Forget sad salads and standardised avocado toast. In Paris, vegan cuisine is now written with panache, texture and sincerity. For World Vegan Day, celebrated every 1st November, the capital is going green, but always in a chic and generous way. Three addresses and three ways to love vegetables. Comfort, banquet and sunshine on your plate. Far from the clichés of ‘punishment’ cuisine, Paris now celebrates plants in all their delicious, spicy and generous glory.

Garam masala sweet potato & coconut milk – Maslow

At Maslow, the cuisine is designed to be balanced. Located between République and Parmentier, this plant-based canteen, which feels like an urban refuge, takes care of both the plate and the spirit. Their sweet potato with garam masala and coconut milk sums up the philosophy of this welcoming place. Baked until golden, flavoured with Indian spices and softened by creamy coconut milk, it is to be savoured slowly. A few fresh herbs, a touch of acidity, crunchy seeds for contrast... You'll leave feeling calm and nourished.

14 quai de la Mégisserie / 32 Rue de Picardie, PARIS

Leeks with vinaigrette & the vegetable banquet – ENVIE

At ENVIE le banquet, Eloi Spinnler has reinvented the meal with friends. In this large, lively dining room, vegetables are shared, savoured and exchanged like a conversation. The banquet unfolds as a generous buffet, where everything exudes seasonality and spontaneity. The chef's vegan signature dish? Leeks with vinaigrette, tender and roasted to perfection, with a twist of lightly smoked vinaigrette and toasted almond crumbs. A nod to French tradition, but reimagined in a feel-good, resolutely plant-based way. Surprise... a sublime collaboration to be discovered on the menu until 25 January with YouTuber Squeezie, a highly comforting dish whose profits will be donated to the Petits Princes association.

Envie – Le Banquet: 148 rue du Temple, PARIS.

Les pâtes du bonheur – HORIZ

Bright, soothing and sunny, at HORIZ vegan cuisine is reinvented around raw ingredients, bold flavours and a no-fuss aesthetic. At Horiz, discover Olivier Lin's ‘Les Pâtes du Bonheur’ (Pasta of Happiness), a creation inspired by south-east China. Delicate rice noodles are combined with Shanghai cabbage, crunchy carrots and red onions, all subtly stir-fried in a wok, paying homage to the recipe of the Lin brothers' grandmother.

HORIZ – 8 rue au Maire Paris 3

Because you can love the planet without giving up good food, these three Parisian restaurants are reinventing vegetarian cuisine with heart and personality.

Translated by Bethszabee Garner