Curried mandarin orange “chicken” (Seychelles)

Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands which is considered a part of Africa, even though it is located 1,500 km (over 900 miles) east of the mainland. It is a former colony of the United Kingdom. With 84,000 inhabitants it has the smallest population of any African country. Another thing worth mentioning is that [...]

“Beef” and mushroom tshoem (Bhutan)

Bhutan is a tiny landlocked country in Asia located between China and India. The population is less than one million and very few news from the country ever make it to the Western world. Bhutanese cuisine is largely based around red rice, buckwheat and maize, as well as various kinds of meats from yak to [...]

Aloo saag, or potatoes and spinach (India)

I’ve loved Indian food since a very young age and cook it often. My spice cupboard has loads of Indian spices most of my friends have never even heard of. As such it was seemed hard and unfair to choose just one vegan Indian dish to feature in Vegventures. In the end, the choice was [...]

Tempeh rendang (Malaysia)

“If there were a Cuban food & Thai food soft focus, falling-in-love montage, Malaysian food would be that montage. In my mouf.” said @ckwinny on Twitter yesterday. The idea of Cuban cuisine meets Thai cuisine seems a bit weird to me, but living in Asia perhaps she has a better idea of it than I [...]