Haloumi stuffed with sundried tomatoes
- Baba ghanoush: A delicious dip widely available in vegetarian restaurants, made from blended aubergine with various different seasonings. Middle Eastern in origin, it's served with bread.
- Falafel: Balls of crushed chickpeas served fried in vegetarian restaurants, usually with bread, hummus and salad.
- Haloumi: Just one of many cheeses (along with feta and goat's) you'll see in a vegetarian restaurant. Used as a meat alternative in vegetarian restaurants, this Greek cheese is salty in taste and often served grilled.
- Lentils: A popular pulse in vegetarian restaurants. Served in a variety of dishes as they're great for soaking up flavours and also very filling.
- Quinoa: A type of grain that, when cooked, is similar to couscous. It's used in vegetarian restaurants as a base or side dish to many meals, as you would with rice or couscous. It shot to fame after much use by food guru Gillian McKeith who is a fan of its healthy properties.
- Shitake mushroom: A type of mushroom commonly used in vegetarian restaurants. They're popular in vegetarian retaurant cooking as they have a distinct taste and, like all mushrooms, are high in protein—ideal for veggies!
- Tofu: A vegetarian staple and another good source of protein. So it's no wonder that many dishes in a vegetarian restaurant will use tofu, which is actually soya bean curd. Though it doesn't have a strong flavour of its own, it tends to take the flavour of whatever it's cooked in, making it a very versatile food in vegetarian restaurants.
- Thalis: The name of a small selection of vegetarian dishes from North India served with naan bread. Many Indian restaurants are in fact vegetarian restaurants—or at least have an extensive list of vegetarian dishes on the menu. It's also worth bearing this in mind when looking for a vegetarian restaurant on the spur of the moment. Indian restaurants are typically good standby vegetarian restaurants.
- Vegan: A word you may find next to some dishes in a vegetarian restaurant. It means that the food contains no animal products whatsoever, not even dairy, eggs and honey.
All guides on Yell.com are provided for general guidance only, do not constitute legal or professional advice and are not intended to be exhaustive.
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