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Vegan in Berlin: Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain was all about one building for us until our last few hours in Berlin.  From Warschauerstrasse station it’s just a short walk to the building that is home to Veganz (a vegan supermarket, bigger and better-stocked than Dr Pogo’s), … Continue reading

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Vegan in Berlin: Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg is perhaps the most famous alternative area of Berlin, and thus it may be the one with the highest concentration of vegan-friendly eateries.  To give an idea of how ‘alternative’ it is, we went on a walking tour to … Continue reading

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Vegan in Berlin: Neukӧlln

Ah, post holiday blues.  I hadn’t been on holiday for so long, I’d almost forgotten about the inevitable comedown, but here it is again.  While I’m far from enthusiastic about returning to work, I have had the blow somewhat softened … Continue reading

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Vegan in Manchester: Greens

Greens is something of a Manchester institution:  a fairly fancy vegetarian restaurant in a fairly fancy part of town (Didsbury).  I have long been a fan of Simon Rimmer, the omnivore who bought the restaurant, learned to cook and kept … Continue reading

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Vegan in Teesside: The Waiting Room

Recently I saw a list of the top thirty vegetarian restaurants in the country.  My initial reaction was, of course, to drool Homer Simpson-style at all the feasts that awaited me.  My second reaction was one of outrage:  why no … Continue reading

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Vegan Adventures in London Part Two

UPDATE: MS CUPCAKE CLOSED IN 2020 On our second evening in London we had a Japanese feast at Itadaki Zen, a vegan sushi restaurant.  I had been looking forward to it immensely.  Japanese cuisine has always somewhat passed me by: … Continue reading

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Vegan Adventures in London Part One

UPDATE: TIBITS CLOSED IN 2020 Allow me to break with tradition and not share a recipe this week:  I’ve got too much other food to talk about!  At the weekend I went for a trip to London again, armed with … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

Christmas this year had many highlights – the fact that my mother flew all the way out here to keep me company in the festivities, a fine haul of gifts, some merry skype conversations with my loved ones back in … Continue reading

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Yesterday was the mid-Autumn festival here in Hong Kong.  What does this mean?  Well, apparently it’s all connected to an ancient myth involving immortality, jealousy, and living on the moon.  But what it means to me is mostly:  national holiday!  And … Continue reading

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Hello World!

Welcome to Herbivores’ Heaven – carnivores are welcome to stop by too!  In this blog I’m planning to share lots of recipes and photos.  I spend quite a lot of time cooking, so there should be fairly regular updates.  I’ve … Continue reading

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