Hippo like you belong in the zoo

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For months I’d seen the posts about a ‘top secret’ vegan café opening in London’s Soho district and last week I finally got to check it out. After changing their name from ‘Top Secret Vegan Café’ to simply ‘Vegan Café’, the establishment now seems to have settled for the more memorable (but sappy) ‘Vegan Hippo’.

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More vegan pizza

Vegan pizza is the new trend in food, it would appear.

Following on from the news that Firezza is now offering vegan cheese as an option, another restaurant has started advertising a vegan pizza on their menu.

Check it out!

ICCO is a much-adored Italian restaurant on Goodge Street that claims to offer ‘London’s most authentic Italian pizza’.

That authentic pizza now comes vegan if you want it!

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This screenshot shows the newly-added vegan option on the ICCO website.

You can find out more and view the menu here.

Has anyone tried this pizza? Would you recommend it?


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Comedy extravaganza

Calling all comedy fans for this sidesplitting night of compassionate laughs and ethical nibbles presented by Fat Gay Vegan.

This comedy event is proudly sponsored by The Fry Family Food Co. and is being staged to raise crucial funds for Hugletts Wood Farm Animal Sanctuary.

Join a stunning roster of comedians for hours of hilarity, including:

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Mexican menu

This is a bit late seeing as the event has almost sold out, but below is the 5-course vegan menu I am serving at my 4th annual Day of the Dead dinner on November 1.

Aperitivos: Mini tortillas with guacamole, salsa verde & pico de gallo
First course: Esquites with Vegenaise, epazote, fresh lime juice and chile powder
Second course: Black bean & lime soup with smoked paprika, chipotle and cumin
Third course: Flautas filled with chorizo and potato served on a bed of lettuce, drenched in salsa verde and topped with marinated onion
Fourth course: Albondigas de lentejas (lentil meatballs) with adobo sauce
Fifth course: Chocolate cake with sticky spiced chocolate sauce, served with vanilla ice cream and hibiscus-chile sprinkle
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The entire menu is gluten free this year.
There is a 5:30pm seating where there is just one ticket remaining and an 8:00pm seating which has completely sold out.

Click here to buy the final ticket.


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Mildreds expanding

There is a vegetarian restaurant in Soho that for many years has been a favourite hangout of London vegans. Mildreds on Lexington Street has just enough plant-based dishes to keep compassionate eaters coming back for more, year after year.

There normally isn’t much to report about Mildreds. It serves the same few vegan dishes. Some people adore it. Some people think it’s kinda OK. A lot of people moan about the rude head server (honestly, so rude on occasion but then other times can be pleasant).

But finally there is something new to share.

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Halloween delight

I was at a recent Morrissey concert in London when the legendary singer asked a peculiar (and awesome) question from the stage.

He wanted to know where he could buy ‘a vegan wagon wheel’ and of course he was talking about the fabulous Round Up bars made by Ananda Foods.

These gorgeous treats are available in many stores around the UK, including Ms Cupcake and Vx here in London.

I visited the Ananda stand at VegfestUK London yesterday and was delighted to see (and buy and eat) a special limited edition version of the Round Up for Halloween. It was an explosion of biscuit, chocolate, marshmallow and jam.

Look at this fabulous thing!

Yes!

Get on over to the Ananda Foods stand today on the second day of VegfestUK London to pick one up, or reach out to them via their online shop to see where you can find your very own Halloween Round Up.

You can also like Ananda Foods on Facebook and like them on Twitter.


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Vegan t-shirts at VegfestUK

Hey there.

Here is some fab news about VegfestUK London, taking place this Saturday and Sunday at Olympia.

I will also be speaking as part of a panel on Sunday at midday.

So much to see and do at VegfestUK! Are you going?


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FGV talking

You have your VegfestUK London tickets for this weekend. You’ve planned all your eating adventures. Meeting times/spots have been agreed with friends.

But have you pencilled in a trip to the Vegan Vision panel discussions taking place on the Sunday of the two day event?

Come along for three, one-hour long panel discussions exploring being a vegan campaigner in a non-vegan world.

I have been asked to contribute to one of the three panels and will be joined by Kabaret co-owner Louise Wallis and EVA co-founder Tobias Leenaert. Our panel discussion is titled:

What’s the most effective way to campaign for living as a vegan and make vegan values mainstream?

I hope to see a few of you at this talk, where I expect you to ask me hard hitting questions to leave me looking confused.

See you at midday on Sunday (October 11, 2015).

Check out all of the panel topics here.


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Be 1 of 2000

You know I work with Fry’s Family Foods, right? Working with such a loved, successful and respected vegan food company has quite a few positives and one such upside is getting the scoop on new products.

I am thrilled to announce this breaking news.

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Bargain vegan pizza

Remember when I wrote about Firezza using vegan cheese?

You can go here to read my original post about this pizza restaurant chain with 17 locations. Piping hot pizza with Violife for all your convenience food desires!

There is something I think I forgot to mention in the original post. Every Tuesday, Firezza offers a very special deal that I managed to take advantage of this week. Check it out below.

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