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Berlin named vegetarian capital of the world

Renowned American culinary magazine Saveur has anointed Berlin The New Vegetarian Capital of the world, it was revealed over the weekend.

Berlin named vegetarian capital of the world
Vegetarian food with panashe at La Mano Verde. Photo: DPA

The New York-based magazine said that Berlin is the only city in the western world in which vegetarian cuisine has achieved “complete culinary parity” with a carnivorous diet.

In handing the German capital the award, the foodie-bible glowingly describes Berlin as the “most avant-garde culinary laboratory” in Europe.

Restaurants such as Lucky Leek in the chic Prenzlauer Berg district, La Mano Verde, and Cookies Cream in the Mitte district are singled out for the mark they have made on Prussian taste buds.

As the scene has grown under inspirational chefs such as La Mano Verde's Jean Christian Jury, the city has become home to “the world's most talented constellation of vegetarian and vegan chefs,” the magazine said.

These pioneers have turned vegetarianism from something drab and worthy into an art form which combines taste and ethics, Saveur argues.

This growth is reflected in the fact that the city has more than 30 vegan restaurants and many other restaurants often offer vegetarian menus as long as their meat menus.

“Berlin has attracted a creative class who think a lot about what they eat. These people care about animals and care about the environment,” Marcus Jänsch, managing director of Cookies Cream, told Saveur.

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Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday.

Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

“The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceship,” Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement.

“They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature” at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above sea level, it said.

For $495,000 per ticket, six tourists will embark on a six-hour journey in a pressurised space capsule that will rise into the stratosphere in a hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon”.

The 32-year-old chef and self-confessed space enthusiast will be joining the trip.

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Munk promises “dishes inspired by the role of space exploration during the last 60 years of human history, and the impact it has had on our society — both scientifically and philosophically”.

His menu will be restricted only by his inability to cook food over an open flame.

Many of the ingredients will be prepared on the ship from which the capsule is launched, according to Alchemist, which is ranked fifth among the world’s restaurants in 2023 according to the World’s Best 50 Restaurants guide.

In recent decades, Denmark has emerged as a gastronomical powerhouse on terra firma, with the Copenhagen restaurants Noma and Geranium both having held the title of the world’s best restaurant.

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