Good restaurants for vegans?

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• 21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506

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  02/05/13 - 22:57 #2

  La Tasca are good for Vegans.
  
  A lot of their Tapas options are just vegetables in an oil based dressing, or olive/ salad based.
  
  The vegetarian Paella is also Vegan friendly (and delicious)

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• CitizenofPhobos Posts: 1,677

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  02/05/13 - 23:00 #3

  A lot of Indian restaurants out there are pure veg, try those.

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• degsyhufc Posts: 59,251

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  03/05/13 - 00:19 #4

  bazaar1 wrote: »

  The vegan cake went down well (my other thread!) so thank you! Now we are off for a meal to celebrate leaving uni, any suggestions on chains or resuatnts in York / hull / Lincoln that cater for vegans (other than the usual cr*ppy one option she seems to get stuck with)? There are a couple of places in York but they seem to be quite spicy orientated which excludes another member of our group who's not good with spice.
  
  I was thinking Thai?

  Why would you think Thai is not as spicy as other cuisines?
  
  Just go to the one in York as say you have a plain / non spicy eater and they should be able to cook up something.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 8,145

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  03/05/13 - 00:26 #5

  degsyhufc wrote: »

  Why would you think Thai is not as spicy as other cuisines?
  
  Just go to the one in York as say you have a plain / non spicy eater and they should be able to cook up something.

  
  Because Thai can do non-spicy dishes, the York menus were all samosas and similar that she doesn't like.

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  03/05/13 - 01:52 #6

  bazaar1 wrote: »

  Because Thai can do non-spicy dishes, the York menus were all samosas and similar that she doesn't like.

  
  Proper Indian food is delicately spiced and does not blow your head off with chilli.

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  03/05/13 - 11:08 #7

  Darcy_ wrote: »

  Proper Indian food is delicately spiced and does not blow your head off with chilli.

  
  "Proper"?
  
  I've had what I assume was authentic Indian dishes (from an Indian friend's mother, many years ago), and I can assure you it was damned hot (and damned nice). Hmmm, maybe I've overgeneralised, as well.
  
  Both Indian and Thai dishes should be carefully checked for vegan credentials - Indian often using ghee, and Thai using shrimp paste and fish sauce in many of their preparations.

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  07/05/13 - 20:31 #8

  Darcy_ wrote: »

  Proper Indian food is delicately spiced and does not blow your head off with chilli.

  
  I agree that its not as hot as the chav-tastic appealing ones that many places sell to go with an IV of beer but its still spicy to the non-spice-liking-tongue, I can't stand curries etc, despite having some homecooked authentic indian dishes, its all just so gloupey I can handle some spice, but most indian cuisine is too heavily flavoured for me, so my friend wouldn't of stood a chance!
  

  Summat wrote: »

  "Proper"?
  
  I've had what I assume was authentic Indian dishes (from an Indian friend's mother, many years ago), and I can assure you it was damned hot (and damned nice). Hmmm, maybe I've overgeneralised, as well.
  
  Both Indian and Thai dishes should be carefully checked for vegan credentials - Indian often using ghee, and Thai using shrimp paste and fish sauce in many of their preparations.

  
  
  Thanks for the advice, in the end we went to a little vegan/veggie cafe in beverley (sugar and spice IIRC) it was lovely - I had a stilton and walnut panini (veggie obviously), and there were plenty of vegan cakes to attack too. We all stuffed ourselves, and were all happy!

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