OK all you UK folk. I'm quite seriously planning coming to London for UK Vegan Week (26.10. - 2.11) or sometime around that time anyway. I've been to London many times before but I never had time to explore all the wonderful vegan options. So if anyone has any good pointers, please let me know! Restaurants, shops, anything! Thanks! :D

hey pyrsk!

i don't live in london but i have been there twice.
last year, i wrote a little report about my experiences there, for my website.... here is an excerpt

before heading to the national vegan festival, we had three days to check out as many of london's finest veg*n restaurants as we could. we knew this was where we would find the ultimate vegan food and we did!

our first stop was the very well recommended, "tai" restaurant in soho, an all you can eat chinese/japanese VEGAN buffet. everything in this place is vegan and it is so nice to sit back and enjoy the endless array of vegan dishes and eat til your heart (or stomach!) is content!

we also found "planet organic", an organic health food/natural food supermarket, one street away from our hostel which was full of delicious vegan surprises and they have such a wide variety of yummy foods. i had trouble deciding what to buy cause there were so many choices (they have a lot of products from all over the world including australia)! we had an awesome vanilla soyaccino there too and they have a fresh wheatjuice bar (plus other juices and beverages)!

we went down to find neals yard and made our way to "food for thought" and had a great salad there with a yummy vinegarette but i must admit i had the best apple crumble to date- mmmmmm.

we hurried to get to piccadilly circus after getting lost in what we thought was hyde park but was really kensington gardens, only to find that "countrylife" was closed! we made our way to soho again and had a delicious lunch at "beatroot" (which kinda reminded me of "veg out" in brisbane) and they have the bestest chocolate cake with vanilla soya dessert ever and soy mango smoothies mmmm!

i have to say that we did go to "mildreds" (near piccadilly circus) but it seemed a bit too posh and the prices a bit too high. they seem to be taking advantage of that area cause i did hear that the old location used to be really great! we decided it was more fun to buy bread rolls, vegan cheese, a tomato and seitan slices and eat them on the footpath at leicester square, haha!

we also found our way to the info shop, 56A, at elephant & castle, housman's in kings cross and also found our way once again to two branches of "fresh and wild" - so many great shops to visit!!! VEGANIC HEAVEN !!!!

links & address's:

tai >> 10 greek st soho london - 020 72873730 - tube: tottenham court road
planet organic >> 42 westbourne grove london W2 5SH - 020 7727 2227 and 22 torrington place london WC1 7JE - 020 7436 1929
food for thought >> 31 neal st covent garden - 020 78369072 - open daily til 20:00 - tube: covent garden
countrylife >> 3/4 warwick st - 020 7434 2922 - tube: picadilly circus (exit no. 1)
beatroot >> 96 berwick st - 020 74378591 - tube: oxford circus
fresh and wild >> they have four different locations - once in london, call 0800 9175 175 for more info

i hope that helps a bit!
have fun, you certainly won't go hungry :up:

i went to brighton, veggitash .... are you much further south?

oh the hunts sabs amaze me. they are so brave!

some people are coming from germany for the demo on the 11th oct at cambridge. i wanna come too !!!!!
i am trying to get a spot in their car but at the moment it's full *but* two people aren't 100% sure they will go so i am crossing my fingers!!

Wow!! Brighton is about 1 hour away from me. I'm going there in a few weeks, actually! I wanna find the vegetarian shoe shop ;)

I spoke to a hunt saboteur a few days ago, he was running an anti-hunt stall. He told me about how the farmers wouldn't pause to run you down with their tractors if you were in their way :devil: and he said everything without a hint of fear... I was amazed! They really are brave.. much braver than me!

Oooh you MUST get a spot in that car! I am definitely going to the 11th October march. I'm getting the coach, so as long as SPEAC ensure the coach still goes, I can make it :vebo: :bobo: :vebo: :bobo:
I made my banner weeks ago, and now I'm thinking about making a second one.. also I've been draining my bank account so I have a nice fat wallet when I get there!

waaah! this thread makes me homesick!

i live in Sweden at the moment, but home is in Wigan. i also spend as much time as is humanly possible in the Lakes.

Syntax - i did my degree and a bit of other stuff in St. Andrews (left in 95), but not been back for years...how is the place?

visited Brighton recently and was just amazed. you could literally eat every meal at a different veggie cafe, restaurant or pub for about a week.

hmmmmm... is anyone here from Kingston University, just out of interest? I ask only because veggieboards was stored in the history thing on this computer... and I've never ever used this computer before.

oh, my bad. each user has a history thing that's stored, no matter which computer one uses.

