Eating Vegetarian Here — What Works and What to Tell Us

There is more here for non-meat-eaters than the menu shows — you just need to say so when ordering.

Already meat-free

Easily adapted

Several pastas work without meat and with extra vegetables. So do pad thai and fried rice.

What you must tell us

Many Thai dishes are built on fish sauce and shrimp paste without saying so on the menu. If you are strictly vegetarian or vegan, say so when ordering and we will switch to soy.

Saying "no meat" is not always enough — the kitchen reads that as leaving the meat out.

Vegan

Without dairy, what remains is the vegetable, rice and fruit group — pad pak boong 130, vegetable spring rolls 120, garden salad 230 (hold the cheese), fruit mix 120.

The All'Arrabbiata at 320 works vegan without the cheese on top.

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What is already meat-free, by section

Thai — jasmine rice 40 · vegetable spring rolls 120 · som tam thai 120 (ask for no dried shrimp) · pad pak boong 130 · pad phak khana nam man hoi 160 (ask to swap oyster sauce for soy)

Salads and cold plates — garden fresh salad 230 · rucola salad 270 · Greek salad 290 · Burrata Mediterranea 390

Soups — minestrone 190 · cream of mushroom 220 · roasted tomato 220

Pizza — margherita 250 · veggie calzone 320 · four cheese 390 · tartufo 440

Pasta — All'Arrabbiata 320 · al pesto 320 · orecchiette vegetarian 320 · rigatoni alla Norma 320 · gnocchi 320 (the nduja sauce contains pork — ask to change it) · spinach ravioli butter 390

Sweet and other — bruschetta classica 220 · fruit mix 120 · all six desserts 290–390

Dishes that look vegetarian but are not

Pad phak khana nam man hoi 160 — oyster sauce is made from oysters.

Som tam thai 120 — the standard recipe carries dried shrimp and fish sauce.

Pad pak boong 130 — usually made with fermented soybean paste and fish sauce.

Gnocchi 320 — the nduja is pork.

Rigatoni alla Norma 320 and orecchiette 320 — finished with parmesan, which is traditionally made with animal rennet.

All of these can be changed. Just say so.

The words to use

"Vegetarian, no meat of any kind" — the kitchen removes the meat, but may still cook with fish sauce.

"And no fish sauce or shrimp paste" — you have to add this. A Thai kitchen treats both as seasoning rather than as meat.

"Jay" — the Thai term is stricter than vegan: no meat, no dairy, no egg, and none of the five pungent vegetables (garlic, onion, shallot, chives, tobacco leaf). Do not use it unless you mean it.

Clearest phrasing in English: vegetarian, no fish sauce, no shrimp paste.

Vegetarian spreads

Two people, 680

• Vegetable spring rolls 120
• Pad pak boong 130 (no fish sauce)
• Margherita 250
• Jasmine rice 40 × 2 = 80
• Water 50 × 2 = 100

Two people, doing it properly, around 1,150

• Burrata Mediterranea 390
• Tartufo pizza 440
• Al pesto 320

Add house white at 230 a glass if you want it.

Vegan

Without dairy the list narrows to: jasmine rice 40, vegetable spring rolls 120, fruit mix 120, pad pak boong 130 (with the seasoning swapped), garden salad 230 (no cheese, no dairy dressing), roasted tomato soup 220 (no cream), All'Arrabbiata 320 (no cheese on top), orecchiette 320 (no cheese).

Flag it when booking on 098 484 5188 and the kitchen will have it ready.

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