Deli/Fast Food Archives

June 7, 2017

Cafe SoVegan Mac Daddy and Fully Loaded Herby

Last weekend at the Vegan Summer Fest Brighton we managed to pick up a couple of delectable vegan burgers from Cafe SoVegan. Out of all of the burger stalls on offer they looked the most appealing, so we dove right in!

I couldn’t choose between the Mac Daddy and the Fully Loaded Herby, but helpfully they had a few samples on hand for us to try. Unhelpfully, they were both absolutely delicious, which did not help my dilemma. In the end, J went for the Mac Daddy and I had the Fully Loaded Herby, with a side of Mac No Cheese to make up for it. Here’s a few descriptions from the stand:

July 13, 2016July 12, 2016

Veggie Living: Silverstone British Grand Prix

This week past, I was living the field life at the British Grand Prix. Silverstone has been my home for five days out of the year for a decade now, as I have been volunteering as a crowd safety (and now track safety) marshal for all of that time. You might think it’s pretty tricky to eat veggie food at a place like that, where all of the food stalls are focused mostly around burgers – but actually, it’s not so bad, and this year there were more choices than ever.

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

The Bakehouse at 124 – Beetroot Burger

This week we’re off to the British Grand Prix, so with five days of camping ahead, we started eating up all of our fresh food to get rid of it. As a result, there was nothing left to eat for lunch – which meant a trip to a local cafe was in order! The Bakehouse at 124 is relatively new to Tonbridge, but with bread and just about every other component of their food made in-house, they are definitely a special treat.

January 13, 2016

Veggie Living: Basil

So this week I wanted to write a few lines about a little place to eat that we visit now and then, and which is definitely on my love list. Basil is a cafe/deli which serves beautiful food, much of it vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free, in Kent. They currently have three branches: two in Tunbridge Wells, and one in Tonbridge – our favourite as it’s a short walk away!

October 21, 2015January 3, 2016

Berny Riviere – Berny Burger

Here’s another burger from our French adventures! This time, it’s from the Berny Burger, a little fast food place serving burgers and pizza. You will find it in the small town of Berny Riviere, and more specifically, on the campsite of La Croix de Vieux Pont. This is an area where you can camp or rent a lodge, so it’s fairly popular for all kinds of holidaymakers. It’s quite open, so it seems that you could walk or drive down here even if you were not staying on site.

September 30, 2015January 3, 2016

VF Angers – Le Fraich’Burger

So, as you know by now, we’ve just spent a week in the Loire region of France. A full write up of our non-burger exploits will be coming soon (edit: here), but for now, I wanted to introduce you to a great little burger place we found in Angers. This historic town has a bustling centre full of shops, bakeries, patisseries, and restaurants, including one called VF. This is in fact one of a pair, with the other to be found in Nantes.

February 4, 2015June 3, 2015

Burger King – Veggie Wrap

When you head to a Burger King, as a vegetarian, there are two options: the veggie burger, or the veggie wrap. As we are about to see, those two options are not so very different after all. One of the things that always has and always will annoy me about restaurants and fast food venues is the lack of choice for those who do not wish to eat meat; given the increasingly large number of vegetarians and vegans in the country, and also the factor that not everyone who does eat meat wants to eat it at every meal, you would think there would be more on offer. But instead of the wide range of options of fillings, burger buns or wraps, salad accompaniments, sizes, and so on that carnivores get, for vegetarian diets, there are just these two.

December 24, 2014January 3, 2016

Veggie Bean Burger – Burger King

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been eating a veggie bean burger from Burger King when we needed fast food. Although it’s not something I do on a regular basis, it is the one option which has been consistent for as long as I can remember. Some fast food outlets will not offer a veggie option at all, and McDonalds have changed from offering a veggie burger, to having nothing at all for a while, to a short-lived wrap, to the new wrap which is now available. Burger King, however, have always had a veggie bean burger – and while it may have changed a little (I’m sure I always used to have one full burger instead of two patties, and there used to be ketchup included), it is something that I know I can rely on if we have to pull into a service station for a meal.

December 17, 2014June 8, 2015

Where to Eat Veggie in Budapest

Recently, I spent some time in Budapest, and gathered plenty of information about where you can find the best vegetarian or vegan meals while you are there. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but is based on my own experiences – and I did a lot of research both beforehand and while we were there in order to find the best possible options throughout the week. There is a lot to cover here, so I will get started right away…

December 10, 2014January 3, 2016

Falafel – Veggie Burger

This review focuses on a little café/restaurant in Budapest called Falafel, which serves vegetarian and vegan food only with a salad bar format. You can also order certain items from the kitchen, such as the veggie burger or “vega burger” as it is referred to on the menu. It comes hot to your plate after about a five minute wait, during which time you can find a seat upstairs. There is very limited space at this venue, so be sure to avoid peak times if you want to be certain of getting a table. The burger itself comes in a medium soft white bun, which is floury, with a slightly harder upper crust adding some texture. It is quite a nice bun, in fact, though very simple in taste and texture. It came with fresh salad in generous amounts – two huge tomatoes, lettuce, caramelised onions, and more. The top and the bottom of the bun are coated with light creamy houmous – just enough for you to taste it, and not enough to overpower the rest of the flavour. The sweetness of the onions is a great combination here, and it goes really well with the burger itself. It’s a nice thick patty which is very satisfying in shape and size, and the taste and texture of it is very similar to a falafel. I suspect they have simply used their falafel mix to make a much bigger lump than normal and then pushed it into the right size! Whatever they’re doing, it certainly works. The cost was just 990 ft, which at that time was less than £3. It’s a pretty good deal for a burger this big! It tasted really good as well, although the only downside was that it did not come with any extras. You literally get a burger on a plate, and nothing else! If you do still feel hungry afterwards (we didn’t – it is very filling) you can always pop back downstairs and get a small amount of the salad for not much extra.

The main criticism that I would give is that it was quite dry – I think it really needed a sauce of some kind, perhaps tzatziki or thousand island dressing. The problem is that the houmous just isn’t moist enough to counteract the dryness of the bread and the burger put together, so there is a little something missing there. The texture was fantastic, however, and the rest of the burger was well put together with tastes that fitted and did not have to wrestle with one another for attention too much.