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Thanks for the detailed reply - much appreciated!
I'll be sure to look into all of those. A (very good) chef friend also mentioned Mao Chow so I think I'll add that to the definite list.
It's been a long long time since I spent a day pedalling around London checking out food spots so I'm quite excited (wonder if I'll beat my 8 restaurants in a day record!?). Edinburgh is fairly "meh" for vegan restaurants. One of its long standing ones has recently closed permanently. Glasgow is a lot better for food to be honest.
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Have fun! Hope you catch them all when they're open.
Others may have more recommendations, of course.
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Cook Daily is also reliably good. Box Park Shoreditch or the 'Market Halls' food markets near Victoria Station and by Oxford Circus
Edit: apparently the market halls are closed still, so only shoreditch open for the moment
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Of the ones I know, and my knowledge is very incomplete:
Temple of Seitan and/or Temple of Camden / Camden and Hackney generally
Purezza Pizza (in Parkway like Temple of Camden)
Black Cat
Green Bay in North End Road (shop)
Broadway Market on Saturdays for I Am Nut! OK? cheese
Cookies and Scream (Holloway Road)
I'm afraid I'm not really aware of what the best vegan restaurants are, because of all the distraction from junk food. :) Places I've wanted to go to for years include Manna in Primrose Hill and Mao Chow (vegan Chinese) in Mare Street. Itadaki Zen (Japanese) I went to once but was disappointed, perhaps I didn't order well or it was an off-day.
There are always some street traders that it's worth going to markets for. I like Bar dei Baci, who do a sort of fried calzone they call 'frizza'. They do various markets, but I don't know where they're going to be when you're here. You could always give them a call, they have their number up. I suspect that many street traders are not as active as outside of pandemics at the moment.
Also, quite a few places seem to be shut. Yesterday, I went past where this ...
https://vegandreams.co.uk/
... is supposed to be (very close to Mao Chow), but there didn't seem to be any activity--strange, because the web-site is still up and doesn't say anything about a hiatus. Does anyone know more?
Unsurprisingly, the pace of vegan openings has slowed, if not stopped completely, but I'm not really up-to-date with everything.