Although this article highlights a vegan restaurant, after an afternoon spent at YoGastro, we think that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a vegan, vegetarian, or a meat lover; here everyone can fill up their belly with generous portions of mouthwatering meals, simply because they are tasty and exciting, even if 95% of them are vegan (the other 5% are vegetarian meals that sometimes contain milk and yogurt). YoGastro may become a new haunt for vegans and vegetarians alike, and may hold a fresh culinary experience for carnivores. For all of this, we just have to be open to new experiences, and it is an advantage if we like to indulge in intensively spiced meals.
Don’t be surprised if you find an Indian shop when you get to this spot near Kálvin Square; just step inside and walk through it, as this is how you reach YoGastro’s atmospheric dimly lit interior. On the way in, we also pass by the counter, where we find 6-8 kinds of freshly made meals that areoften enhanced with Eastern spices, and that we can also order in a daily menu for 990 forints.
Possibilities seem to be endless here; different courses are made daily according to the ideas of dietitian Szilvia Magyarvári, generally of ingredients gathered from Nagybani Market and Szép Kis India. Among these meals we always find a soup, and such characteristic Indian meals as a ragout made of dried dal and curry sabzi made of vegetables, but we can also savor vegetable pottage, salads, a vegan burger (950 HUF), and pizza at YoGastro.
We obviously got excited about the burgers, as we were curious to know what a patty that is made of plant ingredients would taste like instead of juicy meat… and we can reveal that it is awesome! We loved all tastes and textures from the vegan bun to the chickpea-vegetable patty. The daily menu is really popular, but we still managed to try a tortilla, which – among other things – was filled with the beloved meat substitute of vegans: wheat gluten. After all of these treats, we also created our own meal (guests have the chance to do that here); we filled our plate with rice salad and pea-cabbage sabzi.
To finish off this fantastic meal, we had tapioca pudding made with rice cream, as well as chia pudding made with rice milk, which are both just as sweet and creamy as they need to be, and are often enhanced with cherry, kiwi, or mango. Mango lassi is another must-try treat here, and so are the desserts, such as the heavenly additive-free raw cakes of Tortafészek. Among these, we tried pineapple-chocolate and cranberry-chocolate variations that both have the same important ingredients: date palm and coconut oil. The result is a filling and dense dessert that is not cloying at all. The price of these are all a very reasonable 650 forints per slice.
Those who do yoga at Atma Center get a 5% discount at YoGastro (20% after 4pm), where the meals can also be ordered for delivery, as they recently launched a home-delivery service (at the moment they only deliver to downtown districts and Óbuda). Every week, we can make up our menu from different meal variations; a small menu costs 1,100 forints, while a large menu is 1,490 forints, and contains a soup/dal, and a main dish with garnish. Don’t forget to add something sweet, too!
UPDATE: Closed
