“In Japan, possibly because it’s still a rare concept, I see some vegan groups that believe veganism must be preached,” says Soramaru Takayama, co-founder of the Vancouver-based dessert kitchen, Vegan Pudding & Co. “Personally, I don’t believe in convincing people on what they should and shouldn’t eat.”
Takayama has just returned to Vancouver from Japan where he was the host of a talk event at a vegan cafe in Tokyo that recently started to carry his pudding mix.
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