Yes, some bread has eggs.

to go 100% vegan in China the only safe way is to cook at home, seriously.

The concept of veganism is weird to me but I think you are in the wrong country if that is your thing. There is meat and feirou in everything here. Even vegetarian restaurants add fat to give flavour.

yeah man you said that you are a recent vegan.....is it for health reasons?
If so, I would advise an alternative that includes a minimal amount of animal products instead of zero.

I honestly doubt it, some of them maybe.
How many Buddhists have you met here who were actually 100% Buddhist in their behaviors?
Aside from people who I've met in temples in the middle nowhere I can count them on one hand.

Not at all. I'm not religious.
Catholic people in Ireland are usually pretty laid back about the whole thing anyway.

It's kind of a weird revelation growing up and learning that not only is it common...but it's totally socially acceptable in most countries to be fanatically, in-your-face, almost violently catholic.

创业大厦. The place is under new ownership now and is called 我行我素. Funny name btw. Although I'm not a vegetarian, I like the food there very much.

Try Vegan Hut in JianWai SoHo.

They are apparently the only vegan restaurant in China.

http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Vegan-Hut

I eat there about twice a week, and find the food quite good. The owner is always hanging around, and welcome to discuss vegan issues, he is sure to have some really good answers for you. The food is not expensive either.

Another place, although vegetarian and not vegan, is Veg-On in Solana (near ChaoYang Park), their 38 rmb buffet is fresh and wonderful if you get there early - my kids and I love it.

http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Veg-on

About eggs, my daughter just got over her egg allergy (she is just over 2 years old) but for one year we could not give her anything with eggs. Quite a few of the breads here do have eggs, so check the ingredients, and they often use eggs as fillings for jiaozi and baozi, so you need to ask very specifically, and they do have egg noodles, although not as common as other noodles. I have to say, I am soooo relieved she can eat eggs again, as it really made ordering food challenging... but the issue was different, if she ate egg, she got so sick she had to go to hospital, if you see egg in a dish, you can just return it.
It always took a LOT of explaining in the ordering process that we wanted fried rice without eggs, or asking if this had egg in it or if that did, etc... eggs are the hidden ingredient in many dishes.

My sister has been a vegan for over 20 years, and I am a vegetarian (but eat fish and seafood). I will say, that vegan diets / lifestyles are hard to follow, but it depends upon your reasons as to how strict you want to be (ie, no leather, no honey, will you eat the other food on the plate but not the meat, etc...) You just need to find a way of eating that is comfortable for you, and don't beat yourself up when you realise 'oh I shouldn't have eaten that'.

Good luck, and be sure to eat a balanced diet.

For more advice and support check out this Yahoo Group:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/beijing_organic_consumers/

and 16 veggie spots listed here

http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Restaurants/Vegetarian

I'm in the same boat as the OP. I'm trying to go vegan. There are 2 websites that have really helped me find substitutes for many things. "Vegweb" is one and the other is "postpunkkitchen".

I've also realized that I pretty much have to cook most of my meals at home also. There are just so many foods that are labelled as vegetarian and then when eating them you find some of those little shrimps? or whatever they're called. They're really small and maybe 1-2cm in length. Firm tofu can be mashed with a fork and then scrambled to make "scrambled eggs" this can also be used to make your own vegan dumplings.

I also make my own soymilk and use the leftover pulp to make my own soyburgers which are yummy-after adding spices and some cut up veggies. I also bought a yogurt machine and want to start making my own soy yogurt. Bought it off Taobao(the same as our Ebay back home)just haven't gotten around to it. But am looking forward to the experience. I miss yogurt.

Vegweb would be your best bet for finding cooking substitute ingredients. You can even make your own bread with "egg substitutes".

It sure has been a learning curve. But there is also a sense of satisfaction when you are making your foods from scratch.

Hi. I am a lacto-vegetarian and its easy for me as I mostly cook at home and Indian food has a wide range of vegetarian food and though I do eat dairy products, I do not eat eggs or seafood and I know many simple Indian dishes without dairy (and they are not all curry or too spicy and the ingredients are not very difficult to find in Beijing and not too expensive too) so PM me if you need the recipes and I will keep on sending them to you All the best on being a Vegan. One person at a time can change the world.

Jeera Aloo (A simple yet irresistible dish of potatoes spiced with cumin seeds)

Cooking Time :20-25 mins

Servings :4

Ingredients

Potatoes, 1 inch pieces ,boiled 4 large
Oil 4 tablespoons
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder (optional) 1 teaspoon
Coriander seeds, crushed 1 tablespoon
Roasted cumin powder 1 teaspoon
Dry mango powder (amchur) 1/2 teaspoon
Fresh coriander leaves 2 tablespoons

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and sauté till it changes colour. Add salt and stir. Add red chilli powder, crushed coriander seeds, roasted cumin powder and dry mango powder. Add potato cubes and stir carefully till the masala covers all the potato cubes well. Add coriander leaves and stir. Serve hot.

You can get coriander seeds, cumin & dry mango powder from the Indian store behind Yashow or the Punjabi restaurant on Lucky Street. You can eat this with the whole wheat tortillas that are available in Jenny Lou and pair it with some fresh salad It can also be used as a starter in a party and can be served with mint chutney.

Indian Chickpeas

Prep Time: 25 Min
Cooking Time: 20 Min
Ready In: 45 Min

Ingredients
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1/8 teaspoon garam masala (available in the Indian store or Jenny Lou)
2 teaspoons channa masala spice mix (available in the Indian store or Jenny Lou)
1 large tomato, chopped
1 1/2 cups water
2 (15.5 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
(If you do not want to use the canned ones, you can soak them in warm water the night before and boil them in a preassure cooker the next day and use.)
salt to taste

Directions
1.Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the garlic, onion, and ginger, and cook until browned. Stir in the garam masala, channa masala spice, tomato, water, and garbanzos; season to taste with salt. Bring to a simmer, the reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until garbanzos are very soft, about 20 minutes. If you are serving with rice or bread, make more gravy but if serving with roti or tortilas, you don't require too much gravy. Enjoy

The Jeera Aloo sounds nice although in my mind it seemed different. Been too long since I had Indian food. Why don't Chinese people like the papadums? It's one of the things I look forward to.

What I do hate though is that sometimes the Indian cooks use too much ghee.

What's the difference between garam masala (which I always used) and channa masala?

Guozijian has a vegetarian restaurant, a la carte or buffet

that's actually very helpful info.
I've tried some and by far, I think the 我行我素 in Dongcheng District is not bad. But then, for a 100% vegan, you can't really trust the restaurants unless you personally know the chef.