Not a lot of writing with this post but what needs to be said other than VEGAN JAM TARTS?!
Get to Sainsbury’s to try these gluten free, vegan jam tarts. I love them!
I love sugar
Vegan ice cream hot spot in London
I am writing this on the morning of what is set to be the hottest day of the year in London. I debated writing about a few different topics but then decided it could be about nothing but ice cream.
Did you know there is a road in London where there are two shops selling vegan ice cream? Today would be a perfect day to head there.
First up is Juice Baby.
I have raved about this Kings Road eatery in the past, but the addition of gorgeous hand held ice creams makes Juice Baby a must visit destination. No debate.
Josh and I shared the Vanilla & Salted Caramel as well as the Double Choc Chip.
Check it out!
And what else is happening on this Chelsea thoroughfare?
Just short of three blocks along Kings Road is a pop up frozen banana ice cream shop called Nana Nice Cream.
This is where you get banana soft serve in a cup with gourmet toppings. You can also buy take out tubs of various flavours (which are also now being sold in Iceland supermarket stores!).
Look at this soft serve glory I experienced.
Get to Kings Road, Chelsea for some cool treats this Summer.
Nana Nice Cream bar is open until the end of August.
Vegan chocolate in Co-op
Need a quick chocolate fix?
Drop into your nearest Co-operative supermarket for a bag of these cocoa butter and rice flour chocolate buttons.
They are gorgeous.
Tasty and only 49p!
Extra note: this photo originally appeared on my Instagram account.
All vegan chocolate afternoon tea
Oh my!
New-to-London vegan café Buttercream Dreams is hosting an amazing afternoon tea event that you do not want to miss if you are in the capital on July 30, 2016.
The All Vegan Chocolate Lovers’ Afternoon Tea is priced at £15. There will be four sittings across the afternoon and attendees will be treated to a range of treats plus drink choices all with a distinct chocolate angle.
Telling by how many people have expressed interest via the Facebook event page, I think it’s safe to say this afternoon tea will be booked solid.
You need to email Sales@buttercream-dreams.c
Hurry!
New vegan baking business in Cheltenham
How cool is this?
Gloucestershire Live has reported on this home-baking endeavour jointly run by couple Natasha and Susan called Flamingo’s Vegan Bakery in Cheltenham.
The food looks divine and anyone making cupcakes topped with vegan meringue is going to get top points from me.
What better way to say I love you?! pic.twitter.com/YE2ZTHHb5z
— Natasha (@Flamingosvegan) February 12, 2016
The bakery offers a tantalising range of cakes, slices, cupcakes and biscuits all available to order on their website for local pick up.
Congratulations, Cheltenham. You’ve got vegan cake!
Vegan banana split
I know the majority of readers are based in the socially, politically and financially crumbling UK so I thought I would offer you some pure vegan food escapism to brighten up your bleak week.
During my trip to Los Angeles last week, I had the extreme pleasure of visiting a completely vegan soft serve frozen yoghurt store located in Glendale.
Yoga-Urt is a gorgeous experience from top to bottom. Friendly people, delicious yoghurt (old school, isolationist UK spelling!) and a delightful selection of vegan toppings.
Take a look at the stunning banana split below and tell me if you can even handle it!
Save your devalued Pounds and get to California for some frozen goodness at Yoga-Urt.
New vegan donut café
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Just when you thought that Berlin just couldn’t get any better for vegan food, along comes another place to make you drool. And this one is a corker!
Brammibal’s have been selling incredible vegan doughnuts at fairs and through other vegan cafés for about a year now, but finally they’ve achieved their goal of opening a café all of their own. And I’m pleased to say it’s excellent. The café is spacious and relaxing, a great place to spend an hour or so. It feels like it’s a piece of New York City transported across the Atlantic, I’m not quite sure why but that’s the feeling I get (in a good way!).
The headline product is the doughnuts, of course. A wide range of sticky, sweet confections which are well worth travelling for. But it’s not all about the sugar – even though it’s not promoted much, they also have excellent coffee and sandwiches. We had one with grilled BBQ tempeh and portobello mushroom, and another with cashew cheese and smoked “lox”, made from thinly-sliced carrot. (Lox isn’t a word I’d ever heard in Britain, but I recently learned that it’s used in North America to describe smoked salmon. And it surely comes from the German word “lachs”.) They were both magnificent.
You can find out more about Brammibal’s online.
Gorgeous vegan cake in London
UPDATE
It has been brought to my attention that this person supplied these photos to me without explaining they did not take them and that they were not even of vegan food. Follow up post coming soon!
END UPDATE
Oh my Gaga!
There is a new vegan sweet treats company starting up in London and you people have got to take a look at this goodness.
Vegan Sweet Porn is a new pop market stall selling some of the finest-looking cake on the island. Can you even stand looking at that cookie shot glass?
You can follow Vegan Sweet Porn on Twitter and Instagram.
There is also some sort of major, super impressive launch party for these vegan cake heroes on July 10, 2016 so click here to get the lowdown.
Chocolate and peanut butter swirl
Got plans to be in Los Angeles anytime soon?
Well, you had better make plans!
Today I stopped by a frozen yogurt shop on Robertson Boulevard in West Los Angeles as I had heard about dedicated vegan yogurt self service machines and toppings.
Milky’s is not a fully-vegan enterprise but they certainly do not shy away from their plant-based credentials. Check out the photos below and click play on the hypnotic video of me serving up a jumbo tub of chocolate and peanut butter swirl.
Glory!
Extra note: these photos and the video all originally appeared on my Instagram account.
Vegan chocolate bars
I don’t really enjoy teasing with food photos from a country you might not live in, but I just can’t help sharing these delights.
Check out these stunning candy bars I picked up in a Whole Foods Market store in Los Angeles yesterday.
Who knew Amy’s Kitchen had jumped into the world of sweet treats production? Do be careful with grabbing these in a supermarket though as the range does include some non-vegan bars.
How do we get these in the UK? Try tweeting Amy’s here and here.