We went for a fab bamboo weaving class and then stopped at the cafe afterwards for lunch. Jen had Khao soi which was delicious, and I had a really really interesting meal called the weavers lunch which was a traditional lunch of bamboo soup, sticky rice, sausage (mushroom and herb) and spicy local dip. It was pretty unlike anything I’ve had before and I loved it.

Our first taste of Laos food and I love it! 🇱🇦 We got the vegetarian set menu to share at Coconut Garden which included tofu, mushroom and herb salad, stir fried glass noodles with egg and vegetables, steamed aubergine, mushrooms and herbs, tomato and chilli concasse, pumpkin coconut soup, sticky red rice and banana fritters 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Had a gorgeous lunch at Fasay Garden, it’s in the home of an English teacher with a big organic garden. We were given this massive tray of bamboo soup, omelette, fried bamboo and egg, mixed veg, sticky rice and lemongrass tea. Once we’d finished he and his kids enthusiastically showed us round his garden pointing out the pumpkins, guava, lemongrass, pineapples, galangal and bananas they were growing! It was so lovely I can’t recommend it enough and it was so cheap!

Finally had a nice vegetarian set lunch in Nara at Kinatei, there was brown rice, miso soup, yuzu salad, seaweed tempura and a tofu patty plus cake and fruit as dessert all the ingredients explained to us by the lovely host who’s been vegetarian for 46 years #food #foodblog #foodblogger #travel #travelblogger #japan #japanesefood #setlunch #miso #nara #narafood #vegetarian #vegetarianfood #vegan #kinatei #salad #seaweed #tofu

First shojin ryori in an actual temple, which is a super amazing experience, some of the food was an odd sweet/savoury balance and I would have preferred my tempura hot but all in all I loved it #food #instafood #foodblog #foodblogger #travel #travelblogger #travelblog #japan #japanesefood #templefood #shojinryori #koyasan #koya #koyasanfood #muryokoin

Tried to go to Tamana Shokudo but had an absolute nightmare getting there and it was closed, so we got w vegan lunch from the cafe over the road which was actually really flavourful #food #foodblog #foodblogger #travel #travelblogger #japan #japanesefood #tokyo #tokyofood #vegan #veganfood #miso #salad

Vegan set lunch of fried tofu with salad, pickled veg, brown rice and miso soup 🍱 I’m starting to feel kinda deflated with the vegan/veggie Japanese food we’ve been having it just isn’t quite as amazing as I was expecting. Does anyone have any recommendations for vegetarian food in Kyoto or Osaka? #food #foodblog #foodblogger #japan #japanesefood #kyoto #osaka #kyotofood #setlunch #tofu #miso #biotei #vegetarian #vegetarianfood #vegan #veganfood

Our first taste of shojin ryori cuisine, vegan curry, white rice, miso soup and two sides was kind of underwhelming but I’m so excited to try more #food #foodblogger #foodporn #foodblog #japan #japanesefood #japan #tokyo #tokyofood #kamakurafushikian #vegan #veganfood #vegetarian #templefood #shojinryori #curry