Thai Vegan Kitchen Helsinki

Helsinki has it’s very own vegan food truck serving Thai food, how awesome is that? Thai Vegan Kitchen is a restaurant on wheels delivering delicious, sustainable meals. They just completed their 1-year anniversary, yay! We have ordered take away food, and often dropped by the truck when craving the flavourful dishes.

Origins..

Thai Vegan Kitchen is run by our amazing animal activist friend – Prim. I met Prim at a street activism event in Helsinki. Last September, she took the activism to a whole new level and opened a vegan restaurant/ food truck. So great to have a vegan food truck operating in the centre of Helsinki! We were there on the opening day and I remember all the bomb food we ate that day. LOVE the satay skewers, the crispy seitan snacks and dip they come along with.

Where is Thai Vegan Kitchen located..

Lapinlahdenkatu 9, 00100 Helsinki

You would find them in the Helsinki Central Railway Square in the early days as a food truck. In the summer, they were stationed at Vanhakaupunki in Helsinki. In autumn 2020, they were stationed at Redi shopping centre. During covid times they also delivered food home!

We loved the Vanhakaupunki location, surrounded by nature and it’s somewhat of a food street in summer with other food trucks there too. Sometimes there were long lines, especially at Thai Vegan Kitchen 😉

UPDATE *October 2021* We have news! Thai Vegan Kitchen has begun a new chapter and has now opened a restaurant in central Helsinki (Kamppi).

The menu..

About the food – it’s authentic Thai! Only difference, it’s all cruelty-free. The menu is superb with a variety of dishes including tofu, soy, seitan, Beyond Meat stir fries, soups and Pad thai served along with rice or noodles. I will not attempt to name all the dishes we had but have a look at the photos or their menu online for info!

Thai vegan kitchen helsinki — My favourite dish – Khaau Soi

We have had the ‘Muu Sate’ soy skewers several times, the Som Tam with spicy papaya salad, Beyond Meat phad with noodles and summer special Mango sticky rice! Sometimes we just ordered the day’s special at 9,90€.

It’s all very filling and satisfying. Most dishes are very meaty, according to me at least. I would have never eaten the ‘regular versions’ of these dishes anyway so I’m so happy such Thai food is around!

Meet the star behind Thai Vegan Kitchen – chef Prim: she’s a passionate activist and cook who works hard behind the food truck counter. One day we were waiting in a long line to place the order, for more than half an hour, and she was single-handedly making all the dishes for everyone, with no break. I don’t know how – she’s a star!