Vegan restaurant

[TonyQuinn]

We have a vegan turning up and just wondering if anyone knows of any eatery round this neck of the woods that offers this crazy food alternative?

[Alan Medic]

Surely you can have something in an Indian which excludes meat, fish, dairy and egg?

[TonyQuinn]

Think that is a very good suggestion so rang up Ganapati straight away but unfortunately they are closed on Monday evening.

[Alan Medic]

There are plenty of Indian's locally. I'm a veggie though not a vegan and I think the Thai Corner Cafe should fulfill your needs too.

Edited to make sense

[James]

Thai Corner Cafe is hopeless for vegetarian, let alone vegan food I'm afraid

[Alan Medic]

How so James? I've been there quite a few times and been happy. Could be I had the same thing every time. I can't feckin remember. I just know it tasted good and my non vegetarian wife enjoyed it too.

[James]

I went once a few years ago. There was nothing veggie on the menu and when I asked the waitress gave a look of incomprehension and suggested a couple of things which both had fish sauce in them. So I'd make sure what you've been eating is actually vegetarian if I were you! Having said this they could have changed their menu and suddenly educated themselves about what vegetarian food is since I went, but I would be very surprised if this were the case.

[Alan Medic]

Well be surprised then James.

[KalamityKel]

James Wrote:

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> I went once a few years ago. There was nothing

> veggie on the menu and when I asked the waitress

> gave a look of incomprehension and suggested a

> couple of things which both had fish sauce in

> them. So I'd make sure what you've been eating is

> actually vegetarian if I were you! Having said

> this they could have changed their menu and

> suddenly educated themselves about what vegetarian

> food is since I went, but I would be very

> surprised if this were the case.

TQ you can't take a comment from experience from a few years ago seriously (sorry James!)

Sounds like you're hot on the active side by contacting establishments to find out what's what in advance... good for you!

[wellington]

Blue Brick Cafe is vegetarian and I think they have vegan options. A bit further I really like Greenz restaurant in Tulse Hill where there is a very good vegan selection.

[ED - NAGAIUTB]

Not quite local, but worth the hop onto a bus, is http://www.mildreds.co.uk/ in Soho.

As a card carrying carnivore, I can honestly say it is one of my favourite places to eat, regardless of the meat-free menu! A vegan's delight.

[pinecone]

Blue Brick Cafe is great!

[purplebreeze]

Ww use Indian Mischiefs at work suits vegans very well x not meat eaters but you can order 2 takeaways to suit both x however the vegan/vegi meal from them is lush x

at TonyQuinn Wrote:

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> We have a vegan turning up and just wondering if

> anyone knows of any eatery round this neck of the

> woods that offers this crazy food alternative?

[Cassius]

purplebreeze Wrote:

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> Ww use Indian Mischiefs at work suits vegans very

> well x not meat eaters but you can order 2

> takeaways to suit both x however the vegan/vegi

> meal from them is lush x

Indian Mischief has closed down.

[healey]

Tell them to bring their own food? Expecting hosts to meet one's dietary preferences gets my back up a bit.

[Alan Medic]

Who says they are expecting anything healey? Do you limit your 'friends' my what they eat or what religion they follow or if their hair is ginger. I think your back gets up a bit too quickly if you think about it.

[Cassius]

healey Wrote:

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> Tell them to bring their own food? Expecting hosts

> to meet one's dietary preferences gets my back up

> a bit.

Mmmm - the saying 'with friends like you' comes to mind. Anyway what is wrong with experimenting and trying different foods from time to time?

[Jeremy]

Accommodating friends' preferences and lifestyles is part of being a, you know, "friend"...

[HonaloochieB]

Of course, agree with all of that and everything, but how many friends do we require?

If they become a nuisance to feed is it worth maintaining them?

And did you ever have THAT much in common with them anyway?

Just saying is all.

[buddug]

Call me a carnivorous bigot, but I've always wondered whether vegans are attention-seeking food faddists. Vegetarians I can understand. I had a vegan friend many years ago who came to stay, and it meant lots of preparation, stocking up on tofu and soya milk, which, by the way, is disgusting. She isn't vegan these days, and admits she was rather demanding.

For me, like the French, Spanish and of course Italians, food is a celebration of life. To forbid oneself one of life's greatest pleasures seems a shame, and an insult to those in the world who cannot pick and choose and go to bed hungry every night.

[Jeremy]

Don't think you can generalise like that, lots of people do it for their own reasons and stick to it. Others do it for bad reasons and it doesn't last. Either way, I wouldn't want to judge other peoples lifestyles.

[TonyQuinn]

The great news is that our friend turned carnivore and all for the weekend.....so no vegan restaurant required. Thanks for all advice and diversions.

['bout now]

Oh dear.

[Alan Medic]

Some 'vegan' he/she was!

[buddug]

Proves my point...