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[elizabethbennet]

Actually another two vegans in Korea! My husband and I will also be moving to Korea (Pohang) by the end of the month. I plan on doing most of the cooking myself until I get some basic Korean phrases down.

But I'm excited about the adventure. And I may just start the blog somebody mentioned about living vegan in Korea. There's a living vegetarian blog already, but really, that seems relatively easy to me, what with all the cheese in the world. (Even in Korea, if my husband's former experience in Busan is any indication.)

Anyway, if there are any other vegans/vegetarians in Pohang or thereabouts, I'd love to get together and figure out menus!

[curiousaboutkorea]

[roadwork]

[greekvvedge]

[Rteacher]

There's a lot of information for both vegetarians and vegans on this thread that started in 2006 when the Seoul Veggie club first manifest (actually I was the second club president and the first to advertise it on these forums.
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=53723&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=225

For those interested in debating the health aspect of vegetarianism and veganism there is a thread in the Current Events forum that was started recently.http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=164917&start=60

My own observation as a lacto-vegetarian (and former Hare Krishna cook) is that while a vegan diet is best for some people, vegans who put out propaganda that cows milk is unnatural for human consumption tend to be hard-core atheists.

[ennoncha]

I'm vegan and I'll be in Bundang in October!

xVx

[sqrlnutz123]

I'm going to be in Ansan.

[sqrlnutz123]

[Rteacher]

Not necessarily, but according to the Vedic literatures (and Ayurveda) only cows milk can nourish the finest brain cells needed for spiritual thinking - thus milk is considered "liquid religiosity" ...

Of course, in ancient times there was no corrupt dairy industry that overprocessed and added harmful additives to milk, while often abusing and almost invariably killing cows.

[hugekebab]

[Scamps]

www.yogihut.com
here you can order instant vegan meals, heat and serve.

[greekvvedge]

Tonight going to enjoy vegan goodness at LOVING HUT (maybe some udon and veggie donkatsu) followed by an instead session of thrashing at the FY FAN Swedish hardcore show in Shinchon.

[elizabethbennet]

So, my husband and I have been here for a week now, and between the Home Plus and some other hunting/gathering at Lotte (overpriced, so only for necessary items) and other markets, we've cobbled together a pretty good kitchen. Lucky for us, we also have two burners, an oven and a microwave. But we've eaten well so far off spaghetti, stir-fry and beans and rice type dishes. Nuts are expensive here, but they exist as well as peanut butter. Produce is abundant. If you're wiling to eat what there is, being vegan works. And I imagine if I knew Korean (and I plan to learn) my options would be considerably enhanced.

The teachers at my school have also been very helpful, bringing in snacks to share that we can eat. Who knew that sweet potatoes could taste so good?

We have yet to visit the one rumored vegetarian restaurant in town, but I'll report on it when I get a chance. Overall, however, at least in a city, you can be vegan in Korea!

[sqrlnutz123]

Yes being vegan in Korea is completely possible! I've been in Sihueng for two days and there are two organic food stores here. There are loads of vegetables and mushrooms to try. I've found sea salt, organic soy sauce and organic tofu in the regular grocery. I can't tell if there's any organic produce though. Yes, nuts and seeds are incredibly expensive! I'm disappointed about that. But I'm happy with what I've found so far. I really need to learn at least enough Korean to figure out what of the packaged foods are vegan, so I can buy some. In the natural food store the woman who works there speaks English so I was able to ask her if the gardenburger looking things with pictures of happy pigs on them were vegetarian. They were not, so she asked me if I was vegetarian, I said yes, and she led me over to some wilted lettuce, haha!

[Bramble]

^ If you're real, I'm glad to hear you're finding everything you need and you should definitely try Loving Hut. If you like fake meats, there's a place near Beomgye Station (on the blue line) that sells a few kinds with the word "vegan" on the label in English.