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‘Tis the Season to be Silly: Why World Vegan Day needs your vote
I practically choked on my muesli this time last week, when a Facebook post announced a proposal to change the date of World Vegan Day.
As the creator of World Vegan Day, this was news to me.
Let’s hope this is the start of something huge.
Earlier this week, I found myself in the northern city of Chester for the grand opening of the VBites cafe located inside a Holland & Barrett outlet. I had been invited along by the PR team for the health food chain (they kindly paid for my train ticket) as they wanted me to see the new concession in action, as well as chat with owner Heather Mills about the cafe.
My take on the new cafe? It’s a completely revolutionary concept for the UK.
Readers take note: my socks were officially blown off by this purchase in the Earl’s Court Tesco last night.
Following the shock of being turned away from the Royal Albert Hall due to Mr Tony Bennett having taken ill, my band of Little Monsters went in search of sweet things to soften the disappointment.
These did not disappoint.
Are you planning on attending London Vegan Beer Fest in King’s Cross on July 18, 2015?
Yes? Wonderful! Well, I’ve got some news for you. You will be handed one of these collectibles as you walk through the front door.
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A trip to Little Ethiopia
Most Los Angeles vegans will already know about Rahel – it’s a vegan Ethiopian restaurant that has been on Fairfax for years and years. The secret to its success? Consistently amazing food. I’ve dined there multiple times over the years and on each occasion, Rahel has nailed it. A couple of weeks ago I was in LA and met my friend Brian for dinner. Check out the photos below of the ‘Millennium Special’ platter which included a dessert. Forgetting that I can never finish the platters, I also ordered a sambussa and instantly regretted it (although it was delicious).
If you’re familiar with Ethiopian food then you’ll know that the feast platters are served on a bed of injera and include many different and diverse dishes. Accompanying this were some of the tastiest vegetable and lentil stews ever, which combined with the injera made a mouth-watering combination of flavours and textures. The melt-in-your-mouth pumpkin stew was out of this world.
The dessert, a little like baklava, was nothing to write home about but who cares after such a delicious platter?
You can visit Rahel online and make sure you pencil in a stop when you are in Los Angeles.
This might not seem like a big deal to you, but I love stuff like this.
Today I purchased a product carrying The Vegan Society Trademark for the very first time on a train. I’m such a loser for blogging about this, I know.
Here is some news that just popped into my inbox.
How gorgeous does this vegan Brazilian menu sound? Get on it, people. This pop up on June 12, 2015 is a rare event for London.
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One of the great things about living in Berlin is that there’s a Veganz vegan supermarket a 10 minute walk away, or even less on the bike. Veganz is really more of a mini-supermarket, though they do have a huge range of products available.
But like all supermarkets, Veganz often has special offers or last- minute reductions on items nearing the end of their shelf-life. This is great for a cheapskate like me. My eyes can sense those bright orange price stickers before I’ve even set off. As a result, we end up trying exotic foodstuffs that are normally out of our price range. (Our freezer is full of bags of grated Daiya cheese that were a bargain at €0.99 each!)
Which city on the planet has the most vegan ‘heat’ and ‘buzz’ at the moment?
I’m sure you are rattling off dozens of city names in your head right now. You are thinking of all the familiar destinations you hear about when people talk about vegan hotspots. Los Angeles. Berlin. Glasgow. New York City. Portland. Austin.
Well, how would you react if I told you a lot of the above are about to be trumped for vegan superiority by Warsaw, Poland?
A reader we will call Luke (because that’s his name!) sent me the following video and I have to be honest when I say it completely took me by surprise. Made by a production team named wawangrada, this 30-minute long video is an exposé on the truly staggering presence of vegan food in the Polish capital.
I can hear the groans of the soundbite-only consumers already, but I implore you to take half an hour out of your day to watch this short documentary. It is one of the most eye-opening chronicles of vegan eating I have ever seen.
Video highlights include:
Coming along to London Vegan Drinks tomorrow? (Saturday June 6, 2015)
I’ve just been told all about the fab vegan menu being served up by our host venue, Kabaret.
Check it out!