Vegan pub food by the seaside

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Fancy a trip to the seaside but worried about finding vegan food to devour?

The answer is The Railway Hotel in Southend-on-Sea.

I have been hearing excited chatter about The Railway Hotel for a couple of years, but it was only today that I visited their website to see what they had on offer for plant-based pub-goers.

Check out this amazing list of vegan dishes lifted from their Spring 2016 menu:

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  • Handmade pizza/calzones
  • Crass Burger (mixed bean/veg) with Chips/Wedges and salad
  • Falafel wrap + Sundried & Peppers + Chips/Wedges & Salad
  • Wild Mushroom Risotto with Truffle Oil
  • Aromatic Thai Tofu Curry with sticky Rice
  • “Ham”, Leak & Cheese Pie with Mash, Root Veg & Gravy
  • “Fish” & Chips with Pea Puree & Tartare Sauce

Sides

  • Olives
  • Coleslaw
  • Bowl of Homemade Chips and dips
  • Garlic Bread
  • Wedges with Chilli Dip
  • Dough Balls with Garlic Mayo

Desserts

  • Pear and Apricot Cheese Cake
  • Apple Tart
  • Chocolate Calzone

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The vegan choices make up about 99% of the menu, so it would be fantastic to see the hotel take that last little leap to having a completely plant-based menu.

Everything sounds scrumptious and I think I will have to make this place one of my first stops when I get back to the UK later in the year.

You can get directions to The Railway Hotel on their website and you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Daiya spreads

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This post began life as a way for me to brag about all the awesome Daiya products I have been buying and consuming in Mexico City, but then I thought that was a bit cruel. I’m not just here to tease, I’m here to inform and tease.

First up, the teasing.

Check out these incredible products that have been in my fridge and my belly recently.

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Good for me, right?! But what about readers in the UK?

I reached out to Daiya to discover if the company EVER plans on launching any of their glorious food in the UK and I got a fairly hopeful response.

Representatives from the company are taking meetings with distributors in the UK this month (April 2016) and are working on having some of the Daiya cheese products in shops as soon as possible.

Keep your vegan fingers crossed and get over to Twitter to tell Daiya how excited you are that they are working on UK distribution.

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Tennis superstar opens vegan restaurant in Monte Carlo

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This is a piece of news I would never have predicted.

Superstar tennis player Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena have opened a vegan eatery in the impossibly swanky Monte Carlo, Monaco.

There isn’t a lot of information floating around at the moment about Eqvita, but the restaurant’s Facebook page lists the type of cuisine served as ‘vegan’ and also contains this brief description:

Eqvita was created out of love, gratitude and deep esteem towards the nature, its effects on human body and mind, and the way they flawlessly interconnect to create a healthy, happy person we can all be. It was this holistic philosophy of well being that lit the way to our main thought: let’s have a place like no other!

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Going by what I can see on the restaurant’s social media platforms, both Novak and Jelena Djokovic welcomed their friends and family to an exclusive opening of their new vegan eatery a few nights ago.

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You can keep updated with developments via the Eqvita Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.

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UK village gets a vegan fair!

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Thinking of hosting a vegan festival or fair in your town but unsure of getting a good number of people along?

The UK village of Lyndhurst  in Hampshire is making sure you have no excuse. If they can do it in a village with a population of between 3,000 and 4,000 people, anyone can do it anywhere.

If you are anywhere near Hampshire and the New Forest on April 30, 2016, make sure you get along to support this wonderful initiative being undertaken by Dorset Vegan and New Forest Vegans .

There will be approximately 40 stalls and plenty of delicious vegan food to consume at the first ever New Forest Vegan Fair. It is the perfect place to drag non-vegan friends along to and there will be lots of persuasive and informative fact sheets for you to slip into their bags.

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The cost of entering is just £3 but if you are under 14 and are hanging out with an adult, you get in for free. Do show up early on the day. I know I said it is hosted in a village, but thousands of people will be coming from all over the region.

Click here to RSVP to the New Forest Vegan Fair 2016. Let them know you are coming!

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London vegetarian burger stand turning vegan!

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This is fantastic news.

You might very well have heard of a meat free burger business called The Veggie Table. This well-known fast cuisine trader has been selling its food at Borough Market for 10 years.

But there are some big changes on the horizon.

The Veggie Table is changing its name to Big V. Why the change? Big V is going to be a 100% vegan food stand.

Everyone at The Veggie Table is vegan. All the cooks, all the servers and even their promotional people are plant-based so they felt it was time to start trading by their principles. The final non-vegan holdout is a Halloumi burger which is set to be phased out as the vegan makeover takes hold.

Make sure you get down to The Veggie Table/Big V to congratulate them on deciding to make the switch to 100% cruelty-free.

If you make your visit coincide with St. George’s Day on April 24, 2016, you will witness the food stand serving their regular ‘V dog sausage’ as a ‘Sausage Sarnie’ and ‘Facon Butties’. That sounds like food heaven to my ears.

Follow Big V on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram before you check out these photos of their tasty burgers below.

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Best vegan Sunday roast in the UK?

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I think my buddy Kay likes to tease me.

