Triple Michelin-starred chef to open vegetarian restaurant in New York
After his countrymen Alain Passard and Alain Ducasse, and Danish celebrity chef René Redzepi, Vongerichten is set to open a restaurant that will aim to give cabbage, mushrooms and beets the starring role ― ingredients that typically play back-up to proteins at Michelin-grade restaurants.
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In an interview with The New York Post last year, the French chef outlined his vision for the menu, saying that unlike other vegetarian restaurants, vegetables would not be made to imitate meat. That means a menu void of the ubiquitous vegetarian burger.
The piece also points out that no other three-Michelin-starred chef has taken up the challenge of opening a vegetable-centric eatery in New York.
Vongerichten said that the idea to open a vegetarian restaurant was inspired by the most popular dishes at his other restaurant ABC Kitchen, where three-quarters of diners order salads, beets and roots, with oven-roasted vegetables selling more than their chicken or salmon dishes.
Though the full menu hasn't been released, the chef teased a few items to New York magazine mentioning sauerkraut (a natural choice, given that he's originally from the Alsace region of France), buckwheat crêpes, dosas and congee.
Vongerichten seems to be responding to the rising popularity of vegetarian and vegan restaurants propelled by health- and environmentally-conscious diners and chefs.
Triple-Michelin-starred chef Alain Passard removed red meat from the menu at his Paris restaurant L'Arpège more than a decade ago, following the mad cow disease crisis in the early 2000s.
In 2014, Alain Ducasse followed suit, replacing red meat at his restaurant at the Hotel Plaza Athenée with cereals and vegetables.
And this spring, Denmark's most famous chef René Redzepi announced plans to turn his next restaurant into a part-time vegetarian eatery. ― AFP-Relaxnews
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