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Food in London

As I expected, I had no problems whatsoever eating in London. I even had vegan food that was not all that bad on the airplane! Soon after I arrived I bought some fruit, pita and hummus at a local grocery store for breakfast and snacks. The first day, Donal took me out to an Indian Vegetarian restaurant for some Thali (sp?) a large several course meal. I normally don’t love Indian food, so I was surprised at how yummy it was. As Donal pointed out, traditional London food is really to have a wide variety of ethnic cuisines, since it’s so multicultural - after seeing the city I definitely agree.  I also noticed that veganism was not as strange a phenomenon here - more people knew what it was without needing a definition, and in the main grocery stores they had a large section for specialty foods.

Here are some of the categories I managed to cover:

Traditional English - chips (or “fries,” as we like to call them) with a veggie burger. Greasy, but delicious:

Thai/Chinese - For the first time ever, an all-you-can-eat 100% vegan asian food restaurant, Joi Buffet:

Thai - Stir fried noodles, vegetables and tofu at Thai Thai restaurant:

Gourmet - Tortillas dish at the Gate restaurant (wheat tortillas filled with sweet potato, sweet corn, coriander & chilli, served with guacamole, & a black bean & red pepper salsa):

World famous vegan food - finally went out and bought some cheezly, heralded as the world’s best vegan cheese. I had to hunt for it at three different health food stores - due to various hilarious circumstances… I have tried the nacho cheese flavour, which is definitely very cheezy. Surprisingly, even the texture is convincing. I hope to have the mozzarella one on a pizza I will make soon. Also got vegan mayo - which is VERY tasty, rivaling Vegennaise, some kind of gross veggie burgers, and some discounted panini buns:

First ever vegetarian fast food joint I’ve encountered - at Red Veg restaurant; had a really delicious veggie burger with chips (had vegan mayo on it). Overall I was disappointed they didn’t try harder for vegan options (their pesto on pasta has parmesan cheese), but it was really exciting to see a vegetarian place in the spirit of the big-bads (McDonalds, Harveys, etc):

I came from your same experience in London, last week. The place where you eat were not the same as mine, so actually there’s plenty of choice for vegan food in london, and that’s also why it is a lovable city. P.S. you should have tried the rootmaster bustaurant (http://www.root-master.co.uk/)