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Vegan store in Sydney

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I used to live in Sydney, Australia and back in the day it was OK for vegan stuff. I was never overwhelmed by plant-based situations but you had vegan options and a lot of the options were pretty darn good.

It seems that since I’ve abandoned Australian shores many years ago, Sydney has really started to transform into a world class vegan hot spot.

My buddy Kay just arrived to the Australian harbour-side city for a job assignment and she was quick to send me these photos of the 100% vegan grocery store down there called The Cruelty Free Shop.

Wanna see what it looks like inside?

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That’s a good looking vegan shop.

The company also has outlets in Melbourne, the Australian capital Canberra and my hometown of Brisbane. The do a roaring trade online as well if people can’t access those physical shops.

Before I inundate you with the rest of the photos, I wanna ask you to follow The Cruelty Free Shop on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. If you are ever around that part of the world, be sure to check them out for groceries, clothing, shoes, toiletries and more.

Thanks for the photos, Kay. Let’s get stuck in!

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Vegan night market!

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Are you worried that Australia is not on top of vegan stuff? Well, don’t be. They are all over it.

Check out the Farewell Winter Night Market in Sydney, organised by the wonderfully-named Vegan Collective.

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As you can see on the Facebook event page, Farewell Winter Night Market is packed solid with multiple food stalls as well as various other traders.

If you are familiar with the vegan scene in Sydney, you’ll be happy to see the following line up of traders:

My Little Panda Kitchen
The Vegan Teahouse
Delicious Skin
Treat Dreams
Over The Moo
GoGo Vego
Herbisaurus
Rhubarb Bakes
Wild Kombucha by Ballsy
Peppermint Pantry
Little Vegan Make Up Shop
Temple Foods
Mister Toast
The Chocolate Yogi

That’s a strong collection. Add live music to the mix and this sounds like a winning night out in Redfern (where FGV used to live!).

Extra note: this event is taking place on International Vegan Junk Food Day 2016.

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Vegan mylkbar in Melbourne!

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Holy Matcha, Batman!

Matcha Mylkbar – 72A ACLAND STREET (CORNER CARLISLE ST), ST KILDA

This pun-tastic little plant based restaurant opened about two months ago and I’ve been way too excited about trying it. After showing a couple of my non-vegan workmates the menu, they were sold (mostly on the vegan eggs… but still!) and I had two cohorts roped in to help me try this super-intriguing menu.

Quite frankly, none of us were disappointed by the experience!

Click here to see the menu.

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The extensive range of lattes alone in this establishment is truly breathtaking to a local Melbournite. We do love our coffee! And, by gum (yes, I really did just say that) the Apple Pie Latte tastes like apple pie, the Cacao Latte tastes like hot chocolate from your childhood and the Mushroom Latte is sweeter than you’d imagine.

Located on the busy corner of Acland Street, it’s no surprise that the lunch rush fills the restaurant space from wall to wall, but with a menu this out of the world it’s absolutely worth trying to get a table for it.

With comments from my lunch guests like “It’s so Heston-esque!” and “MmmmmmmmmmmMmmmm”, this is one place I’ll be headed back to very soon!

Follow Matcha Mylkbar on Instagram.

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Decadence down under

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Raw Trader is a sneaky little café found a block or two back from the bustling La Trobe Street. This welcoming and warm café specialises in organic, raw, vegan, gluten free and sugar free healthy desserts and treats. And as far as I can tell so far, they’re ALL delicious!

Raw Trader has a huge range of cakes and slices prepared daily and on display in their front cabinet, and it’s always terribly hard to choose just one.

From Bliss Balls, to Turkish Delight Slice, Coffee Doughnuts and the ever tasty Raspberry and Chocolate layer cake these talented folk also make their own ice creams and sorbets on those hot Australian Summer days.

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Open 7 days a week, it’s hard to not stop by Raw Trader for a quick bite and a choice of their large selection of teas or a coffee.

Raw Trader is located at 10 Sutherland St, Melbourne VIC 3000. Open 7:30AM to 6:00PM M-F and 10:30AM to 4:30PM weekends.

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