London vegan news, reviews & events
My new book is almost out in the world and I’m getting excited!
Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drink and Live Like You Give a Sh!t is the culmination of a lot of work and dedication, so I’m keen to see what kind of reaction it gets after it is published on January 4, 2018.
To celebrate the impending release, I’ve decided to share a series of readings from the book.
The first one is below.
You can click here or on the image below to pre-order your own copy.
HUGE news coming out of Australia today.
I previously posted about The Cruelty Free Shop, an Australian grocery store chain with outlets in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne as well as online shopping. You can see that post here.
The big development today is that the Melbourne store has relocated to a site which the owner claims makes it the largest vegan grocery store on the planet.
The Cruelty Free Shop website says of the launch:
We’re pleased to announce that we are opening the biggest vegan shop in the world in Melbourne on Wednesday 12 April 2017.
Our new store will have more than 3500 different vegan products with all sorts of foods including 50+ vegan cheeses, as well as fashion, cosmetics, coffee, cake, hot pies, fruit & veg, and more.
From humble beginnings, the Cruelty Free Shop started as an online store based out of Jessica Bailey’s spare room in Sydney. We now have five stores across Australia and the widest range of vegan products in the country.
Our Melbourne store has also grown over the years and it’s now bursting at the steams at its current location so we are moving it around the corner to 124 Johnston Street, Fitzroy (just a five minute walk or two minute drive from the current location).
Be sure to visit our new store to check out the 1000+ amazing new items we’ll have in stock, grab a coffee, view the Edgar’s Mission photo gallery and stock up on all the very best vegan products from local, Australian and international businesses. Every Saturday we also have free food tastings of delicious new products and old favourites.
Thank you to all our wonderful customers who have made this possible and supported us over the past 15 years.
Wow.
More than 3,500 products certainly puts this up their as the largest vegan store of which I know.
You should follow Cruelty Free Shop on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter no matter where you live in the world and take the time to wish them continued success.
If you are in Australia and would like to know the exact location of the new giant shop, click here to get the info via Google Maps.
I used to live in Sydney, Australia and back in the day it was OK for vegan stuff. I was never overwhelmed by plant-based situations but you had vegan options and a lot of the options were pretty darn good.
It seems that since I’ve abandoned Australian shores many years ago, Sydney has really started to transform into a world class vegan hot spot.
My buddy Kay just arrived to the Australian harbour-side city for a job assignment and she was quick to send me these photos of the 100% vegan grocery store down there called The Cruelty Free Shop.
Wanna see what it looks like inside?
That’s a good looking vegan shop.
The company also has outlets in Melbourne, the Australian capital Canberra and my hometown of Brisbane. The do a roaring trade online as well if people can’t access those physical shops.
Before I inundate you with the rest of the photos, I wanna ask you to follow The Cruelty Free Shop on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. If you are ever around that part of the world, be sure to check them out for groceries, clothing, shoes, toiletries and more.
Thanks for the photos, Kay. Let’s get stuck in!
Australia has a strange custom.
Each weekend on the forecourt of countless home improvement and DIY hardware centres, people cook and sell sausages to raise money for charity. The act of cooking and selling sausages for charity in this manner is called a sausage sizzle.
Imagine a B&Q in the UK or Home Depot in the USA. Well, in Australia they have a chain of these centres called Bunnings and they are synonymous with people frying up sausages and serving them on white bread with ketchup for a couple of dollars.
This week I was amazed to see a sausage sizzle planned for outside a Bunnings store in my home town of Brisbane during which they will only cook and serve 100% vegan food.
Yes, it’s a vegan sausage sizzle!
I’ve never been happier than when I got to type vegan sausage sizzle. It’s poetry.
This particular sausage sizzle is being staged to raise money for Animal Liberation Queensland.
If I could make the world do one thing, it might just be to host more vegan sausage sizzles.
You can like Animal Liberation Queensland on Facebook.
Extra note: say ‘vegan sausage sizzle’ quickly five times in a row.
Say goodbye to your socks because this is going to knock them right off.
Do you all know I am from Australia? Well, it appears a hell of a lot has improved down under since I was last there and one of the most drastic changes is the emergence of this absolutely stunning vegan deli in Melbourne.
My buddy Dex sent me some photos today and I actually can’t believe how impressive this is. She explained in her email that Smith & Deli is the newly opened companion business called Smith & Daughters, a super hip 100% vegan restaurant in the inner city region of Fitzroy.
Dex was impressed by the selection of goods on offer in the deli including sandwiches, pastries, pantry staples and hot coffee.
Check out the photos below and book your flights. Melbourne, we are coming for your deli food!
Things are really looking up for Melbourne vegans. Last time I was in town, I had to stress about my vegan burger being fried on the same hotplate as a runny egg. Now they have a proper vegan deli with no compromises.
Seriously, the menu is on another level.
Good work, Australia. Now, if you could just do something about the detention centres.
Follow Smith & Deli on Instagram and like them on Facebook.
