Box it up

Posted on December 6, 2013 by

Vegans have got a good life in London. We can dine in fancy restaurants like Saf. How about cake delivered straight to your house? Sure thing. Vegan gourmet hot dogs are another treat and don’t even get me started about Cookies & Scream in Camden.

Yes, life is grand. But there is always room for improvement and expansion. Enter food delivery service The Urban Kitchen.

Before I dive into telling you how delicious the meal was I was sent to review, I would like to state up front that this caterer is not a vegan company. That being said, all of their vegan dishes are clearly marked online and they are very approachable people. If you are wondering about any ingredient or element of a dish, get in touch with them.

Now, down to business.

Delivered with style

Delivered with style

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Choc orange delight

Posted on December 4, 2013 by

When I handed out my Day of the Dead vegan supper club goodie bags, one of the items that got a lot of attention and murmurs of appreciation was the Chocolate Orange Pud cups from vegan dessert experts Pudology.

As you might know from an old post of mine, the Pudology cups are filled with smooth, sweet and irresistible gluten free pudding. They can be purchased online from grocery retailers in either chocolate, strawberry, lemon or banoffee flavours and are starting to become more widely available in high street supermarkets, too.

You know all this. Why am I droning on about puddings that you have seen and tasted?

I am simply giving you a refresher course so when I give you my opinion on the new Pudology flavour, you can skip quickly to the part where you run to buy your own pack.

The Chocolate Orange Pud is delicious. It is dense, creamy and decadent. The orange is perfectly balanced with the choc. The pudding pots come in packs of two and I don’t know if I will ever be able to show enough restraint to eat just one and save one for later. They are too lovely.

Chocolate Orange Pudding

Chocolate Orange Pudding

The Chocolate Orange Pud cups are currently exclusive to Sainsbury’s but I have been assured by Pudology that we will start seeing them popping up in independent health food stores in the new year.

Tasty!

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Up in Archway

Posted on December 3, 2013 by

Some of you probably think that if a restaurant in London is serving vegan food, the FGV must have been there. Right?

Sorry to disappoint, but even after all this time eating and reporting back to you there are still eateries that have escaped my fat clutches. Loving Hut in Archway was one such destination and I was constantly being asked for my opinion on their food. I couldn’t take the harassment from curious vegans any longer, so I made a special trip to the north London restaurant just to get you all off my back.

Just like Loving Hut locations the world over, the Archway version serves a completely vegan menu and is staffed by followers of the Quan Yin Method (Google exists for a reason, people). The menu is much more extensive than the recently-closed Camden branch but I do believe the Edgware location still holds the title of most gigantic Loving Hut menu in the world.

Josh and I ordered like the professional eaters we are. Wanna see what we got our teeth into? Continue reading →

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Eat and party and party

Posted on December 2, 2013 by

You all know about the New Year’s Eve party I am hosting at Saf Restaurant & Bar, right? A three course vegan meal with a welcome cocktail in a central London location. Read all about it here.

flyer NYE copy

This post is in response to a few people who said they are keen to come along to the dinner but would also like an event to see in midnight. Don’t worry, party animals. I have got you sorted.

As dinner finishes at 10pm, I will lead the party across the road to my local pub The Prince of Wales. This traditional boozer is perched near the corner of Kensington High Street and Kensington Church Street. Eric the manager has agreed to stay open late just for vegan revellers (they had originally planned to shut up shop at about 7pm).

The pub  has an lovely selection of vegan drinks including Aspall on tap and in bottle, plus plenty of beers. The Prince of Wales will be open for us until 1:30am.

But the party doesn’t end there.

The fabulous late night music and party venue The Arch Angel is staying open until 5am for the hardcore. This nightspot is charging £10 for NYE patrons but our group is getting in for FREE! I will be handing out free entry tokens at the pub.

Dinner, a pub and then late, late partying all in central London. Totally designed for vegans, but open for all. Come to just dinner or the pub or the bar, or all of it!

Buy a dinner ticket here.

Join London Vegan Meetup and RSVP for the evening (RSVP on Meetup not mandatory).

Kensington is the place to be for vegans in London this New Year’s Eve. Hope to see you there!

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News you can eat November 2013

Posted on December 1, 2013 by

There is so much juicy, tasty and succulent vegan news to get through this month that I’m going to hold the witty comments and jump straight in.

Is that OK? Continue reading →

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I don’t want to be on television

Posted on November 28, 2013 by

Here is an opportunity for those of you craving national exposure!

This morning I saw a call out on Twitter for a vegan couple to join a new television series and thought I would share the info with you all. You never know, the vegan version of Pauly D or Snooki may very well be reading this right now!

Here are the details you need if you fancy being emotionally vulnerable in front of millions of people:

A brand new series by the multi-award-winning Lime Pictures Ltd is in early stages of production and aims to explore the psychology behind relationships while investigating interculturalism. Kinda heavy.

Each episode will feature two couples aged between 18-25 years old – in both the UK and abroad. A member from each couple will embark on an exciting overseas adventure, exploring and living their counterpart’s life. The other person from the couple will remain in the UK to entertain the visiting half of the overseas couple. The producers say it is through this unique life-swap that each couple will learn about another culture and themselves.

The producers are especially keen to have a vegan couple participate in the show. Check the image below for contact details.

If any of you get involved, I will expect a FGV shout out!

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A little too late

Posted on November 28, 2013 by

I feel kinda guilty.

I’m not trying to suggest that a blog post from me would have saved this company, but taking two years to write a review certainly isn’t getting them any attention they could use.

I was trolling through some old holiday snaps (imagining myself in the sunshine somewhere), when I came across these pics of a completely vegan food truck that once fed hungry highway commuters just outside of Miami, Florida.

Josh and I paid a visit to the Mac’n Food Truck  a couple of years ago on a journey between Miami and the Florida Keys. This gorgeous looking truck was positioned in a nondescript parking lot just off the South Dixie Highway outside of Miami and we were so keen to eat that we lined up to be the first customers of the day. Continue reading →

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