London vegan news, reviews & events
There is not a lot I can say here except HOT DAMN.
Check out my recent eating adventures at Make No Bones Sheffield.
There really is nothing else like this in the UK. The food is outstanding.
Visit Make No Bones at your earliest convenience and follow them on Instagram.
You can attend Brighton’s first ethical, sustainable, plastic-free, plant-based Christmas Market, to enjoy a Christmas that doesn’t cost the earth.
Good news, huh?
Conscious Christmas Market is taking place on Saturday December 16, 2017 and some details include:
❄︎ Gifts, Clothing, Art, Food, Drinks ❄︎
❄︎ Opens at 10:30 to 5:00pm, £2 entry ❄︎
❄︎ Pay-as-you-feel plant-based buffet from The Real Junk Food Project Brighton ❄︎
❄︎ Hot mulled festive drinks from Old Tree Brewery ❄︎
❄︎ Helpful information on how you can have an ethical and sustainable Christmas ❄︎
Remember to take your reusable shopping bags and containers!
You can RSVP and get address details on the Facebook event page.
Dear Oxford, UK.
You have a brand new vegan eatery opening this Saturday (November 25, 2017)!
Here is a little piece of info from the owner of Happy Friday Kitchen:
I’m Lola. I’m 24 and have been vegan for two and a half years. I decided to open a vegan restaurant offering people veganised versions of their favourite comfort food on Cowley Road in Oxford. We’ll be serving vegan comfort food including pizzas, burgers, burritos, nachos, mac n cheese, Buddha bowls, and lots of fresh baked goods every day. There will also be cocktails, craft beers and hot drinks, as well as a small retail section selling vegan food products and gifts.
This place sounds fabulous.
Like the Happy Friday Kitchen Facebook page and follow them on Instagram.
See the exact location thanks to Google Maps.
Now, let’s look at some of the food to be served. I’m drooling!
Harmonium bar and kitchen has vegan work available.
The neighbourhood hot spot in Edinburgh is looking for a new Assistant Manager.
If you think you can be as wonderful as the amazing Heather (the current Assistant Manager) then get on with it!
Job description: http://bit.ly/2mtK3XB
Application Form: https://goo.gl/forms/Fir3XuQoN1FtGoQM2
Deadline is 5pm 28th November, 2017.
Follow Harmonium on Instagram.
I’m not sure I know a more magical combination of two words than ‘vegan pub’.
A few readers have been getting in touch lately to let me know about a vegan pub in Liverpool, so I reached out to the owner of The Caledonia to get a bit of background information to share with you.
Here is what pub owner Laura King had to say:
I’m the licensee/owner of the pub and kitchen manager. I’m also on team vegan! I’ve had the pub seven and a half years and last summer I decided to close the kitchen for a year off. I decided that when we relaunched the menu would be vegan comfort/junk foods and that is how CVK was born.
I decided to make the whole pub vegan too, because, why not?! It seemed silly not to. Over this last summer our team has been busy working through everything we sell to ensure that our entire offer was vegan. We use a lot of local businesses, particularly for real ale and craft beers so we contacted all of them to see if they could accommodate us and most could! The response has been amazing and support from the community (vegan peeps & the pub’s regulars) has been overwhelming. I’m so pleased to be able to do something like this in Liverpool. We’re also incredibly dog friendly and currently we’re in the running for Dog Buddy’s “Dog Friendly Pub Awards”. We also have GF & Kids menus.
I adore this pub already and can’t wait to visit in the future.
You can see the full vegan food menu for The Caledonia on their website. See the exact location of the pub online thanks to Google Maps.
Now, let’s look at some food.
I got a nice message from Becky a little while back in which she was telling me about her new vegan restaurant in Kent.
I asked for a little more info in order to let you all know about it and this is what she told me.
It’s called ‘Potato Tomato – The Eatery’ and it’s in Whitstable, Kent. My sister Niki and I opened it on 4th August and we’ve been overwhelmed so far by how popular we’ve been with vegans, veggies and omnis alike. This May we celebrated our 30 year ‘veganniversary’ so it was great to be able to celebrate that by opening a restaurant, which is something we’ve talked about for years.
The food we serve aims to show people that vegan food isn’t bland or boring. We enjoy creating dishes that will appeal to everyone and that are bursting with flavour. We have a children’s menu and serve brunch, lunch and desserts. We are currently open Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays 10:30am – 4:00pm, and Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am – 4:00pm. In October we will be opening on Saturday evenings to serve three-course meals.
This is fabulous news for the people of Whitstable and surrounding towns in Kent.
You can visit Potato Tomato online and follow them on Facebook.
Now, let’s check out some photos!
Vegan food is everywhere.
I’ve reported on fancy restaurants launching plant-based menus all over the planet. We’ve got more vegan fast food places in London than I could have imagined five years ago. Heck, I even dine in style on a 100% vegan cruise each year.
This saturation of vegan dining options leaves me feeling as though nothing could surprise me with plant-based developments.
I just found out I can be surprised.
You can now enjoy a three-course vegan meal in the rooftop restaurant or a vegan afternoon tea complete with scones, vegan hot dogs and croissants in the café of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Yes. Shakespeare just got vegan-friendly.
The most arguably famous theatre company on the planet now caters for vegans.
Afternoon tea sounds like a delight, especially when you consider the option for high tea featuring champagne and chocolate dipped fruit. You can click here to see the afternoon tea menu and check out the photos below.
The afternoon tea menu impresses, but the three-course vegan menu in the rooftop restaurant also caught my attention.
A thoughtful, high quality three-course meal for £26 in such a gorgeous setting is wonderful news. Click here to see the current menu items available for the three-course dining option.
The three-course dining option is a pre-theatre option and is served Monday until Saturday.
If you don’t know where the theatre company and restaurant are located, click here to get a better idea thanks to Google Maps.
OK. Now it’s time for your best Shakespeare-related vegan puns and jokes in the comments.
Extra note: all photos used for this blog were taken by Sara Beaumont of Sara Beaumont Photography.
Swansea. Your time has come.
The Last Resort is a contemporary drinking venue that is rapidly becoming the number one place where vegans and vegan-friendly people like to socialise in Swansea.
Carl from The Last Resort (located at 207 High Street) got in touch to let me know that the bar serves about a dozen craft beers on tap (all vegan) and that their food menu currently consists of the following:
The bar is super proud to serve up fairly monstrous portions and I’ve been hearing amazing reviews from their regulars.
You can follow The Last Resort on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Yay for vegan boozing in Swansea!
If you are going to Herts Pride this weekend (September 2, 2017) David and Tony are running a Veggies Catering Campaign trailer selling vegan burgers, sos rolls, Fairtrade teas, coffees and cola along with other drinks.
How fab is that!
The Pride day is taking place in Gadebridge Park in Hemel Hempstead between 11am and 10pm.
The stall will also selling a range of cakes made by Heather of The Green Kitchen.
Here is your chance to support and enjoy a Pride event while feeding yourself with vegan food.
You can get all the details for Herts Pride over on the Facebook page.
Do you live in or around Reading? Here is some news you will enjoy hearing.
Reading Vegan Festival is taking place on September 23, 2017.
The festival is free to enter and is situated in the centre of Reading. The organisers have billed it as a safe and friendly environment to ask questions, sample products, and buy a range of vegan food, cosmetics and clothing.
There will also be a programme of activities, speakers and food demos. The full day programme will be announced nearer the time so RSVP to the Facebook page to keep updated and keep checking in at the website.