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Ahoy from England

Posted On: 2006/07/07 - 23:29

We've just spent three action packed days in the land of tea and warm(er) beer and loved every second of it. I've become terribly jealous of left side driving, roundabouts, and the quasi-no speed limit motorways (New Jersey residents would be in paradise.)

Two quick recommendations -

Spent the last two nights at The Redcoats Hotel - We let them know about vegan diets before we arrived and at dinner time, the Chef consulted with me and made a specialty dish of Lentil Patties, long grain rice, stir fry, and marinara sauce. It was absolutely excellent and I really appreciated the personal service.

Lentils, Stir Fry and Rice

And after a day of the requisite touristy stuff in London, we snuck off on a side street and found a little pub called The Colonies. It was very much an after work type gathering place and they have plenty of beer and dishes with quorn. I had the quorn + penne with pesto sauce and bell peppers and have been wishing all night that I had a second made and wrapped up for a before bed snack.

Quorn and Penne

Well, that's all for now... our stay in England is short, hopefully I'll be able to check in from France next.

Cheers!

--mincus

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[Reply] - [link] - quorn - [katbot] - 2006/07/09 - 22:08

when i visited a friend in london, i was thrilled to buy some quorn to make a stir-fry. i didn't bother to read the label, and only found out after dinner that it contains egg whites. oh well... i sometimes make the mistake of either mis-reading or not checking food labels.

[Reply] - [link] - Oh no! - [mincus] - 2006/07/10 - 21:37

I should have known from the indigestion and heartburn that I got that there was something up about it. I thought that quorn was OK, but sometimes mistakes are made "out in the field," you can't beat yourself up about it.

Thank you for the heads up about the quorn... we are in France now and it is much harder to find places to eat. Everyone is kind as long as you make an attempt to speak French.

Now we are looking forward to eating in Spain at "Juicy Jones" which I've only heard rave reviews about.