Taste the difference
Skåne is all about fresh food, fertile fields – and great cooks. Add those together and you get some great vegetarian and vegan places. From organic bakeries, raw foods to vegan cakes, you’ll find a host of meat-free alternatives to satisfy your cravings.
Manto
This plant-based kitchen and bar in Malmö offers Asian fusion with a twist. Aiming to become Malmö’s best vegan restaurant and taking its inspiration from Afghanistan, China, Korea and India, Manto makes everything from scratch from the best of local ingredients. Manto is the name for delicious Afghan dumplings, a dish that is popular in Asia and even the Balkans.
Fir
Fir in Malmö is all about fresh homegrown veggies, seasonal delights, small-scale eats and natural wines from local importers. The restaurant even has a brewery in the basement. The people behind Fir also run Los Perros Urban Farming in south Malmö, that they say is a poison-and machine free hand-powered urban farm growing everything using organic principles.
Byvägen 35
Byvägen 35 is an organic home bakery & café with stone oven-baked sourdough bread and delicious sweets. Based in Österlen, eastern Skåne, this café produces everything from the basic ingredients with a sense of taste, quality and respect for the craft of baking and making. Enjoy a great breakfast buffet or vegetarian lunch from 12 noon – until the food runs out.
Taste celebration
Taste Celebration is more than a restaurant, it’s a treasure trove of vegetarian delights. Enjoy a Swedish fika with something sweet, drink a glass of fine wine or have a fancy green five-course dinner with the best of the season’s ingredients. Their passion for food goes beyond green and includes vegan, gluten and lactose-free. And of course, really good coffee enjoyed with a lovely view. Their residence is in eastern Skåne.
Jord & Bord
Jord & Bord, "earth & table", is an award-winning vegetarian restaurant with its own kitchen garden that supplies ingredients to its restaurant, then sells any surplus products. This means they offer food that is as locally grown as it can be. Their ambition is to grow, cook and share a passion for healthy, delicious food – all according to organic principles and without any chemicals or pesticides. The restaurant is in the village of Örnahusen, south-east Skåne.
Minù
Formerly Cashew Vegan Kitchen, Minù is run by sisters Aidah Samphani and Lamyai Vozzi. Enjoy handmade vegan pastries, great, tasting coffee, or stock up on catering for your party. Minù creates a taste explosion in a small format from a vegan bakery in the university city of Lund. Delicious and artistic pastries at its best.
Jord
This small vegan café and coffee bar in Malmö serves all-day breakfast and a host of great-tasting foods. Try their seasonal menu that includes different kinds of porridge, toast and cakes, scones and hummus bowls. Enjoy fine vegan produce with great quality coffee and a range of musts (fruit juices) from Helsingborg-based Rescued Fruits.
