Herwin's

http://www.herwinsvegancafe.com/index%20english.html

Closed for the month of September.

Moving to Surawong Road in October.

In English

At the Mall

The Vegetarian Festival at the Mall. 16-26 October.

BIVA

The 18th anniversary meeting of the Bangkok International Vegetarian Association(formerly the Bangkok Vegetarian Club) saw the launch of a new book, HEALTH IQ, by Dr. Warren Shipton.

Asia-Pacific International University

http://www.missioncollege.edu

Thailand's vegetarian university.

Vegetarian convenience food

Vegetarian Hong Kong Noodles,Stir Fried Basil with Rice, and Red Curry with Rice.
Available at 7-Eleven stores throughout Bangkok.

VegVibe

http://www.vegvibe.com

New on-line magazine from Singapore.

Indo Chinese

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/indo-chinese

A number of Indo-Chinese vegetarian recipes can be found at the website above.

Indo-Chinese food can be obtained in Bangkok from

http://www.dragonxpress.com

The restaurant has Vegetable Manchurian, Vegetable Momo, and Vegetable Chowmien listed on the vegetarian items of its menu.

Loving Hut

http://www.lovinghutthailand.com

Spa

http://www.nutritionhouse.co.th/about-us.htm

May Kaidee

May Kaidee No.1 vegetarian restaurant near Khao San Road.

http://www.maykaidee.com

Visakha Bucha Krisada Baramee Festival

The 8-meter high Guan Yin Bodhisattava statue from Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Kaohsiung , Taiwan, will be placed at Impact Exihibition Hall 4, Muang Thong Thani, during May2-10.
The venue will be in a Mahayana monastery ambience with various booths offering a variety of products, including vegetarian food.

TSPCA

http://www.thaispca.org/

The Thai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Secretary-General, Mr.Sawan Sangbunlung gave an address to the Thai Vegetarian Centre AGM on the work of his organisation.

MooZine

Vegan e-newsletter

http://www.happycow.net/moozine/moozine.html

AGM

http://www.ivu.org/vct

The AGM of the Vegetarian Centre of Thailand will be held on the 29th March 2009 at the Ariyasaj Si Building 270/2 Soi 65, Petchkasem Road, Bangkae Bangkok 10160.

Dr. Supaporn Pitiporn will give a talk on "Good health with Thai herbs".

The News

http://www.ivu.org/news

Ginger Beer

The weather is getting hot.

Pickled Ginger

http://www.lenghengfoods.com/

Pickled ginger is one of the foods that I like to add to my jok(rice congee) along with soy sauce for breakfast.

Marmite

The joys of Marmite are difficult to come by in Bangkok. I recently saw some at the Tops supermarket MBK.

Thai Organic Farm

http://www.thaiorganicfood.com/

Cooking Book

I went to Asia Books today and saw among their stock a splendid book-Thai Vegetarian Cooking
Sangdad Publishing, October 2008. ISBN 978-974-05-8934-1

Bangkok Adventist Hospital

http://www.mission-hospital.org/new_mission/index_en.php

Mission hospital, to give it the name it is known by in Bangkok, is a place that is vegetarian. It has a cafeteria that serves vegetarian food and a shop that sells vegetarian products. The shop sells the hospital's own brand of peanut butter.

Namdharis

The white flag of the Namdhari Sikhs.

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namdhari

The Namdharis practise strict vegetarianism as part of their religion.There is a large Namdhari community in Thailand.

Modern International School, Bangkok

A vegetarian school in Bangkok

http://www.misb.ac.th/

Dosa King

Bangkok restaurant

North and South Indian Vegetarian Food

http://www.dosaking.net

Lug Yor

Some years ago a craze swept through Bangkok,people

started buying an expensive new health drink- Noni.

People were paying 1000 baht for an imported bottle.

The strange thing was the Thais had grown the fruit

for a long time.Thai Noni (Yor juice) is now widely available.

Mangosteen juice

One of my favorite fruits.

Light Soy Sauce

http://www.nguanchiang.co.th/
Golden ship brand.

Sathya Sai School

A vegetarian school located in Lopburi Thailand.

http://www.saibaba.ws/articles1/isse.htm

IVU Congress Chiang Mai

The International Vegetarian Congress in Chiang Mai was held a decade ago.
A report about it is at- http://www.ivu.org/congress/thai99/

Happy Cow

http://www.happycow.net/asia/thailand

Excellent site, lists many vegetarian restaurants, health food stores and has other information.

Ariya Organic Cafe

http://www.ariyaorganic.com

2/F MBK Center,

02-626-0188

Vegetarian Yellow Flag

Green Tea

Oishi Green tea has the 'Jeh' vegetarian symbol on the middle of the bottle-the small yellow triangle with Thai letters written in red.

The Genmai Flavour is particularly good!

Baked Beans

Ayam Brand baked beans are clearly marked with the word vegetarian on the can. Good for making Yaki Soba or for just plain beans on toast.

Ayam also have cans of lite beans-sugar and salt reduced, as well as plus pizza, beans with parmesan cheese and Italian spices.

Batam

Full details of the 4th Asian Vegetarian Union Congress at

http://www.avc2009.org/

Asian Vegetarian Congress

The 4th Asian Congress will be held on Batam Island Indonesia near Singapore from 6-10 November 2009.

http://www.ivu.org/avu/congress/registration.php

HealthyMate

Natural organic products from-

http://www.healthymate.com/index_eng.jsp

The Sesame Paste, Almond, and Peanut butter are great!

Yota

Good vegetarian products to look out for in the supermarkets and markets in Thailand are made by the Yota company.

http://www.yotavegetarian.com/indexeng.html

Cookbook

Walk into any bookshop and you may find a book on Thai vegetarian cooking. It is unlikely that such a book contains authentic recipes. For anyone seeking the real taste of Thai vegetarian food, the book to buy is-The Best of Thai Vegetarian Food by Sisamon Kongpan, Sangdad Books ISBN 974-7162-94-6