Ever Been To A Maoz Vegetarian?? If Not, GO NOW!
Alex
Posted On October 21, 2011
Have you ever heard of the most amazing fantastic splendid delicious spectacular restaurant chain called Maoz Vegetarian?! Well, read on and you will hear of (hopefully) the next McDonald's for vegans.
Maoz Vegetarian is a chain of falafel fast food restaurants, serving purely vegetarian fare with a vision of "spreading the vegetarian lifestyle worldwide". The chain was founded by a husband and wife, Nahman Milo and Sima Bar-On, Israelis, who were living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The first restaurant opened in 1991 on the Reguliersbreestraat, Amsterdam, and the first store outside The Netherlands opened in 1996.
Personally, I visited my first Maoz in the summer of 2009 when I was traveling through Europe. After a night of exuberance on the famous La Rambla in Barcelona and stumbling home to my hostel, a few people were about to had out to grab a late-night snack so I tagged along. Little did I know we were heading the the Mecca amazing vegetarian food...Maoz! And did I mention it's ALL YOU CAN EAT vegan salad bar?!
Read the blog excerpt below from Quarry Girl to find out another person's experience with this great restaurant, which by the way is now to be enjoyed in the States.
By Quarry Girl
Every few years, a great culinary idea comes along that revolutionizes fast food. Over the past 50 years we’ve seen burger chains, pizza chains, burrito chains, sandwich chains and even coffee chains. The basic premise is the same: “Here’s our basic product, now you tell us what you want on it or in it and we’ll complete the preparation just for you!”. And, it works. In my vegetarian days I used to love experimenting with different pizza toppings, and still now, a visit to a Subway fills me with excitement as I get to decide every time what kind of vegetables I want on my Veggie Delite(tm).
Now, the vegetarian and (more to the point) vegan world has no specialist fast food concepts that are aimed directly at us. Of course, we can get ‘something’ at most chain establishments but food preparation practices and very limited choice typically leave us with the least appetizing thing on the menu.
A small, European-based chain called Maoz threatens to change all this with a stunningly simple, yet highly compelling, concept that’s vegetarian in nature but appeals to carnivores as well. With today’s emphasis on fast, healthy food that’s inexpensive I think they might just be on to something. See how deceptively simple the menu is! (pdf link)
At a Maoz you get handed a warm, soft pita bread with a few perfectly cooked and very tasty falafel balls deep inside, and your choice of several integrated condiments (I like Humous, but there are two other vegan options), then (get THIS!) they let you loose on an amazing cold salad bar that’s NOTHING like you’ve ever seen before. Here’s my Maoz, after salad bar application, outside the Union Square outlet this past weekend. To continue reading from Quarry Girl, Click Here.
Photo Credit: Quarry Girl
Hungry yet??? Comment below and let us know if you've been there and how you liked it.
To check out their menu and locations in the U.S. please visit their site here: www.Maozusa.com
Originally Posted By:
Alex
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