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Temple of Seitan in the North

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I’ve been helping legendary London restaurant Temple of Seitan for a little while now and the most common comments I see from customers when I’m hanging around their social media have to do with the North of the UK.

People really want to see a Temple of Seitan location up North.

I’m sorry if I got you excited and made you think there is now a full location of the famous food chain in the North, however you can buy and eat Temple of Seitan in Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool as part of their collaboration with Yard & Coop.

Yard & Coop is not a vegan restaurant chain, so please use caution if you go sniffing around their website. You could stumble across animal-derived foods.

The vegan offerings however ARE gorgeous-looking and they all use Temple of Seitan chick’n.

Visitors to Yard & Coop can choose between:

AbraKEBABra – seitan with sweet pickled cabbage, diced tomato, minted yoghurt, chilli sauce, pickle chilli and crisp fries wrapped in pitta. All Veganuary dishes are served with a portion of fries

Karen’s Doing Veganuary – Temple of Seitan tenders accompanied with crispy bacon, street slaw, lettuce, tomato, BBQ sauce and vegan mayo

Massive Vegan Cock Burger – a 12″ plant-based version of the original Yard & Coop Massive Cock dish. Standing at 30cm tall, piled high with Temple of Seitan tenders, 2 hash browns, salt and pepper cauliflower, and street slaw. There’s also vegan bacon, cheese slices, lashings of chilli and mint yoghurt, iceberg lettuce, fresh tomato, gherkins, and red onion topped with a seitan wing perched on top. This monster is all crammed within a vegan brioche bun with loads of fries.

These Veganuary specials will not be around forever (until February 6, 2022) so if you are interested, get along to Yard & Coop in Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool ASAP.

You can get all store location info as well as links for ordering delivery on the Yard & Coop website.

You can follow Temple of Seitan on Instagram.

Now, let’s keep hoping for that permanent Temple of Seitan location in the North!

Döner Summer is open in Leeds

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Döner Summer started life with their decadent comfort food and cocktail menus in York, but have now branched out with a location in nearby Leeds.

Josh popped a long on the weekend and sent me these photos to share with you all.

Check out the gorgeous interiors and tasty-looking food below.

How great does this all look? And being on Call Lane is the icing on the cake. It’s a great part of the city centre.

If you love food, cocktails, and ice cream then you probably want to follow Döner Summer on Instagram and dine with them soon and often.

Vegan Quarantine: Day 83

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 83. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.

Links for everything discussed are included below.

Not sure what it is like to experience racism as a Black woman in the UK in 2020? Read this account grom an ex-staff member at a famous vegan donut shop in Leeds:
https://www.facebook.com/SabrinaAhmedSaid/posts/3276305642412259

Watch this video from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about racism and police violence in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4cea5oObY

Become involved with and donate to UK Black Lives Matter:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund

Recipe of the say. Vegan cookie dough:
https://theliveinkitchen.com/vegan-cookie-dough-one/

Music recommendation of the day. I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton (from the year I was born!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqqm_gTPjc

Vegan junk food in Leeds

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It has been quite a while since I visited Mog’s in Leeds, so I thought it would be the right time to remind everyone about this 100% vegan junk food joint.

Mog’s started life as a vegetarian and vegan eatery a few years back. In 2018 it became a fully vegan restaurant and then got itself some new management in 2019.

What can you expect to eat at Mog’s in 2020?

The menu is packed solid with comfort food such as burgers, chickn dinners, coleslaw, gravy, wraps, and fries.

Check out some of these images.

Reviews online show people raving about Mog’s, so I think that means you should get there as soon as possible.

You can see the exact location of Mog’s online thanks to Google Maps.

You should follow Mog’s on Instagram.

World Vegan Day dinner event in Leeds

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Launched in 2018 as part of the newly refurbished legendary Leeds dive bar Oporto, Knave’s Kitchen has quickly become one of the cities go to places for delicious vegan food with their seitan kebabs, fish finger wraps and ambitious specials bringing eaters of every persuasion to the late-night haunt all hours of the day.

Kanve’s is very special vegan food, indeed.

This week welcomes the first of three gorgeous upcoming events with Knaves. 

The multi-course dinner on November 1st (World Vegan Day to the uninitiated) will feature five Halloween themed vegan dishes and five specially created Oporto cocktails & themed drinks paired with them all for just £31.

There will also be prizes for best fancy dress and spooky decor. Be quick to book now.

Did I mention this was only the first event in a line up?

The second event, taking place on New Years Eve, will be an altogether more fabulous affair.

Vegan bubbly will welcome guests to their table which will be reserved for the evening, their will be the usual Oporto fun with top DJs accompanying a three-course vegan celebration with some extra special surprises all for just £29.95pp. Tickets for that event are available now.

