Excellent Vegan Food at Vistro Cafe Soi 24 Phrom Phong Bangkok

Now I am not vegan or vegetarian, but I do like to eat healthy. When I was staying at the Hyatt Place Hotel on Soi 24, Vistro Cafe was the closest restaurant, so I went in there 2 times for lunch and really, really enjoyed the food and service.

First time I went in I had their Habibi Wrap which is a Gyros-style Marinated ‘Chicken’ Wrap, Iceberg Lettuce, Red Cabbage, Bell Pepper, Soft Wheat Tortilla, Chilli Sauce, Chimichurri, House TzatzikiNut-Free, Healthy.

This was damn tasty! The fake chicken was a highlight, it had a very nice smokey flavour. The chilli and chimichurri sauce gave it a nice tangy and spicy flavour. The Habibi Wrap was 290 Baht+

Second lunch I had their very tasty Umami Burger with Beyond Meat & Cheddar Cheeze, House Burger Sauce, Jalapeños, Green Oak Lettuce, Sriracha Mayo served with Side Salad, Fries or Sweet Potato Fries.

I have had burgers before with this Beyond Meat pattie and I am a fan. The only thing is, this is not a healthy alternative to having a real beef burger. To make the Beyond Meat taste like meat, they add extra sodium (salt) which makes it almost double the sodium level of a beef pattie. It tastes good though!

There is a QR code on the table which you used to see the menu, order and you can even pay via the website making it very easy to dine here.

I give big thumbs up to the food and service at the Vistro Vegan Cafe! Vistro Cafe is just a few minutes walk from Phrom Phong BTS Station. It is also walking distance from the many hotels in the area like Hyatt Place, Hilton Sukhumvit, Doubletree by Hilton Sukhumvit, Sky View Hotel.

Check out the location of Vistro Vegan Cafe Bangkok

My Rant about Vegan Restaurants!

Why do Vegan restaurants refer to there food as meat substitutes? Or refer to meat items to describe the food. On the menu at Vistro Cafe they list items as tuna, chicken, ‘crab’, chorizi and meatball. While other items they refer to their proper names like Tempeh – Avocado Tempeh Toast. Their vegan cheese they refer to as ‘cheeze’ which is sort of a different name to cheese!

Atleast in the title of some items they write ‘Chick’n’ but then in the description of the Habibi Wrap they write ‘Chicken’. They need to invent new words for these food items. The subsitute chicken is usually made from Soy Protein or Pea Protein with Wheat gluten. Does it taste like chicken? A little bit. Does it feel like eating chicken? No way. It has a totally different texture to chicken, so please don’t call it ‘Chicken’ or Chick’n, make a new name for it! Languages evolve, so should vegans!