A Lovely Vegan Start To The Year.

A new decade beckons...

Honestly, at the moment I cannot tell you what day of the week it is. These last two weeks have morphed into one giant holiday and for some reason every one of those days felt like a Sunday. Good, that means we are relaxing. We have had two different lot of friends come to visit and we have been busy showing off our bit of paradise. Nice to see it fresh through the eyes of those that have never been here.

Yesterday evening we had booked a table at a local Buschenschank and as we wanted our friends to sample a typical Burgenland meal, Bob and I weren't too fazed about having to eat bread and onions. A Buschenschank is molded on carnivorous meals and far be it from us to change that. Only one meal after all.

When the waiter did come around to take our order, Bob and I started to ask for our ususal go-to vegan option ( bread, raw onions, salt and pumpkin seed oil ) but he asked if he could bring a bit more than that. Of course, I said yes but reminded him that we are vegan. ' I know ' he said and left for the kitchen. Marvelous, the word has spread...

When the food came around, copious meat platters for our friends, two marvelous plates of delicious vegan foods appeared. Sliced pears, rocket, a selections of nuts, onions, pickle, gherkin, freshly baked rye-bread and more. Our mouths literally dropped in awe. The owner had especially prepared two portions of vegan food for us. Wasn't that wonderful?

Only this morning, after ruminating about this in the middle of the night, did it dawn on me that she had planned ahead once she'd seen our names on the booking sheet. We weren't expecting it and would have been delighted with mere bread and onion, but what she prepared for us didn't only taste divine but it made me realize that she wanted to prepare something special and tasty for us...veganism might just have a chance in Eisenberg.

Biggi