Tucked away at the back of a fancy boutique on Brook Street, right next to Claridge’s hotel, 123V Browns is not a restaurant you could stumble across. I walked back-and-forth several times past this grand grade II listed building before plucking up the courage to knock – it’s the kind of intimidating clothes shop whereContinue reading “123V Browns… roll on the plant-based sushi”
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Bournemouth’s Dane and Port, where the menu changes daily, but the standards stay the same
It’s a rainy day in Bournemouth in January. I’m not a fan of umbrellas, and the hood on my jacket serves more against wind than as a protection from water. As is frequently the case, I’ve got my iPhone clutched in my hand, and I’m following the HappyCow app to an interesting sounding vegan deliContinue reading “Bournemouth’s Dane and Port, where the menu changes daily, but the standards stay the same”
So long, and thanks for all the to-fish!
Update: having negotiated a deal with the landlords, Unity Diner has now reopened.  News of a vegan restaurant taking the difficult decision to close its doors for the final time is always a body blow, with the most recently affected being Stem and Glory in Cambridge. But Unity Diner… truly, who saw that coming?Continue reading “So long, and thanks for all the to-fish!”
Sen Viet Vegan on the Pho Mile in London: where tradition meets plant-based pleasures
Like most of the eating establishments on the “Pho Mile” in London’s Shoreditch, Sen Viet Vegan Restaurant is family run. The history of the 10 or so Vietnamese eateries on or around Kingsland Road dates back to the late 1970s when thousands of refugees left Vietnam for a safer life and were resettled by theContinue reading “Sen Viet Vegan on the Pho Mile in London: where tradition meets plant-based pleasures”
Discovering Lefkada’s vegan delights: A guide to plant-based eating on a Greek island paradise
Mention the words vegan and Greece in the same sentence and anyone who has ever visited the country will tell you how superb the herbivorous options are. Edible plants, it’s true, spring up like weeds through cracks wherever there’s a vacant patch of earth, and the corner stores – or supermarkets as they are generallyContinue reading “Discovering Lefkada’s vegan delights: A guide to plant-based eating on a Greek island paradise”
From ‘fish’ and chips to tiramisu, Brighton rocks for vegan foodies
As a Londoner, Brighton was a place where I occasionally took my son on day trips to the seaside while he was growing up. He’s in his late 20s, and I hadn’t been there since he was 10, so, spurred on by reports that Brighton is the vegan capital of Britain, it was time toContinue reading “From ‘fish’ and chips to tiramisu, Brighton rocks for vegan foodies”
Bologna’s vegan delights: a feast for the senses and the soul
Bologna in Italy has plenty of excellent options for the vegan traveller, a fact that added much to my enjoyment of this unpretentious and friendly city. Here are a few places I tried – and can thoroughly recommend – during a visit a couple of weeks ago. Everywhere I went, I was struck by howContinue reading “Bologna’s vegan delights: a feast for the senses and the soul”
A little bit of everything please! Where plant-based quality and quantity meet in Cologne
As a solo traveller with an appetite for quantity as well as quality when it comes to vegan food, finding the Cologne branch of Sattgrün on the Happy Cow app was a godsend at the tail-end of a busy day. The food is presented canteen-style, starting with a soup area, where you can help yourself toContinue reading “A little bit of everything please! Where plant-based quality and quantity meet in Cologne”
High-end vegan dining in a basement… but there’s an easy way to eat a lot cheaper at 123V
My biggest takeaway from a recent Sunday lunchtime visit to 123V in the basement at Fenwick department store in London was that next time I’ll have the bottomless sushi. We arrived hungry, promptly at noon as the restaurant opened, and for a while were the only people there. It’s another plant-based dining experience from the veganContinue reading “High-end vegan dining in a basement… but there’s an easy way to eat a lot cheaper at 123V”
A piquant take on vegan fast food from the plant-based veteran Club Mexicana
Club Mexicana in London’s Soho has been around in one incarnation or another since 2014. That’s only nine years ago, but in terms of vegan food offerings that timescale feels like a lifetime away. Back then, in the pre-Cowspiracy days, many of us were still unable to conceive of a life without cheese omelettes, andContinue reading “A piquant take on vegan fast food from the plant-based veteran Club Mexicana”
