any ideas on a restaurant thats ideal for vegans in london?

want it to have some good meat dishes for me though (no homo)

thanks Jason

just looked at the menu, looks so fucking boring

food tastes great though, very pure flavours

canteen in spitalfields http://www.canteen.co.uk/index.php?restaurant=Spitalfields&page;=Menu&m;=Menu_Food&cat;=1

Used to go to canteen a good bit for breakfast

Last time I was in London for a meeting, went to this place in shoreditch, all it was was a concrete room on the bottom where you signed in with a black card, then you went over to the lift and there were all different bars, restaurants, think even a swiming pool on the top floor. Need to get one of those cards seemy

yeah shoreditch house, a few mates have membership,its a handy place to have for meetings etc

Albion is better than Canteen

boil or fry?


was chop chop on f-word?

Been eating out a fair bit of late in London and Oxford.

London:

Zizi's. Italian chain. Definitely the best of the chains of this sort: pretty good food, friendly staff and prices similar to Ask, Pizza Express etc with superior quality.

Fika Swedish Bar and Grill, Brick Lane. Serves Swedish staples: meatballs, gravlax, reindeer salami. Tastes pretty bland; mashed potato without dairy products particularly disappointing. Prices midrange. Service friendly.

Nordic Bakery, Picadilly. Swedish pastries/snacks, eg gravlax on rye, pickled herring on rye. Tasty, however portions small and expensive.

Lahore, Umberton St, off Commercial Road. Pakistani grill/curry house. Well known as a very good place for a curry and infinitely superior to Brick Lane. Mixed grill starters particularly recommended. BYO; offie nearby is reasonably priced. Has two floors and usually possible to get a table. Also well known for skimming cards so pay in cash. Prices are low.

Testi, Stoke Newington High St, opposite the cop shop. Turkish grill. Everyone has a favourite Turkish in Stokey/Dalston, this is mine. Usual selection of Kebabs, Pides etc. Large portions, simply cooked and served with salads and flat Turkish bread. House dish of lambs testicles not recommended. Prices are cheap.

Itto, Stoke Newington High St, at the Stamford Hill end. Serves a selection of Thai, Chinese and Japanese stuff. Won Ton Soup is amazing. Very cheap. Takeaways can sometimes be a little skimpy on the portions.

Sushi Say, Wilsden. Surprisingly located next to a bunch of kebab shops and poundlands in the middle of shitty Wilsden, this is a very nice restaurant. Traditional sushi, very well made. Set menus worthwhile if you're not familiar with jap food. Home made ice cream selection (eg red bean, sesame, green tea) is amazing. Prices are reasonably expensive but good value. Make a reservation.

La Trouvaille, Newburgh St, nr Carnaby St. French. While the execution is ok, the dishes themselves are generally badly conceived and disgusting, for example chorizo and lemon chutney, sea bass with vanilla sauce. Cheese course and wine selection are pretty good, however, and the service was great. Expensive.

Ottolenghi, a chain, I went to the Upper St branch. Mediterranean. Lunch is a buffet, whilst for dinner you select three or four small portions. Makes use of lots of extremely tasty fresh produce, as well as beautifully cooked fish, meat and pastries. Diverse and high quality ingredients, combined in interesting ways to make consistently tasty dishes. Particularly like the grilled courgette and pecorino salad. Desserts are very tasty too. You have to sit on long thin tables, next to strangers. Prices are quite expensive, reservation is necessary.

The Luxe, Commercial St. French-y. Reasonably interesting sounding food, a combination of staple french/italian/english favourites that deviate slightly from the norm, eg frogs legs plus chicken legs, rabbit gnocci, liver and bacon. Unfortunately the service is crap, the kitchen is slow and the food is pretty bland. Also it's reasonably expensive and cramped.

Lutchens, Fleet St. Classic french and english. The dishes here are tried and tested english and french staples such as fish and chips, confit de canard, dressed crab etc. Great selection of seafood and grills. All are brilliantly executed. Good wine selection. Service is top class. Recently opened and staff seem to be making a special effort. Expensive but worth it.

Oxford:

Edamame, Hollywell St., opposite New College. Japanese, do sushi occasionally. Meat, fish and veg dishes. Fishcakes and the beef special of the day are always good. Gets busy at about 6:30 and you can't book. Small and somewhat cramped and you have to sit next to strangers, who tend to be smelly students. Prices are medium.

Branca, Walton St, opposite the Phoenix cinema. Italian. Tasty and reasonably interesting dishes. Like the oxtail ragu, my bird likes the tuna salad. Pizzas apparently good. Cocktail selection worthwhile. Unusually for an establishment in the Jericho not staffed by cunts. Moderately priced.

Old Parsonage, Banbury Road, opposite the particle accelerator. Traditional english. Perhaps not the most exciting selection, but all dishes very well cooked and tasty. Fish selection excellent, particularly things made of crab. Full english brekkie is fab. Staff are lovely. Is also a hotel, which is highly recommended. Expensive, need to book.

Also, despite not being the most impressive college to look at, St Anne's on the Woodstock Road has undoubtedly the best kitchen/head chef. Standard hall is very good for a canteen, and SCR and MCR dinners are superb. Well worth attending if you've got a contact or go there for a conference.