World's Best Vegetarian Restaurants: The Fruits of Lima

Where: Alcanfores 453-416, Lima, Peru

October 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

Are you ready to expand your palate? Put down that steak and look beyond the salad plate at the world's best vegetarian restaurants.

The stereotype alone of South Americans as ardent meat eaters may put off vegetarian and vegan travelers altogether--or worse, leave them scrambling for the local equivalent of the granola bar. (Avoid!) But Lima's El Paraiso Bio Leben is not only a great source of cheap veggie food, it presents an alternative to all that churrascaria madness.

Named one of Travelhacker's top 50 vegetarian/vegan restaurants in the world, El Paraiso Bio Leben isn't as prevalent as local veggie chain Govinda, but it more than makes up for that in variety.

The tiny joint features excellent all-veggie empanadas and fruit salads served in ornate glasses, with or without a yogurt topping; don't forget to order a solterito de habas, a traditional Peruvian salad made of fava beans and beets. Plus, backpackers alert: A 3-plate meal is just 6.5 soles (about $2).

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