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Huge discount on vegan food this week in London

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Brand new vegan restaurant Buffalo re-opens at 171 Mare Street, London E8 3RH (previously home to the awesome Brook Social) following on from a short stint on Brick Lane and you can get some bargain food this week!

The new look Buffalo is doubling down on their burger menu with the homemade Buffalo Burger and the groundbreaking Moving Mountains Burger. The Buffalo Cauli wings remain on the menu but now with three levels of spice options – mild, spicy and OUTRAGEOUS!

They’ve expanded the fries menu to include Cheezy Truffle Fries & Kimchi Fries. For dessert they’ve kept the Mousse au Chocolat and now also have a selection of milkshakes.

There is an expanded bar menu boasting twelve Hackney-brewed vegan beers, their house margarita, an espresso martini, and a full wine list.

BARGAIN EATING NEWS

The Buffalo soft launch is taking place from 6:00pm on both Wednesday October 3 and Thursday October 4, 2018.

You can get 50% off food on both opening nights. Yes, London! Half price vegan food at this brand new vegan restaurant in Hackney. Two nights only!

Message Buffalo via their Instagram account or email info@buffalodiner.co.uk to book a table. Tell them FGV sent you and that I wish them all the best with the new location!

Click here to see the exact location of Buffalo thanks to Google Maps.

Market deal on vegan bacon

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Super quick post to let London people know about a special offer.

Vegan Cartel will be at Hackney Downs Vegan Market on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 September, 2018 with their incredible vegan bacon.

You can buy three packs of this seitan bacon for £10.

Great bargain for this locally made product.

You can see the full line up for this weekend’s market online here.

New vegan brunch spot for London

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This October Club Mexicana at The Spread Eagle, London’s first 100% vegan pub, will launch their brand new Mexican-Californian brunch, kicking off weekends with the likes of chilaquiles, chick’n & waffles, and brunch cocktails every Saturday and Sunday.

Inspired by founder Meriel’s travels through Mexico City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and a stint living in Melbourne, where brunch is a formative part of the weekend, the menu will include dishes packed with flavours from the sunshine cities. Mains will feature: ‘Huevos Rancheros’ with scrambled ‘eggs’, Mexican ‘chorizo’, black beans, avocado and salsa verde on a grilled paprika tortilla; and – Mexico City favourite – chilaquiles: fried corn tortillas drenched in salsa roja, roasted pepper queso and sour cream, topped with pickled jalapenos. Club Mexicana’s infamous chick’n’ & waffles with chilli infused maple syrup are making a comeback, and signature tacos are getting a breakfast twist with combos including fried potato and ‘chorizo’ topped with avo and sour cream. Meriel has also created a host of snacks like the deep friend avocado with a miso lime dipping sauce, and those with a sweet tooth will not be left out with deep fried ice cream; warm chilli-chocolate brownie with peanut and caramel sauce and taco millefoglie with lemon curd, blueberries and vanilla whipped cream.

The Spread Eagle will be serving up brunch cocktails at the bar, including their famous Spread Eagle Bloody Mary made with horseradish infused vodka, the Avocado Colada, with pineapple, avocado, white rum, coconut milk and lime, and the Coconut Tequila Shrub with coconut tequila, grapefruit, cider vinegar and soda. Sherri has also devised a selection of Kombucha cocktails from the Passion Fruit Mimosa with passion fruit puree, Prosecco and passion fruit JARR Kombucha, to the Beetroot Punch; beetroot shrub, dark rum and ginger JARR Kombucha.

The Spread Eagle co-founder Luke says ‘We’ve been itching to get brunch off the ground since we opened – we’ve always wanted to pub to be a place for all occasions, so we cannot wait to open our doors and welcome those seeking refuge from a hangover with a taco or two, or those looking for a few drinks with friends to kick off their weekend!’

‘Our style of cooking lends itself to brunch and it’s been so much fun creating a whole new menu with lots of exciting dishes – chilaquiles are definitely a winner! Pull up a stool at the bar and order them with a bloody mary I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday’, says Meriel.

Brunch will be available between 12pm-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays from the 6th of October, 2018. For reservations please visit https://www.thespreadeaglelondon.co.uk

The Spread Eagle Opening Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 4pm-11pm
Friday, 4pm-2am
Saturday,12pm-2am
Sunday, 12pm-10.30pm

Kitchen Opening Hours:
Wednesday – Friday: 6pm-10pm
Saturday: 12pm-10pm
Sunday: 12pm-9pm

A vegan Halloween event in London

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Here is a quick heads up for people who like other people to cook and serve impressive vegan meals for them.

Celebrating the witches and wizards inside all of us, sixty:2 brings you a magical twist on their signature immersive supper clubs. Get ready for their vegan Halloween supper club in east London on Thursday October 25, 2018.

This special Halloween supper club features exciting, explosive dishes and will be an extravagant showcase of the creativity of sixty:2‘s founder and head chef, Maudie Fraser. Seating is limited so book early.

The provisional menu looks fabulous:

  • Starter – Trick-or-treat pumpkin cauldrons with bubbling onion broth
  • Main – Wild mushroom confit and shrivelled greens on truffled kidney bean cobwebs with devilish dauphinoise
  • Pudding – Gory chocolate and berry fondant with salted toffee apple dust

As it is Halloween themed, festive dress is encouraged but not essential.

Click here for more info and to book.

Exclusive vegan test kitchen in London

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Ooh, I love an exclusive dining engagement.

