The Vegan Thread

Er ... as in the other thread, which area? :)

I like Itadakizen, vegan Japanese in King's Cross.

I'm going to Pollen Street Social in a few weeks and understand they have a vegan tasting menu. Has anyone been? Worth it?

Central, east, or south east, but ultimately not bothered, aslong as we can get there and its good food and a nice place :)

That sounds interesting, I'll check it out!

+1 for itadakizen^

Can anyone recommend a chocolate recovery powder similar to the SIS one that is vegan?

@edmundro
Tried your snosage rolls yesterday evening. They were awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Similar question to @Joeboat - Chocolate milk alternatives? It's pretty much the only thing I ever crave and hard to stop myself after a long run! I've had the Rebel Kitchen chocolate Mylk which is really good and oddly refreshing-yet-chocolatey but not cheap* and not quite got that crave-satisfying taste.

*Should be fairly easy to make something similar at home, really should get around to trying a recipe!

Phd protien powder stuff is vegan, made with hemp i think. Not the greatest tasting but not rank.

https://www.phd-supplements.com/products/protein-powders/protein-superfood-1272.html can get it from holland and barretts

Vega make a chocolate protein powder, not tried it but if their vanilla one is anything to go by it's gonna be good

Chocolate Sun Warrior protein is rank. Don’t get that. Plain is fine tho.

Not protein packed but Oatly do a chocolate milk... not tried it, but their barista edition makes great hot chocolate so would expect good things

The choc one is rad, bung it in the blender with a banana and you’re living the dream.

Both Alpro and Oatly (and M&S??) do chocolate milks. All are palatable, but I'm not a connoisseur of the stuff. The alpro banana milk is delicious (in that cheap, fake-banana-flavour kind of way) though. Too bad it's only sold in tiny cartons. :(

Isn't Sun Warrior stupidly expensive as well?

Yeah it is. LadyLiz got a deal on it at a yoga weekend, think she paid a tenner for a tub that’s normally £40.
On that note we need a new plain protein: what’s cheap and comes in a barrel that fits an anything cage well? Pretty handy to have those barrels on hand for soggy bikepacking trips....

Wow, that was pretty damn good... I've nearly finished my whole fuel from my protein, that was nice... didn't bung me up like others have :)

I've been using the plain pea protein from Pulsin, with Mork hot chocolate. The Mork stuff is a bit difficult to get hold of, but it is DELICIOUS and makes amazing brownies. The Oatly chocolate milk is also killer.

Can anyone recommend somewhere for smart vegan shoes? Brogue style ideally...

I have several pairs of Wills Vegan Shoes and am very happy with them
https://wills-vegan-shoes.com

The Third Estate on Brecknock Rd has a pretty solid selection

I just discovered vegan chainsaw boots exist. That’s my next pair of boots sorted.

Wills do some wicked formal stuff. I have brogues and boots from there, very hard wearing and look the business.

Yep, another one for Wills here... had a pair for years now and they're great... wish he'd make some mock toe boots like Red Wings

Wills looks great, cheers all.