Sands Resorts Macao’s vegan ‘pork bun’ marks start of Green Monday’s ‘global movement’
The launch of first non-meat version of Macau’s signature street snack is a sign of growing widespread support for the Hong Kong company’s healthy foods
Often, when vegans go travelling, the question of food, inevitably arises – how can they enjoy the full experience of a place without compromising on their no-meat, plant-based eating policy?
Now vegans can now enjoy Macau’s signature street snack when they visit the UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.
Sands Resorts Macao has just launched the first-ever vegan pork chop bun.
It uses Right Treat’s Omnipork, the plant-based meat that mimics the texture of pork but is made with non-genetically modified organism soya and plant-based protein from peas, shiitake mushrooms and rice.
“We went from being the ‘weird people’, the minority, troublesome people, to now, companies calling us to ask how do they participate in this green movement,” says David Yeung, founder of the Hong Kong start-up Green Monday, which owns Right Treat.
“We’re talking about all sorts of restaurants, and this is so important to have happened in Asia.”
We went from being the ‘weird people’, the minority, troublesome people, to now, companies calling us to ask how do they participate in this green movement
Yeung says that as pork is such a crucial ingredient in so many Chinese cuisines, Omnipork has proved to be of great interest in China.