Book for NYE now.

Vegan food opportunity number three from Knave’s?

Knave’s have also unveiled their first ever Christmas menu, which will be served from the 1st of December and features dishes like ‘Christmas Wurst and Parsnip Bacon Bun’ as well as ‘Boozy Shallots, Root Hash and Lambs Lettuce Truffle Crunch’, ‘Peruvian Jack Fruit Ceviche, Corn Croquettes, Sweet Pepper Aji’ and ‘Yorkshire Seitan and Wild Mushroom Wellington, Rosemary Roasties, Mulled Cabbage, Buttered Greens and PROPER Gravy’ alongside lots more tasty options.

Knave’s Kitchen head chef Sam Thomas said, “All the tinsel, trees and brandy-soaked puddings in the world couldn’t come close to getting me as excited for the festive season as this menu. It’s got it all: spicy deep seasonal punch, delicious nutritious wild ingredients and enough cheesy crass pomp to fill a French fromagerie four times over. At the same time as being Yorkshire as f*ck and holding true to the real Knave’s Kitchen Junk Food vibes”.

Tickets for Knave’s Kitchen events as well as Christmas bookings are available from their website.

Vegan store in Harrogate Yorkshire

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Harrogate, Yorkshire has a vegan store and it is gorgeous.

Miss Claire Rose has a fabulous selection of vegan snacks including chocolates, sweets, and pantry staples. They also have a GORGEOUS range of gifts such as animal-themed greeting cards, soy wax candles, and locally made jewellery.

In a superb yet unexpected twist, the store also sells handmade lingerie! You can buy off the shelf or hand over your measurements for custom made.

I was totally bowled over by this gorgeous store front and everything inside. Support independent vegan business by following Miss Claire Rose on Instagram now and tell your Yorkshire friends.

You can see the exact location of the store thanks to Google Maps.

Leeds gets super vegan

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Hey, friends.

The UK has been undergoing a vegan transformation over the past five years or so, but there was one large city that seemed to be on the back foot.

Leeds.

Now, I’m not disparaging Leeds. I love the place. I used to live in the Yorkshire city and it has a special place in my heart, but it has documented that the vegan offerings had been thin on the ground while other places such as Manchester and Glasgow flourished.

But all this has changed in recent times and my trip to Leeds this week has left me delighted with the gorgeous plant-based options that have sprung up all over town.

Take a look at some of the vegan delights I sampled in Leeds this week and start planning your weekend now!

Leeds eatery goes vegan

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BIG NEWS out of Leeds.

Comfort food eatery MOG’S located on Kirkstall Lane has taken the plunge and will become 100% vegan starting this week.

MOG’S is famous in Leeds for serving up decadent wraps, burgers and breakfast plates. They have always had a super strong vegan offering but used to sell animal products.

That is all about to change with a menu revamp that is completely plant-based.

Check it out!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfoIIIyFNVa/

The menu is packed solid with chicken dinners, Philly cheesesteak subs, fries, slaw, and milkshakes. It’s a fully vegan menu and it all sounds fabulous.

You can follow MOG’S on Instagram to stay updated on the good eating plus click here to see their exact location thanks to Google maps.

Amazing vegan venue in Leeds

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Leeds. Your time has finally come.

Cantina has opened at The Old Red Bus Station on Vicar Lane in Leeds city centre and it sounds amazing.

Cantina is now serving up mouthwatering food from Tuesday and Saturday between 5pm and 10pm with the cuisine being produced by culinary specialists Honest Edibles.

The menu is packed solid with hearty sounding food, plus all the beer and wine served at the bar is vegan.

Read more about the gorgeous menu online here.

The Old Red Bus Station is the home of Champion Up North, a multimedia agency working in underground music, arts and culture in the north. The venue is made up of a bar/pub, three room venue for live music and club nights, the Cantina and a number of exhibition spaces.

This is superb news and everyone needs to get to Cantina for vegan food and good times.

Like Cantina on Facebook.

Decadent vegan food in Leeds

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Leeds has been a bit of a slow burner when it comes to food.

There is maybe just one 100% vegan eatery and it seems to be really developing a lot more slowly than the rest of the UK.

However there is one area where the northern city is picking up a bit of steam and that is in the field of non-vegan places adopting stand alone vegan menus and options.

Take Mog’s for example.

Drool over some of the amazing and decadent sandwiches being served up by this not-completely-vegan cafe on Kirkstall Lane.


Wow, right?!

I am absolutely beside myself over some of those photos.

Take a quick look at Mog’s Instagram or Facebook pages to see plant-based customers raving about this food. I also see a lot of people talking about the huge vegan breakfast.

Get involved and get to Mog’s.