strong> is the vegan butcher\u00a0where you can buy rolls of <strong>vegan<\/strong> chorizo, <strong>vegan<\/strong> mortadella and <strong>vegan<\/strong> polony. Not really my kind of thing as I prefer unprocessed natural foods but not all <strong>vegans<\/strong> are alike, and this is definitely quite unique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drinks come in the form of herbal Bionade or fresh juices such as orange, apple, kiwi and carrot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vegan soya milk batidos (smoothies) come in avocado, papaya, melon, orange and banana and cost \u20ac3 or more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegetarian-sushi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Where to find vegetarian sushi in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vegan_ice_cream\"><\/span>Vegan ice &#8216;cream&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_82992\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82992\" class=\" wp-image-82992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/heart-1608664_1280-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"242\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also have a couple of <strong>vegan<\/strong> ice creams that cost between \u20ac2 and \u20ac4 \u2013 which is somewhat of a novelty and very, very welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Placa Georg Orwell is a great place. Over the other side of the square\u00a0is\u00a0Oviso\u00a0\u2013 another favorite spot\u00a0(not <strong>vegetarian<\/strong> or <strong>vegan<\/strong> but we are well catered for there). And <strong>Vegetalia\u2019s<\/strong> flagship store also lives on this square. Which is a <strong>vegetarian<\/strong> restaurant with a number of <strong>vegan<\/strong> options.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gopal<\/strong> is great for <strong>vegans<\/strong> and <strong>vegetarians,<\/strong> although not great for raw food vegans. 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