Sunday Roast at the Londesborough, Stoke Newington

Vegetarians often get a raw deal with Sunday roasts – if there is a veggie option (which should never be assumed) it often features an unexciting nut roast and some flavourless gravy. However, the Londesborough pub on a residential street in Hackney’s Stoke Newington succeeds in making the veggie option look every bit as impressive […]

Pie & Mash in Greenwich

Traditional pie and mash shops aren’t renowned for being great for vegetarians however Goddards at Greenwich came up trumps with not one but two veggie pies on their menu. A family run place, right in the heart of Greenwich, they’ve been serving pie, mash and liquor since 1890. They are obviously famed for their meat […]

Chutneys, Drummond Street

Vegetarian Indian restaurants around Euston station are luckily not in short supply with a number on nearby Drummond Street. After having tried a few, and experienced varying levels of food quality and customer service, my recommendation would be Chutneys. It’s a friendly fully veg restaurant and offers both North and South Indian options. If you […]

Kati Roll Company – Soho

Whenever I’ve passed through Kolkata (or Calcutta as it’s more commonly know still) I’ve lived on kati rolls. A traditional Bengali street food, they are cheap, oh so tasty and it’s entertaining to watch the cooks as they energetically prepare the rolls for the lunch rush. Kati rolls are parathas (flat Indian breads like thick […]

Saray Broadway Cafe

Broadway Market in East London is inundated with great food options on Saturday market day but sometimes you just don’t want to pay £6 for a toastie or a box of salad and on those days (and any day you are near London Fields) what you want is Saray Broadway Cafe. A Turkish run greasy […]

St Gabriel Ethiopian Delicatessen

Ethiopian food in Finsbury Park is not in short supply but the unassuming St Gabriel Ethiopian Delicatessen is perhaps the most delicious. It is a quick eat type place rather than the location of a romantic dinner but if you are after a nutritious, filling and super tasty meal then this is the place for […]

Saravanaa Bhavan, East Ham

Authentic Indian breakfasts are my guilty pleasure. Deep fried fluffy bread, spicy curries and insanely sweet chai. The Saravanaa Bhavan chain is our number one Indian breakfast restaurant of choice. They are shiny, popular and 100% vegetarian (and for those of you that don’t eat onion and garlic, they even have a Jain section on […]

Here goes…

For years people have called and texted me for last minute food destinations: “I’m in Clapham North and want something quick and tasty – help!” (that one’s a no brainer – Roti Joupa every time) so, with pressure from friends, I finally decided to write down these recommendations. Since it’s where I live then the […]