Street food superstars SpiceBox are gearing up for some big changes and developments to impress London, but in the meantime they are doing some important recipe development with a residency in Walthamstow.

From Friday September 21 until Sunday October 21, 2018, SpiceBox will be running the SPICEBOX TEST KITCHEN at the Hornbeam Cafe in Walthamstow.

The café is located just south of Walthamstow Central station and you can see the exact spot thanks to Google Maps.

Be sure to follow SpiceBox on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to keep updated with the test kitchen menus and future developments!

FGV all over London

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In case you have missed the news, Fat Gay Vegan is a London wide concern these days!

I have so much market news and am thrilled to announce that you can now eat and shop in Hackney all weekend long as Hackney Downs Vegan Market becomes a Saturday AND Sunday market.

In addition, I am launching Fat Gay Vegan at Venn Street which is our own weekly Saturday vegan market alongside the traditional Venn Street Market.

This is all kicking off from Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September, 2018.

You can RSVP to the Facebook events for Hackney Downs Vegan Market and Fat Gay Vegan at Venn Street.

You can see the full trader line up for all markets online here.

Yay for vegan markets! Yay for independent vegan business!

Vegan restaurant gets a new London location

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A short while ago I posted about a new vegan restaurant on Brick Lane called Buffalo.

The food got some great reviews but they shut up shop pretty soon after opening. The location was not suitable for some reason but all is not lost.

I just had word that Buffalo is re-opening in Hackney!

This is what founder Stephen had to say to me:

Buffalo’s re-opening will be early October 2018! We have the lease for 6 months which hopefully will become permanent. The menu is expanding to include our burgers, extended list of homemade sauces and toppings, extra options for fries, and a new tapas menu. We are taking over the space recently used by The Brook Social.

Great news!

You can follow Buffalo on Instagram.

Vegan salon in Hackney

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Hey friends.

Did you know about the vegan hair salon and barber in Hackney Central?

As I noted when I originally shared this photo on my Instagram account, Whip is located directly across from the Temple of Seitan shop on Morning Lane.

Everything the salon uses is vegan including colours, treatments, and shampoos. To get a cheeky look inside the salon, check out my original post on Instagram and click through the images.

You can follow Whip on Instagram.

Yay for vegan hairdressers!

BREAKING NEWS: Hackney Downs in vegan world first

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This news is too exciting to keep to myself any longer.

I am thrilled to announce that Hackney Downs Vegan Market is set to become the world’s first full weekend vegan market.

Yes, that’s right. The market will be trading on Sunday as well as Saturday each week!

Hackney Downs Vegan Market has become known for being the friendliest market in London.

Starting as a one-off Festive market a couple of years ago, the market then experienced runaway success as a monthly market and enjoyed attendee numbers in the thousands. The crowd numbers were so good that we had to make the market a weekly event in order to control crowds.

The demand was certainly there so Hackney Downs Vegan Market became the first weekly vegan market in the UK.

Located at Hackney Downs Studios E8, the market has become well known as a destination for the best vegan street food in London. Many of our traders have used the market to springboard into bigger business ventures and we are proud to support independent traders on their journeys.

The popularity of the market means there is immense interest to trade with us and our waiting list currently holds more than 400 traders.

There is only one way we can start to give more traders an opportunity and that is to expand the market into Sunday. Hackney Downs Vegan Market will be the world’s first full weekend vegan market!

We look forward to welcoming you on September 16, 2018 for the first Sunday version of our market and we hope this gives many more of you a chance to spend time at the world’s most-loved vegan market.

Commencing Saturday 15 and Sunday 16, 2018 Hackney Downs Vegan Market will be a full weekend market, opening from 11am until 5pm on both days.

The market will be open every Saturday and Sunday.

I’m not sure where else you need to be each weekend. Our market has got BOTH days sorted for you with burgers, beer, cakes, cheeses, and so much more. Don’t forget that the Temple of Seitan operated TEMPLE GOODS vegan café is on site at the market and open all weekend with brunch, coffee, tea, and gorgeous baked treats.

Stay tuned for more details and follow me (Fat Gay Vegan) on Instagram. This is where I share trader and food line-ups for the market each Friday ahead of the weekend.

Extra note: my second weekly vegan market taking place in Clapham is commencing on Saturday September 15, 2018. Fat Gay Vegan at Venn Street is a 10-stall market running alongside the original Venn Street Market every Saturday. Read more here.

HUGE vegan croissant giveaway

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Do you like free vegan things?

How about free vegan croissants?!

Get along to Hackney Downs Vegan Market this Saturday September 1, 2018 where I will be giving away 1,000 vegan croissants!

The very friendly Free From Italy have kindly donated a HUGE amount of their Probios vegan croissants for me to give away for free at our market this week.

The croissants are individually wrapped and perfect for an on-the-go snack, to take to work or picnics.

I will be handing out several hundred in both Organic Whole Wheat and Spelt varieties. Even though I have a lot to hand out, please get to the market early as there is no purchase necessary to get them for free and there isn’t really a limit on how many you can take. However, I will probably get a bit annoyed and mouthy if you try and take too many. Be decent about it!

The croissants, which are usually available in Chocolate, Spelt, Wholemeal and Savoury flavours, are normally sold in packs of 5 individually wrapped portions and ready to eat.

If you can’t make it to the market but would like to buy your own vegan croissants, you can do so online at the Free From Italy website and Ocado. You can follow Free From Italy on Instagram.

The line up for the market is sensational, including a first time appearance by legendary vegan bakery Ms. Cupcake. See full details here. We open at 11am until 5pm and are located at E8 2BT.