Like Japanese food? Like Italian food? This place offers a great fusion of both! Run by Mark and Ayako, Pettiroso has a wide variety of vegan and vegetarian options, with special original dishes. When we went there we got to try many dishes, all together it was more than enough to fill our stomachs. For starters we had a little cold white bean soup, murasaki jagaimo (purple sweet potato) paste, eggplant in vegan dashi, and spinach in sesame paste. To follow, we had vegan agedashi tofu and a creamy hot pie, both were fantastic! Finishing with dessert, we had vegan chocolate-chip muffins with pineapple ice cream. Everything was delicious!
Although the owners are mostly vegetarian, they do serve fish, so if your non-vegan friends are really into a fish-dinner you can propose going to Pettirosso.
Besides the food, there are three more things worth mentioning: firstly – their drinks menu is even longer than the food menu. I had a fruity Italian wine and enjoyed it a lot. Secondly – the restaurant is in an old Japanese house which has both Western style tables and a Japanese tatami area. It is decorated with many Japanese-style art works that makes the experience very pleasant. Thirdly – you didn’t think I’d ignore the music, right? Oriental music combined with reggae fit the atmosphere perfectly. Squisito!
2 Comments
Shweta
August 29, 2019 at 12:19 pmYou’ve managed to show us some beautiful restaurants and cafes for sure . I’m looking for some beautiful beautiful traditional japanese tea place where I can take a bunch of my clients for a cup of tea and dessert ( not tea house for tea ceremony). I’m a travel assist and take groups of people/friends around to different off beaten / hole in the wall restaurants , cafes , bars , tea houses etc. and also promote the places to others . I would appreciate any help I can get from you . Also any events , would love to attend .
Regards,
Shweta
bluevagabond
August 29, 2019 at 12:50 pmHi Shweta! Regarding events – I send every ~3 weeks coming events in my newsletter. You can register and receive it directly to your mailbox.
Other places I recommend on are written on the posts under “vegan food and drinks”. There’s more to come to stay tuned!