It has been a long time since I’ve had a chance to dine with Essential Vegan, the superstar vegan café located in Shoreditch, London.
But yesterday I grabbed my chance and thought you might like to see some of the food that hit my table.
Everything featured on the Essential Vegan menu is superb, especially their famous cheese balls and cassava chips.
Our table also made space for the chickn buger, seitan burger, nuggets, and cheese board.
See the mouthwatering delights below and be sure to follow Essential Vegan on Instagram. You can see the exact location of the café thanks to Google Maps.
Great news for pizza lovers and vegans who like to hang out in Brixton.
Vegan pizza superstars PickyWops are launching their new kitchen takeover on Thursday February 21, 2019 at The Queen’s Head pub in Brixton.
Want better news? PickyWops is hosting a HUGE party on the night to celebrate the launch and you can buy tickets.
Want betterer news? The Queen’s Head is going vegan and staying vegan for good!
The party will start at 7pm and it’s gonna be aperitivo style. Each ticket gives you entrance, a first drink, nibbles of their food and music all night.
Tickets are moving VERY quickly for this opening night party, so be fast and book online.
Moving on from the opening party, the PickyWops kitchen will be open Tuesday through Sunday each week from 6:30pm until 10pm.
The regular menu will include PickyWops pizza as well as pasta, a burger, vegan fish and chips, and a Sunday roast!
Follow PickyWops on Instagram to stay updated on all the latest news. See the exact location of The Queen’s Head thanks to Google Maps.
My thoughts are with Antonio’s family and friends.
I cannot speak on how devastating his loss will be for his loved ones, but I can speak on what it means to vegan London.
Antonio elevated vegan food in the capital to another level.
His food wasn’t just food. It was high end cuisine made with expertise. Antonio’s hard work and skill made his Bethnal Green restaurant one of the finest eateries in Europe.
My few visits to the restaurant gave me culinary experiences I will never forget.
In a world filled with grey, mass-produced food, Antonio stood above the crowd with handcrafted pasta that was lovingly created and proudly served.
I thank Antonio’s family and friends for sharing this compassionate, friendly, and wildly talented human with our community.
I am thrilled to announce that FGV is collaborating with Walthamstow Sunday Social to bring London a new weekly vegan market.
Launching on March 3, 2019 Walthamstow Sunday Social is set to be a weekly celebration of independent business, entertainment, creativity, and of course food. It is one of the biggest local markets in Europe!
Walthamstow Sunday Social is an initiative to bring vibrancy to the local area and to show people the value of their high street.
The FGV section will be on the high street alongside craft, vintage, and fresh fruit/vegetable traders, just steps from major transport links in Walthamstow Central.
The vegan section will feature ten traders including some of the best hot food traders in the capital.
More details are coming soon but in the meantime you can follow Walthamstow Sunday Social on Facebook and Instagram. You can see their website here.
As always, follow FGV on Instagram for visual updates about our traders.
In addition to every Sunday in Walthamstow between 10am and 4pm, we also present the FGV at Venn Street section in Clapham every Saturday between 10am and 4pm.
If you are north of the river or south of the river, we have you covered!
One of our most popular traders from the now-defunct Hackney Downs Vegan Market is now trading as a pop-up inside Westfield Stratford.
Vegan Delice helped make our weekly Hackney market one of the most popular vegan destinations in the UK, and now Chanel and her team have launched a counter inside the massive Stratford shopping mall.
Chanel’s cupcakes, tray bakes, and cookies are the stuff of legend and now you can get hold of them INSIDE Westfield until March 11, 2019.
This is a huge opportunity for Vegan Delice and I’m thrilled to see a fiercely independent vegan business getting this platform. Nobody works harder than Chanel when it comes to promoting veganism through tasty food.
Get along to support Chanel and make yourself happy with cake! Follow Vegan Delice on Instagram.
Vegan Life isn’t just the name of the monthly magazine featuring my column. It is also a massive vegan lifestyle show that celebrates everything plant-based.
The annual London version of the show is taking place at Alexandra Palace on March 9 and 10, 2019 and I will be there selling copies of my book, chatting to people, and enjoying the show.
You will be able to find me at Stand 5. I would love to see you there.
If you are keen to come along and enjoy the cooking demos, food court, new product displays, and informative talks you can get 2-for-1 tickets at this online link.
Visit the Vegan Life Livewebsite to get full show details.
If you are trying to discover more ways to explore your vegan lifestyle, why not invest in some vegan fetish gear?!
Leather is obviously a standard for fetish wear, but Gilded Fetish has made it possible for vegans to experience an alternative.
Handmade in a workshop in London, the vegan leather utilised by Brett at Gilded Fetish is actually cork sourced from Portugal.
The vegan range comes in a “One-Size fits all” range with three styles at the moment: Classic Bulldog Harness (H-style), Spartan Harness (single shoulder) and Bicep Strap.
Key features of the One-size design include Silver Side-Release buckles (quite unique in the available range of male fetish wear, apparently), and an adjustable size range from Small to XXL.
The vegan leather is currently available in 15 colours from basic black, through fuchsia pink, candy red, and Black + Gold spray.
Brett and Gilded Fetish have future product developments planned including further styles and colours including a very special rainbow edition cork.
You can shop online for the vegan Gilded Fetish range now.
Extra note: Gilded Fetish also have a partnership with Fetch – Clapham’s only fetish wear store. Full product range is available to view and buy in store.
The UK’s first cheesemonger is working together with their suppliers to bring you the UK’s most delicious, decadent and inspired plant-based cheese selection.
Rachel and Charlotte Stevens (sisters from South Wales) have found inspiration from being vegan (Rachel) and lactose intolerant (Charlotte) and now it is time for them to share their passion for cheese with the masses.
La Fauxmagerie has cheeses for every purpose: melting, grating, spreading, relishing and devouring! They also offer a range of plant-based preserves, breads, and accoutrements to add the perfect final touches to your cheese banquet.
Club Mexicana, specialists in Mexican vegan food, are opening a new eatery at Netil Market on January 26, 2019.
Get ready to say hello to The Burger Bar.
Meriel Armitage, Club Mexicana founder, is launching her new Burger Bar at Netil Market. With a menu packed with indulgent Mexican-twists on classic burgers, it will sit alongside their Dinerama location in Shoreditch and London’s first 100% vegan pub, The Spread Eagle in Homerton.
The menu takes classic burgers and gives them the Club Mexicana make-over, re-incarnating them as vegan dishes. The menu will include; The Mexican Fried Chick’n Burger with annatto glazed fried ‘chick’n’, pickled cabbage and mustard mayo; Beer Battered ‘t0-fish’ with tartare sauce, deep fried capers, pickled cabbage and salsa verde; and Sticky Glazed ‘Ribs’ with slaw, pink onions and jalapeno.
For sides Meriel will bring her Loaded Nachos with guacamole, pink onions, salsa verde, pickled jalapenos and chipotle oil, Mexican Fries with chilli lime salt and hot sauce, as well as her cult-classic: Deep Fried Cheese served with Mexico City’s favourite hot sauce: Valentina.
They will also be serving Club Mexicana’s very own pale ale created in collaboration with Beer 52 and all natural wines.
Meriel says:
We’ve wanted to collaborate with Netil Market again for ages as we are big fans of their market. We did our very first street food event on the rooftop of Netil House, so there’s something quite nostalgic for us returning with our new Burger Bar. We want it to be a place where we can try new ideas, run specials and collaborations, whilst getting back to our street food roots putting us face to face with the most important people – our customers!
