London vegan news, reviews & events
I had the immense pleasure of visiting Purezza in Brighton yesterday as an invited guest and while it’s no surprise they’re serving up phenomenal vegan food, I was particularly overjoyed by one special item on their menu.
Reader, they’ve gone and done something wonderful. They’ve put tempeh on a pizza.
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I was born and raised in Australia and, even though I’ve spent a good chunk of my adult life living in the UK, the idea of going back to my original country has been drifting into my thoughts more frequently.
Maybe it’s the passing of time. Maybe it’s the feeling of getting older and realising that I want to be closer to people I love. Maybe it’s just time.
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We are definitely seeing more and more vegan businesses popping up, even if I do write the occasional moaning post abut all the places we have lost.
The trend is definitely more plant-based, more often, and in more places.
And while vegan restaurants are appearing all over the UK, there is one (roughly) square mile of London that appears to be the actual vegan capital of the country.
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There are moments when I sit down to write this blog and genuinely wonder how I’ve managed to keep it going for fifteen years.
Fifteen years. That’s longer than most houseplants survive.
But why do I keep doing it?
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I still remember the days when eating vegan in Paris meant cobbling together a picnic from a health food shop.
Those times were fine, and we did what we had to do, but what a different city it is now. And right at the top of the “what a time to be alive” list is Land & Monkeys.
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I recently found myself back inside Disneyland Paris for the first time in more than twenty years.
Yes, two full decades have passed since I last roamed those pastel-paved walkways and heard It’s a Small World on an endless loop. And let me tell you, while the park has changed in a lot of ways, one thing has definitely improved: vegan food.
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Here’s a question that keeps bouncing around my mind and refuses to let up.
Can we ever truly feel at peace buying vegan products from companies whose wider business practices feel completely at odds with the compassionate ethos we are trying to live by?
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There’s a certain kind of heartbreak that comes with losing a beloved vegan business.
You don’t just miss the food, you miss the people, the atmosphere, the memories. I’ve been around the vegan scene in London for long enough to have seen some absolute legends close up shop, and today I’m reflecting on five of them that really left their mark.
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Sometimes doing the right thing feels like a sacrifice. But sometimes it tastes like crispy golden batter and a pile of chips.
The No Catch Co in Brighton is one of those rare and beautiful things that proves doing good can also be deeply satisfying.
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