Vegan

• Ikea launch Plant Balls - the vegan equivalent to their legendary meatballs

   

  We're among many, many people who have a not-so-secret love of the Ikea meatballs. A trip to the store isn't the same without a plate of meatballs and chips and then taking home even more for the freezer. Just writing this is making us crave them right now. God, we love them. 

  But if you're vegan or vegetarian - the meatballs have been out of reach - until now. Because Ikea is about

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• The best veggie and vegan burgers being delivered in London

  

  For the times when you want a delivery driver dropping off a towering plant-based burger to your door - we've got you covered.

• Pied a Terre is delivering Michelin-starred vegan meals

  

  Vegans were already well catered for at David Moore's Pied a Terre, with dedicated a la carte and tasting menus on offer. Now, they've kicked off their delivery service and this has started with an all-vegan menu too. 

  Here's this week's selection:

  • Chickpea, kidney bean and cumin hummus with pink peppercorns
  • Salad of broad beans, borlotti, cannellini, fennel and mint
  • Chilled
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• Simplicity Burgers are doing a limited drop of their vegan kits with Turner & George

  

  Not all burger kits are created equal and you can expect the one dropping this morning to be an instant hit. In an interesting tie-up, chef Neil Rankin has joined forces with top London butchers Turner & George to sell a limited run of his Simplicity Vegan Burger Kits.

  There will be just 100 kits on offer - each containing 4 x Simplicity Patties, 4 Sesame Vegan Burger Buns, Simplicity Burger Cheese, Simplicity Sauce, Pickles,

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• The best vegan and vegetarian food for delivery in London

   

  London's recent boom in plant-based restaurants has taken a little longer to filter into the delivery scene - but there are notable exceptions. Here's our pick of some of the best delivery options for anyone after vegan or vegetarian food during the lockdown. 

• The Athenian goes plant-based for their latest souvlaki deliveries

   

  More and more restaurants are going delivery-only during the lockdown, but we haven't seen quite as many vegan restaurants make the move, so far. One that is shifting is souvlaki merchant, The Athenian. They're launching a whole new delivery service on Deliveroo called Athenian Plant-Based (really on-the-nose with the naming).

  On the menu, they'll have, available as a wrap or in a

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• Halo Burger team up with Nanban's Tim Anderson for a vegan katsu burger

  

  London's vegan burger scene couldn't be more enticing at the moment, particularly with the launch this week of a rather special new burger in Shoreditch.

  From tomorrow, Halo Burger will be selling what they say is "the UK’s first-ever vegan katsu burger". They've teamed up with Nanban owner and MasterChef winner Tim Anderson for this one-month special, which will be available at their new Shoreditch spot.

  It's made with a panko crispy

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• Vegan grab-and-go outlet, Good to Go, is opening a second site in London

  There’s no disputing the popularity of veganism in London, so it’s hardly surprising that Good to Go, which started life as a-based pop-up in Old Street Station in 2017 soon launched a nearby permanent site and is now opening a second, this time in Charing Cross Road, with an increased focus on its takeaway options.

• Peachy Goat will be a plant-based all day cafe and restaurant in Herne Hill

  Three childhood friends from South London are behind this new all day spot serving up plant-based food and inspired by their Italian and British backgrounds.

• Cookdaily are bringing their vegan bowls back to Boxpark Shoreditch

  

  His London Fields restaurant may have closed, but King Cook is bringing Cookdaily back to Boxpark in Shoreditch (where it first started back in 2015), serving up his acclaimed vegan bowls. 

  That'll be music to the ears of all the well known folk who have flat out loved his food over the past few years. Everyone from Skepta to Professor Green. D Double E and Giggs have posted about their fandom for

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• Test Driving Bubala - a Hot Dinners readers' favourite in Spitalfields

  

  This plant-based restaurant in Spitalfields is a big hit with Hot Dinners readers - we went to find out why.

• Clapham's Counter culture gets a new vegan residency with Alter

  

  It's time for a change at Counter Culture, the small restaurant next to The Dairy (and by the same people) which runs regularly changing residencies. This time it's the turn of Alter, for an all-vegan takeover. Alter is founded by Andy Hogben, who has previously worked at Dabbous, Som Saa and Kym’s and offers vegan food with street-food influences. 

  The menu will change over the period, but here's

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• Yard Sale are going vegan - but not just for January

  

  It is - as they say - Veganuary, when you're encouraged to go fully plant-based for a month. But Yard Sale Pizza are going one step further. They already have one popular vegan pizza on the menu - now they're adding three more as permanent additions. 

  The new pizzas are: 

  • American Hot - Tomato sauce, vegan mozzarella, vegan pepperoni (which they've created themselves) & guindilla chillies
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• Million Pound Menu's Jay Morjaria is previewing dishes from JAE at Hovarda

  

  Ever since featuring on My Million Pound Menu, chef Jay Morjaria's plant-based food has been in demand. Now the chef, who is currently working on plans to open his own standalone restaurant JAE, will be previewing dishes from that restaurant in Soho.

  For January Jay will be taking over the kitchens at Hovarda every lunchtime. His completely vegan, East Asian menu will include dishes like:

  • Chicory, kohlrabi and carrot salad with
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• Kingston Kigali are serving up their Rwandan Jamaican vegan food to Peckham Levels

  

  New to Peckham Levels is Kingston Kigali, an East African and Caribbean inspired food vendor. It's run by Stacey Uwimana who combines her own Rwandese Mukiga heritage with her business partner Salma's British Jamaican background to serve up vegan food with a difference.

  Inspired by the food they eat at home, they've come up with an offering intended to put Rwandan food on the map. "We aim... to get people discovering the beauty of a

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