Hi everyone!
As you might have heard, Argentina is known for its quality of meat and its barbecues. Or, better said, our asados, which we donāt think are the same as barbecues due to the difference in cooking and great variety of meats, and the whole experience.
The restaurants that sell asados, or rather meats cooked that way, are called parrillas. There, they have parrilladas, which are a mix of many meats just like it is in an asado.
I have been vegetarian for some years, trying to eat vegan whenever I can, with reasons mostly related to the environment. I realize it can be a bit strange, an Argentine not eating meat, and I know it was hard many years ago. But thankfully with vegetarianism and veganism rising everywhere, many vegan and vegetarian places and options also appeared in the biggest cities in Argentina. Although itās still hard to find veggie food when I go watch football in the outskirts of the city of Buenos Aires, Iām hopeful it will become more common over there too!
Last week was my birthday, and as I like to celebrate, I went to try many restaurants and kinds of food that have been sitting in my āWant to goā list for a while. You can check my reviews of them on my Maps profile. But I wanted to share more about one of them: this vegan parrilla!
La Reverde, which can be translated as āthe super greenā is said to be the first vegan parrilla in the country. It has very good reviews by both vegan and vegetarians, and people who eat meat too and are open to trying.
I know that some people that arenāt open or conscious about what negatively affects the environment laugh at these kinds of places āvegan meat?? Why create a fake thing when you can just eat the real one?ā. I wrote a bit about this in my other post too: The 3 Rs: Right on Maps!
The reasons people choose these places and foods are related to the reasons they became vegetarian or vegan, and the fact that they were more likely not raised eating only plant based food. We can miss certain foods and their taste or the experience of eating them, but still donāt want to eat animals based on many reasons related to empathy, the way eating products based on animals (or the industrialized way) negatively affects the environment, or just health reasons. That is why places like this parrilla are so important for Argentine veggies.
The place is decorated with signs with similar designs as in other parrillas in Buenos Aires, called āfileteadoā, but these signs have texts related to veganism mostly. I really liked this sign that changed the well-known phrase in asados āUn aplauso para el asadorā (Clap for the person who did the asado) to āUn aplauso para el que inventĆ³ el seitĆ”nā (Clap for the person who invented seitĆ”n, a popular vegan alternative to meat).
Also related to the place itself, it unfortunately was not wheelchair accessible 
due to the entrance and lack of accessible bathrooms, and the volume of the music was also a bit too high, which could affect some people with difficulties hearing or who are neurodiverse.
The food, including entries, are very similar to regular parrillas, offering empanadas and so on. We ordered āmollejasā, the plant based version of the entrails of animals. They also have sandwiches, a big one being the chorisaurio, which is a different and vegan version of the classic choripĆ”n.
I ordered lemonade to drink, but they do offer more traditional drinks like wine served in a penguin jar.
Then, came the parrillada itself. It said it was for two people on the menu, but it was plenty and came with fries and bread. You can also choose one of two typical sauces, the criolla or the chimichurri. I love the criolla so I picked that one!
Overall it was a great experience to have, I did only give them 4 stars due to some things I thought they lacked including more variety, and comfort for different people, but I would come again and take some frozen things home as they were very similar to how I remember. The main difference between this parrilla and others is that this one was not full of smoke 
- Have you ever been to a similar place, or eaten vegan meat? What did you think?
- Have you noticed more vegan or vegetarian places around you or that try to replicate your national foods?
Please let us know in the comments!
Thank you for reading!
kebab in 2024 