So you're in Kingston, Gazumper? I guess you've been to the Riverside Vegetaria then... I love that place. Even my boyfriend's family like it there - and they're strictly ommivorous!

I wondered, is anyone planning on going to the Bristol vegan fayre on Saturday 1st November?

http://www.avgtb.co.uk/fair.htm

One of my co-workers has moved to bristol. He's omni though, so I doubt he'd be going. Looks good anyway, but a little too far for my liking. I'd def. go to a veg-fest if they had one somewhere closer, like manchester.

Hi I'm from the sunny (at the mo) Black Country.

The Bristol fayre is too far for me, but there is another one on in London on Nov 1st as well, with lots of free food apparently!
http://www.worldveganday.org/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=256

And hi, Chinch!

Uk brit slang slut thread bumper post.

There was hail here on thursday night, the stones were like the size of baked beans.

So you're in Kingston, Gazumper? I guess you've been to the Riverside Vegetaria then... I love that place. Even my boyfriend's family like it there - and they're strictly ommivorous!

Yes yes yes! I love it there :D

Everyone should come to Manchester, it rocks here! :P

I went to Sainsbury's. Loads of goodies marked as Vegan, what a nice surprise. Pesto...

is this thread dead or what? Something must be happening somewhere other than in cyberspace. sigh

is this thread dead or what? [/I]

Pretty much - I'm always looking to see if anyone replies to anything though. So we better think of a way to make it more interesting, err.......any ideas?

Stuff did happen at the beginning of this month for World Vegan Day or whatever it was. I got free food in London - that was good. We should have a veggieboards meet or something, they always seem to be having them everywhere else.

I went to Sainsbury's. Loads of goodies marked as Vegan, what a nice surprise. Pesto...


Their 'free from' range is nice and it marks vegan friendly. Their tomato pasta suace is quite vinegarry but Tescos 'free from' is nicer. But darn expensive

Just wondered, has anyone ever bought anything from http://www.animalaid.org.uk/

Just wondered, has anyone ever bought anything from http://www.animalaid.org.uk/

No, but I am going to the animal aid Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre in London on Sunday. Is anyone else going?

No, but I am going to the animal aid Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre in London on Sunday. Is anyone else going? It's too far for me this year, but I've enjoyed going in the past.



Christmas without Cruelty (London) 23 Nov
10am – 5pm, Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street (Off Kensington High Street), London W8. Nearest tube: High Street Kensington. Huge range of cruelty-free items – do all your Christmas shopping in one place; and banish your hunger with delicious vegan food. Your money goes directly to the charities, campaign groups and ethical traders who are trying to make a positive difference in the world. Admission £1, children (under 11) free. Details: Animal Aid, The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge TN9 1AW. Tel: 01732 364546. Web: www.animalaid.org.uk.



Cruelty Free Fair (Sheffield) 29 Nov
Sheffield Vegan Society is holding a Cruelty Free Fair at Houlden Hall, Norfolk Row, just off Fargate. The event will be 10am - 5pm. Why not pop along and get all your xmas gifts at once and then treat yourself in our vegan café? Email: celticdawn@fsmail.net.



Cruelty-Free Xmas Fayre (Derbyshire) 30 Nov
10am till 5pm. Lots of vegan food, breakfast, lunch, snacks, cakes, soups etc. Event takes place at Good for You! veggie cafe and wholefood shop, 23 Firs Parade, Matlock, Derbyshire. Tel 01629 584304. Email: r.litchfield@virgin.net.

Changing the subject, did anyone see the rugby? Fantastic or what - Well done England

Changing the subject, did anyone see the rugby? Fantastic or what - Well done England
Yeah I saw some of it. Im not that fond of rugby, but im glad england beat aussie! Haha and we came 3rd! Yay..

I watched it. And not only was it amazing, I did a deal with the Powers-That-Be that if England won the match my 12 year old car would pass it's MOT, as it was in the garage at the same time as the match.
When it went into extra time I nearly chewed my fingers off. But the MOT result came back 'failed - but take it in again monday and they'll pass it for £50's worth of work' Which must be about 20 minutes...
I even watched a repeat of the game today.

Vegan Snowball gathering, watch this space...