Archive for the ‘Eating Out’ Category
Reviews of vegetarian food sampled from restaurants, cafés and takeaways
Review: Zen Garden, London.
Zen Garden is an exclusively vegetarian Chinese and Thai buffet restaurant in Leather Lane, central London. It’s a restaurant that depends largely upon the custom of people working nearby, and hence it’s only open Monday-Friday and is closed at weekends.
Ben discovered this place when he was working in the area. He and his colleagues had eaten there a few times before they realised that the food was exclusively vegetarian! Before that, they just thought that the meat tasted a little funny!
The Vegetarian Guide to Yo! Sushi
I would never have thought of visiting Yo! Sushi or any other sushi establishment until I met Ben (my now husband). He has long been a fan of sushi, and other Japanese foods – and it’s thanks to him that I now love vegetarian sushi! Like many people I use to think that sushi traditionally [...]
Review: Café Soya, Birmingham
Café Soya describe themselves as a Vietnamese and Chinese restaurant. They are non-vegetarian but offer a huge selection of vegetarian dishes, most of which include mock meats made out of soya. The restaurant has a separate menu for vegetarians, which is as big as any standard restaurant menu and this more than justified us checking [...]
Review: Otarian, London
Two Otarian restaurants opened in London this year, one in Shaftesbury avenue and one in Wardour Street. They are entirely vegetarian (and also egg-free) and are based on the concept of a low-carbon footprint, with everything sourced and prepared in such a way as to minimise carbon emissions. Their style is ‘fast-food’ with burgers, salads, [...]
Review: Loving Hut, Brighton
Loving Hut is a world-wide chain of vegan restaurants. There are Loving Hut restaurants in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, USA, Canada, Austria, Germany, Spain and many other countries! There are three Loving Hut branches in the UK – one in Brighton (reviewed here), one in London (Camden) and one in [...]
Review: Sagar, Covent Garden, London
Sagar is a small chain of three South Indian vegetarian restaurants located in London. The Sagar restaurants are located in Covent Garden, Hammersmith and the West End. We visited the Covent Garden branch, which is directly opposite the Theatre Royal Drury Lane which is currently hosting the musical ‘Oliver!’. Situated just around the corner from [...]
Review: Terre à Terre, Brighton
Terre à Terre is a popular, upmarket vegetarian restaurant in central Brighton. Ben and I visited this restaurant on a weekday lunchtime in August, having booked ahead via the internet. From the outside, it looks relatively small, but this is deceptive, since the restaurant is much wider at the rear of the building. When entering, [...]
Review: Wai Kika Moo Kau, Brighton
Wai Kika Moo Kau is a vegetarian café situated in the Brighton Lanes. They serve a range of breakfasts, pitta pockets, burgers and salads. I must admit, it took me a while to notice the meaning in the name, ‘why kick a moo cow’, in case you haven’t got there yet either! My husband and [...]
Review: Food For Friends, Brighton
Food for Friends is a popular vegetarian café/restaurant in Brighton. My husband and I had booked ahead (via the internet) and arrived at the restaurant at 7pm on a Monday evening. We were seated at a small table, very close to a neighbouring table occupied by a family with a toddler. It appeared that the [...]
Review: Herbies, Exeter
Herbies is a vegetarian café that has been in Exeter for as long as I remember. I use to visit with my mum back in the mid/late 1990s. Back then my mum and I usually opted for jacket potatoes, which were always huge! I have many memories of us coming away so full that we [...]
