Comments on: Vegetable boom growing steadily

By: Photography Art Cafe

Photography Art Cafe — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:28:01 +0000

I really like to see this kind of thing. I think it’s a trend appearing everywhere that goes hand in hand with very local produce. I went to an ‘urban farm’ in London the other day that supplied several top notch nearby restaurants with fresh vegetables. Amazing! I like the idea of not all out vegetarian cuisine, but making vegetables the main event, with meat almost like a small side dish.

By: Tomo

Tomo — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:00:40 +0000

As a lacto-ovo vegetarian, I can not express my joy at reading this post enough! I have been to several of the veggie places that went under, and I have to tell Andrea that it certainly wasn’t because of good value that they went under. Even my carnivore friends sang praises of the places I preferred. I think it is a very delicate balancing act… just enough meat to attract those who are 100% against eating a fully veggie meal, with vegan, lacto-ovo, and pesce-vegetarian options on the menu, too.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:45:14 +0000

I live in Akasaka and the place is just crawling with new/newish veg places. But I’ve never gone in, mostly because I can’t justify paying meat prices for just vegetables… Perhaps that’s why so many places have gone under? They just don’t look like a good value.

By: Felicity Hughes

Felicity Hughes — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:55:04 +0000

Thank you Miyuki, we’ve updated the post.

By: Miyuki

Miyuki — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:45:59 +0000

FYI, the owner of Potager is Aya Kakisawa, and that’s a “she.”