If you're visiting or moving to Rome and don't want to miss out on the food scene, I hope to provide you with some pitstops from a full Roman dinner to a quick snack or gelato and where to do your shopping! You don't have to feel left out, or embarrassed about expressing your diet choice in most Italian cities. Some people and places will always kick up a fuss or pretend not to understand. We've all heard the same silly questions... "So....can you eat...bread...?" But since Italy's primary industry is tourism, catering to the needs of their international visitors is what businesses do best, and that means adapting to the rise of veganism too. It's true that fundamental to some of Rome's traditional dishes are cheese and meat. Cacio e Pepe is pasta stirred with pecorino cheese and black pepper. Simple, delicious, vegetarian, but not vegan. Carbonara, another Roman speciality requires cheese and guanciale - boar cheek (sorry, -rather graphic perhaps). However, another very famous Roman dish is Carciofi alla Romana or Carciofi alla Giuda. Artichokes with lots of olive oil, in the latter case, deep fried. This is 100% vegan, bingo! Definitely not raw though...Raw foodists should scroll down for a bit. Below, I provide some vegan pitstops for every occasion, but if you do find yourself, as is often the case, stuck in any old Roman trattoria look out for: pasta e ceci or pasta e fagioli. Failing that, get the minestre. These are all soups. The first, with chickpeas and pasta is totally delicious and I can't seem to replicate it at home. The second, pasta with beans, usually borlotti, is equally mysteriously yummy, thick and warming. Finally, you can't go wrong with the third option of a mixed vegetable minestrone, (no pasta). Almost all places will have at least one, if not all of these hearty dishes to leave you satisfied. So, beginning with my hands down favourite place for vegan food in Rome and where you can some of this Roman food whether you're an omnivore, vegetarian or vegan, take a look at this list to have you covered for your trip to Rome! Vegan eats in Rome |
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