Graz is such a nice city, not too big and not too small. It's strange but every time I'm convinced to finally know all the most important places to go, the best restaurants, the coolest bars, the most charming cafés, I suddenly realize that there's something else. Something new - something I've never heard of and never been to before. A place, ready to experience. It was about a year ago that a friend of mine told me about a small restaurant called Ginko. And no, it's not the tree I'm talking about (even though I'm a real fan of its unique leaves).
Since I'm a vegetarian I've always been looking for a restaurant that offers more than just side dishes. Of course there are some, especially the ones with a large variety of food on their menu, which offer more than just potatoes, rice or pasta. But imagine going to a restaurant without having to think about which of the offered dishes contain no meat. Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?
And finally I found what I was looking for. It's not the only vegetarian restaurant in Graz but if you ask me by far the best. GINKO.
It's different than all the other restaurants I've ever been to. The moment I openend the door and took a first deep breath I knew that this was the right place to be. There was a wonderful, delicious smell - a mixture of curry, turmeric and other spices I couldn't really identify. The muted light in combination with this smell made me feel like home. My eyes were wandering around and finally I saw the reason why I had actually gone there: the buffet. Mhh.
This buffet offers nearly everything (mostly vegan and very important: organic): a wonderful variety of different salads (carrots, lentils, green salad, potatoes, Greek salad, beans, and many more), warm, delicious soups and the best part of the buffet: the main dishes. There's always at least one curry (with potatoes, pumpkin, lentils or something else), different kinds of vegetables, dishes out of polenta, millet or chick-peas, noodles and delicious stews. And then, at the end of the buffet when the plate's already overloaded and the mouth watering, Ginko offers the most delicious vegan cakes I've ever eaten. Many people (including me before I knew Ginko) believe that vegan cakes are generally dry and don't nearly taste as good as the original version. Please go there and try the vegan cherry-chocolate cake. I promise, all your doubts will immediately disappear and you'll wish for more, it's simply wonderful.
The motto at Ginko is "Eat with your heart" - I don't know what you think about it but the mostly vegan, 100%-vegetarian, organic, fair trade products make it easy for me to believe that they really live their motto. I'm sure you don't have to be vegetarian to love Ginko :-) Go there once and you definitely won't regret it!
source: restaurant-ginko.at
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