Where to Eat in the Toon and Beyond
It’s great to find ‘hidden gems’ in the Toon. I’ve said a few times I have a long list of places I want to try and aim to work my way through them systematically. Curve balls are thrown even at…
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It’s great to see more and more high street restaurants expand their vegan offering, so there was a huge fanfare when Wagamama recently announced it would be launching a specific vegetarian and vegan menu recently. Although Waga have accommodated, it…
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Like Toby Carvery, Beefeater is not the sort of place you’d imagine vegans being keen to dine at. Many people – myself included – have families that don’t share their diets and find themselves having to eat in restaurants where…
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The last National Pizza Day posed an interesting question for me. I had a plethora of suggestions for our veggie and meat-loving readers, but I wondered where in the area served up a top notch dairy-free cheese option for us…
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Following on from our lacklustre experience at recently opened Burger, I started to contemplate whether a decent meat free burger was easy to find in the area. Many pubs and restaurants will offer this as the standard veggie-vegan offering, not…
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Travelling as a vegan can be daunting, but I’ve found using the Happy Cow app in a strange country or city really helps take the fuss out of trying to find somewhere to eat. Some places are easier than others,…
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Earlier in the year we had the pleasure of visiting family over in Dublin. Being vegan and travelling somewhere unfamiliar can lead to some apprehension, but thankfully I was able to do some research beforehand to scope out where to…
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Tucked away down a cobbled passage way close to Stowell Street is Mannaza, billed as a Korean Grill House. We’d wanted to try it out for a number of years but had wondered whether our ‘fussiness’ would be accommodated. Even…
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I have previously written about national chain Toby Carvery, probably the last place you’d expect a vegan to venture into. During my last visit I was a meat eater and had taken along a vegan to see what was on…
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I try to take the principle that ‘shy bairns get nowt’. While I appreciate how frustrating it is to not see vegan labelling on the menu in many restaurants and feel many diners will be deterred from eating here, if…
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