Tateshinaan - Tokyo

A lot of Buddhist cuisine restaurants in Japan will not prepare vegan food because they think that bonito is absolutely necessary for the taste, but this restaurant proves that they are wrong! Shiitake and kelp give a lot more taste than you need! Nobody will be dissatisfied with the taste. A great place for vegan Japanese cuisine without harming fish! Updated from previous review on 2019-01-24

Things are slowly changing in Japan. Vegan restaurants were always popular, but traditional restaurants simply ignored vegan or vegetarian guests. Up to now! Recently, ramen restaurants started offering vegan options and now Tateshinaan offers traditional soba dishes for vegans. Soba restaurants are everywhere in Japan and the meals are almost vegan. Soba are noodles. When served cold, they come with a cup of dipping sauce. When served hot, they are served in a hot soup. In either case: fish broth is used to flavour and this is the main problem for vegans or vegetarians. Tateshinaan simply replaced the fish broth by seaweed and mushroom broth. The taste is almost the same as the fish broth, so everyone can now enjoy traditional Japanese soba. We tried both the hot and cold set. The hot set comes with vegetable tempura and some pickled greens. The cold set comes with a little salad and might be a bit healthier. Both tasted exactly as they should. The first page of the menu clearly lists the vegan options. Prices are average for a soba restaurant. Nothing remarkable, except for the fact that vegans are now welcome! Enjoy your Japanese experience!

Many Buddhist cuisine restaurants in japan will not prepare vegan foods because they think that bonito is absolutely necessary for the taste, but this restaurant proves that they are wrong! shiitake and kelp give much more taste than they need! No one will be unsatisfied with the taste. a great place for vegan Japanese cuisine without harming fish! updated from previous review on 2019-01-24

The dinge change slowly in japan. vegan restaurants were always popular, but traditional restaurants simply ignored vegan or vegetarian guests. so far! lately ramen restaurants began with vegan options and today offers tateshinaan traditional soba dishes for vegans. soba restaurants are everywhere in japan and the meals are almost vegan. soba are noodles. when served cold, they come with a cup of dipping sauce. when served hot, they are served in a hot suppe. in both cases: fish broth is used to taste and this is the main problem for vegan or vegetarian. tateshinaan simply replaced the fish broth with seaweed and mushroom broth. the taste is almost the same as the fish broth, so everyone can now enjoy traditional Japanese soba. we tried both the hot and cold set. the hot set comes with herbal tempura and some picked greens. the cold set comes with a small salad and could be a bit healthier. they both tasted exactly as they should. the first page of the menu clearly lists the vegan options. prices are average for a soba restaurant. nothing special, except the fact that vegans are welcome now! enjoy their Japanese experience!

必點油豆腐湯煲 ，搭配炸物蕎麥麵