Dubai restaurants see strong business case for vegan iftars after huge success this Ramadan
Photo for illustrative purposes only. Customers and staff are seen at a vegan restaurant in Paris, January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
A growing demand for healthy plant-based food in Dubai has given rise to vegan iftars for the first time in the emirate this Ramadan. The city already has a few vegan-friendly restaurants but none of them offered iftar until this year.
“When we opened (in October 2017), the demand for vegan food was not very high, but over the last seven months there has been a big jump in demand,” celebrity chef Akshay Nayyar, founder of Tum Tum Asia told Salaam Gateway.
The vegetarian eatery in the neighbourhood of Oud Metha launched a vegan menu in the first week of Ramadan.
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