London vegan news, reviews & events
I was stumbling away from Rock ‘n’ Roll Vegan Brunch yesterday when I noticed a new store situated just a few steps down Tulse Hill (five doors away from Veg Bar) in Brixton.
Health and Pastry looked to be a small health food store with some interesting groceries, so I popped in for a quick inspection.
To my complete surprise, I was greeted by the following sight.
I just saw this information about an amazing vegan food event coming up at Black Cat Café in Hackney and I couldn’t wait to share it with you.
Check it out!
Here is some vegan food news for people in Streatham, South London or those who enjoy visiting Streatham.
You are all getting a vegan pop up food event on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June, 2015!
Check the details below.
Which city has won the Vegan Ice Cream Wars?
According to my buddy Joe, Berlin has just emerged victorious.
Check out what he had to say about this brand new vegan ice cream parlour that has opened up in his Berlin neighbourhood.
Today’s post comes from a regular reader following her visit to Southend-on-Sea.
Julie Ann Pope (who also runs the fab London Lesbian Vegan group!) is responsible for all of the following words and photos detailing the vegan options at a 50s diner near the UK seaside.
Thanks, Jules!
Scary news out of Croydon.
The traders running vegan street food market Veg Instead had an extremely fortunate escape from serious injury today when a car crashed into their business.
According to London Evening Standard:
An unmarked police car crashed into a south London market stall amid a police chase following an armed robbery this morning.
The black Citroen hit a stallholder and then smashed through a vegan food stand at Surrey Street Market in Croydon just after 9.10am.
You can read the full story here.
As soon as I found out about this accident (thanks Oliver for the tip), I phoned stall owner Greg to check if everyone working this morning was OK. He assured me all was fine as far as physical wellbeing goes, however most of the Veg Instead equipment was destroyed.
This is where the vegan community comes in to help fix this situation.
I have set up a Just Giving page to raise the funds to replace the destroyed equipment. Greg estimates the damage at around £500.
Click here to donate now.
We have the collective power to get Veg Instead back on the road instantly. Insurance claims can take weeks and every day they wait to reopen, Veg Instead are losing income and Croydon is without a vegan food option on its streets.
All we need is 500 people to give £1 and I know more than 500 people will read this story. We can and should use our vegan might to sort this out.
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The most-read category on this blog is Food in the air. This is where I post stories of the good, the bad and the ugly of vegan airline meals.
A reader named Alex reached out today to let me know about the vegan meal options served to him between the UK and the USA on Delta Airlines.
Read about the experience below. Thanks for filling us in, Alex!
Did you all know that I am from Australia?
I grew up in a city called Brisbane. Actually, I spent my younger years in a seaside town called Redcliffe just north of Brisbane and later moved to the Queensland capital as a teenager.
Where you grow up always holds a unique place in your memories, so it was exciting to hear I had been mentioned in my hometown newspaper in connection to my blogging and event planning in the UK.
Check it out!
Here is a super short post to show you a photo of the best vegan burger on the planet.
Are you ready?
You all know I work with Fry’s Family Foods, right?
Just want to get that disclaimer out the way straight up. I don’t write about the brand very often on my blog, but I have some news that a lot of you will want to know.
You can buy the entire Fry’s Family Foods range for half the regular price via Ocado. Yes, that’s right. 50% off. You can click here to see all the products.
The special offer ends on Tuesday May 26, 2015.
Select Morrisons stores also carry some of the Fry’s range and these are also half price for a limited time.
