Vegetarian and Vegan 5: Wanderer’s Vegan Junk Food
Vegan joint Wanderer offers ‘dirty food with a clean conscience’, and claims to have cracked vegan bacon. Thomas Chalk went to pig out. There are many reasons that a growing number of people are going vegan. Some dislike the taste of meat and wouldn’t even want to eat something that tried to emulate it. Some […]
Vegetarian and Vegan Leeds 4: Hansa’s
Stalwart of the Leeds vegetarian scene, Hansa’s Gujarati cuisine (with a touch of the owner’s Ugandan upbringing thrown in) is as reliable as ever. I’ve been eating in Hansa’s for as long as I’ve lived in Leeds, and they’ve been going since way back in 1986. It’s the kind of place that meat-eating friends pay […]
1st November is World Vegan Day as we celebrate plant-based eateries in Leeds
Here at Leeds Living, our ‘vegetarian and vegan Leeds’ series started in August, to review the growing meat-free and plant-based eating scene in Leeds. After a couple of entries, I was sidetracked by a vegan food festival, a vegan beer tasting night, and meeting Ben Walker, founder of vegan eateries El Marchador and Wanderer (plus […]
Vegetarian and Vegan Leeds 3 – El Marchador
El Marchador offers a vegan, gluten free take on Mexican food (with a few other Latin American influences thrown in for good measure). The venue used to be Sandinista, named for the Nicaraguan revolutionaries. El Marchador has shifted focus, north to Mexico, offering a menu that lends itself well to mixing and matching and sharing. […]
3 Squared at The Old Red Bus Station Cantina
Cantina, upstairs at the Old Red Bus Station, hosted a night of beer tasting. At 3 Squared, London Fields Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, and Leeds’ own Nomadic Brewery joined forces to present a selection of vegan beers, accompanied by vegan snacks from Cantina. Thomas Chalk went up to sup. I should confess, I’m no expert on […]