There I was minding my own business in Mexico, considering what I should put on my tortillas for Sunday brunch, when Kay taunts me with a photo of one of the best vegan Sunday lunches I’ve ever seen.

Check it out.

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For those of you unfamiliar with a Sunday roast in the UK, this one appears to have all the crucial elements. Right down to a Yorkshire pudding!

Get along to Loving Hut in Brighton so you can let me know if this is the best vegan Sunday roast in the country.

You can find the location of Loving Hut Brighton on their website.

Extra note: Londoners can check out this Sunday roast option while people in Leeds might want to try this.

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Eat Out Vegan Wales

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Even though this is a blog post about a website informing vegans where they can eat in Wales, it doesn’t just mean only people interested in Wales should take notice.

Eat Out Vegan Wales is a staggeringly well planned and executed web resource that should serve as an inspiration for vegans all over the planet.

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The landing page of the website has an interactive map allowing users to fine tune their search by county, or they can take the option to find out what is nearby using the location device.

Regular visitors to the site might appreciate the latest updates feature, as well.

Once you start digging deeper into the site, you realise what an extraordinary amount of information is listed. Take the one example below:

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You get the address, a link to the website, the number of vegan dishes usually on offer, a detailed description of how vegan friendly they are, instructions on how to locate the restaurant when you arrive, direct links to multiple maps services showing the location and a link to the Trip Advisor page for the establishment.

So simple and easy to navigate, yet comprehensive and informative.

The organiser of this website has gone to incredible lengths to create one of the most comprehensive vegan eating guides I’ve seen. The site is interactive, allowing for registered users to post updates.

Get over to Eat Out Vegan Wales now to be inspired. If you live in or visit the area, I hope you will use it often for its invaluable insights. If you are nowhere near Wales, I hope this fabulous website will inspire you to set something similar up for your part of the world.

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100% vegan café in Mexico impresses

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I’m currently living in one of the largest cities on the planet and getting from one part of Mexico City to another can take hours. Traffic, congestion, overcrowding and people everywhere means you often have to plan well ahead to get somewhere on time.

The size of the city can be daunting so imagine how fabulous it is having one of the best vegan eateries in the megalopolis less than a ten minute walk from my front door.

Temictli is a friendly café perched on the corner of two incredibly busy streets on the fringes of the trendy Condesa neighbourhood. They serve freshly cooked food ranging from beautifully dressed salads to handmade seitan hot dogs with all the trimmings.

The photos below show a selection of dishes I’ve gobbled up in the few weeks since I first got acquainted with Temictli and its wonderful owners Rosa Linda and Elizabeth.

Follow Temictli on Instagram for more mouthwatering photos and be sure to either dine with them or take advantage of their bike delivery service if you find yourself in Mexico City.

Loving this gorgeous #vegan lasagna at @temictli in Mexico City. #cdmx

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Check out this KILLER #vegan breakfast burrito from @temictli in Mexico City #cdmx

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Check out my plate of #vegan scramble with guacamole and beans at @temictli

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Doing my best not to freak out over this AMAZING #vegan mac n cheese by @temictli in Mexico City right now. #cdmx

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Fresh rolls with peanut sauce at @temictli #vegan #cdmx

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Getting happy thanks to this #vegan Nutella cheesecake at @temictli in Mexico City. #cdmx

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Still warm, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies at @temictli in Mexico City #vegan #cdmx

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Oh my! STUNNING #vegan French toast with cashew cream at @temictli in Mexico City #cdmx

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Vegan fry up to make you drool

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Manchester, you lucky ducklings.

You already have so many fabulous places to eat vegan food and now this gorgeous fry up falls into your laps. Astounding.


It looks as though the vegans of Manchester have been working overtime to demand better options because non-vegan places are falling over themselves to stuff their menus with plant-based options.

The above photo show the vegan fry up being served by The Deaf Institute on Grosvenor Street in the city centre. You can grab a plate of homemade vegan sausage, potato cake, hash brown and baked beans from 4pm this Sunday (10 April, 2016) along with other items packed onto a newly-extended vegan menu.

This news has made me incredibly hungry. Sadly I am in Mexico City where the concept of a vegan fry up is nowhere to be found. I will take it as a grave personal insult if you do not try this plate of food on my behalf.

Follow The Deaf Institute on Instagram for more shots of their vegan items.

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Gorgeous refried beans recipe

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Here’s the recipe:

Makes approximately two cups/serves four

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of cooked beans*
  • 1 small green chile, de-seeded and copped
  • 1⁄2 cup of liquid from cooked beans or tinned beans 1⁄2 cup of freshly chopped epazote**
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • Salt to taste

*You can use tinned beans to save time but save some of the liquid when you drain them
** If you cannot find fresh epazote, used dried but see note below.

Method:

  • Heat a large frying pan and add the oil
  • Add chopped chile and fry for about 30 seconds
  • Add cooked beans and the liquid
  • If using dried epazote, add now
  • Mash the beans over a medium heat
  • Continue to cook for a couple of minutes while stirring
  • Add a pinch of salt
  • If using fresh epazote, add it at the end and stir through
  • ¡Buen provecho!

Serve in tacos, enchiladas, taquitos, tortas or simply with rice.

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