In search of vegan pizza places in Belgium/Antwerpen

I kinda want to eat pizza on a pizza place, and i guess it's worth a try even though it will be cheeseless =p I guess pizza can be yummy with a topping of a good sauce and some nice vegetables. Sadly it's not that easy to find a place that serves vegan pizza cuz they often add MILK in the dough. And pizza without cheese and dough would be veggies with tomato sauce, aka not pizza... And i'm not interested in going to a pizza place to eat salad :x If i'm in a pizza place i kinda want to eat pizza =p

So i asked some pizza places if they have any vegan options if i order their veggie-pizza without cheese. So far i only asked the big chains Pizza Hut and Domino's, who have vegan options in other countries, but it seems that apparantly in Belgium they decided to add milk in their doughs... For other pizza places it's pretty hard to find an email to contact them on, which means i have to call them or show up at their pizza place, and i'm a bit shy ;p So much easier to just send an email if they had one =p


Pizza Hut (not vegan!):

Dear Madam,

Thanks for your interest in Pizza Hut.

But none of our pizzas/crust are vegan. Also the dough of the vegetarian pizzas contain milk, so that wouldn’t be an option for you…

Domino's (not vegan!):

Hello Anette, I am sorry, but there is whey powder in our dough, so it is milk. There is no plan to change the dough in the near future.

Too bad, cuz there are vegan options from these chains in other countries if you order without cheese, and in Norway you can get vegan pizzas on the two biggest pizza chains Peppes Pizza and Dolly Dimple's if you order without cheese...

I also worry a bit that people who are allergic to lactose/milk, or who are vegans doesn't know about this, and might think their pizzas ordered without cheese is safe to eat. I didn't find any info about the ingredients in their doughs on their websites, and standard pizza dough has the ingredients: flour, water, vegetable oil, salt and yeast, so most people would assume the dough would be without milk, which it sadly isn't.

If anyone knows pizza places that use a vegan dough and has a tasty vegan topping in the Antwerp area feel free to tell me =D Until then i'll keep making my own vegan pizzas at home =)

Product review: Crispy dark chocolate with puffed rice

Time for a product review again =) I found this crispy dark chocolate with puffed rice from the brand Perle d'Or in Lidl in Belgium, and i've wanted to try it for a while. They also have with lighter chocolate, but that one isn't vegan, so dark chocolate it is =) It costed 1.49 € for 125 g in Lidl.

It kinda looks like chocolate pringles =p

The chocolate tastes quite dark, even though the darkness is only 57%. Also the puffed rice content is only 11%, and the puffed rice pieces are quite small. Personally i would prefer more puffed rice so the chocolate chips would taste milder, and also larger pieces of the puffed rice for more crispiness =) 

This chocolate is nice for an occasional snack, but personally i couldn't eat too many chips at the same time (which probably is a good thing, or i would eat the whole thing in 5 minutes  xD). 

I might buy it again in the future, but i'm not sure. There are other things that i like better. With my suggestions for how it would taste better i would probably buy it more often though. I'm glad i tried it out though =p

Mr. Falafel in Brussel

Since i was working in Brussel i figured i had to at least test out 1 restaurant/eating place there when i had the chance. I searched happycow.net for suggestions and i decided to try out Mr. Falafel.  I found it not too far from the famous "manneken pis", just a few streets away =)

Here you get a pita with falafels, and you pick which sauces and salads you want from the buffet for 4.5 €, which i guess is quite cheap. Of course i had to try all of the vegan options in the buffet (a few had milk/egg in it). I was a bit more hungry so i went and refilled the salad (woops xd) after i saw someone else doing it too. There were only 4 tables there, but that went fine since there weren't much people there either =p It came more people after i had ordered. The falafel was delicious and green =D I love when food has nice colors lol =p They had lot's of different foods in the salad buffet; lettuce, tomatoes, corn, cucumber, olives, sour light green chilies, vegetables in sweet and sour sauce, beets, onions, and more =) Of sauces they had tahini and spicy red sauce (and non-vegan mayonaise). I took a picture half way through eating xD

Would be nice to return, hopefully with company then cuz it's boring to eat out alone =D The food was affordable and delicious, especially the falafels =D So if you're hanging around in Brussel you should visit this place =) It's not so far from some of the famous buildings that are on some of the lowest pictures in this blog post.